BOOK OF EQUANIMITY - Case 3

[alan.r]

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I really appreciate and am humbled by so many of the words here. I just want to say thanks to everyone here. What a wonderful thread.

Gassho,
Alan

[andyZ]

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I wanted to let this koan settle in me and but by the time I got some ideas of what to say – it has been said already in the thread

How are you undone?!!!

Breathing in, breathing out. Beginner's mind.

Thank you everyone for posting.

[Kaishin]

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I feel homeless in one moment and burdened by everything in the next. In all these moments I try to let go of these concepts, "Homeless," "burdened"... They are just moments, big or small, seconds or years.

Read the sutras but abandon the words, and sit forever.

Thank you, Taigu.

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[Ekai]

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How are you undone?!!!

Parenting

Gassho,
Ekai

[Kaishin]

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How are you undone?!!!

Parenting

Gassho,
Ekai

LOL-- constantly yes! :mrgreen:

[Shohei]

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How are you undone?!!!

Parenting

Gassho,
Ekai

Gassho!

Shohei

[Daisho]

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This is my first exploration of koans and I appreciate everyone's comments and interpretations!

[Hans]

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Hello,


once you know whence places originate, everywhere is home. Nowhere is home. Just falling down into the abyss, falling, falling. No ground, never. Make yourself at home in the falling down. Recognizing the intimacy of never arriving is the brush stroke of timeless sutra recitation.

Gassho,

Hans Chudo Mongen

[Nenka]

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How are you undone?!!!

Well, I am. You are. We all are, only in our minds we tend to believe in being done. When I was around the age of 22 I believed I had an answer for everything, and its a long way to get to the point where you see, accept and live that you have an answer for nothing.

Gassho
Myoku

Yeah, no kidding! :lol: Fewer answers every day.

Gassho

Jen

[Al]

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Breathe in and do not create a false self; breathe out and don't perturb the world or be perturbed by the world - the ultimate meaning of the holy truth is revealed.

I would also say, "breathing out, don't create a false world."

Breathing in, you're a minister. Breathing out, you're a general.

Stubbornly stuck on the difference between using a breath to chant sutras and using it to bark orders. Must push this further.

[Jinyo]

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Breathe in and do not create a false self; breathe out and don't perturb the world or be perturbed by the world - the ultimate meaning of the holy truth is revealed.

I would also say, "breathing out, don't create a false world."

Breathing in, you're a minister. Breathing out, you're a general.

Stubbornly stuck on the difference between using a breath to chant sutras and using it to bark orders. Must push this further.

Neatly put Shinkai -thank you

Willow

[Thane]

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How are you undone?!!!

Parenting

Gassho,
Ekai

I love this comment Ekai. Yes parenthood undoes me too.

Gassho

Thane

[BrianW]

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Ekai wrote:
How are you undone?!!!

Parenting

Gassho,
Ekai

Gassho!

Shohei

I Gassho this as well....only to add I am also undone by not parenting....sometimes letting go....letting my daughter live her own life...not trying to make it all fit into my narrative. Learning it ALL unfolds without me.

Gassho...once again.

Jisen/BrianW

[Shogen]

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Ekai wrote:
How are you undone?!!!

Parenting

Gassho,
Ekai

Gassho!

Shohei

I Gassho this as well....only to add I am also undone by not parenting....sometimes letting go....letting my daughter live her own life...not trying to make it all fit into my narrative. Learning it ALL unfolds without me.

Gassho...once again.

Jisen/BrianW

Ekai and Jisen
letting go of letting go
gassho and gassho, Shogen

[Shujin]

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In my work I breathe this mass of conditions, building a construct of things I want to think I know. I can live in my great sand castle, but it's a singular life. From the parapets, there is only one perspective. Getting out of my car, meeting a genuine smile and handshake, only listening. In this moment I am undone. Dropping off body and mind, what can remain?

Gassho,
Shujin