True Eye, True I

[Taigu]

Gesshu Soko writes:

Under the trees,
welcoming spring.
Things take care of themselves.

A monk looks weird
to the common folk.

The Teaching of this New Year
is not outside the mind.

Filling the eye,
blue, blue mountains
in all directions.

The eye is the physical eye it is also the eye (gen) of Shobogenzo , Eye-treasury of the True Law, words uttered by Buddha when Kashyapa smiles as he sees the flower being turned.

Indeed things take care of themselves, the non-doing is the path that brings others forth, a path of service and allowing. Spring cannot be created and the countless things that make Spring are out of our control.

Blue mountains, all around. As you would see them living in China or Japan, living walking mountans in mists, covered with whirling clouds. Living mountains of just sitting too. Living mountains, Blue mountains of as-it-is- ness, the naked reality. As Li Po writes:

The birds have vanished down the sky.
Now the last cloud drains away.
We sit together, the mountain and me,
until only the mountain remains.

gassho


Taigu

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[Taylor]

Re: True Eye, True I

Gassho Taigu,

A poem written while musing about Koan Study:

Questions and answers
Arise, unfold on their own
In spring flower bloom.

Truly, no amount of coaxing will make a blossom burst forth. Life has already turned the burner up as high as it can go, just sit back and let the water boil on its own; there isn't anything else to do.

Gassho,
Taylor

[Taigu]

Re: True Eye, True I

Thank you for sharing, Taylor.

gassho


Taigu

[Daibh]

Re: True Eye, True I

Cheers guys!

A most joyful thread!

[Myoku]

Re: True Eye, True I

Thank you for this wonderfull teaching,
my heart appreciates it.

Gassho
Peter

[Taigu]

Re: True Eye, True I

Gassho, Peter, your heart is the very teaching

Taigu

[Stephanie]

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I and I vibration...

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[KellyRok]

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Hello all,

What a lovely post...my favorite part - Things take care of themselves.

They do indeed, with no help from us it seems.

Gassho,
Kelly/Jinmei

[Jikyo]

Re: True Eye, True I

Thank you, Taigu, for the beautiful post. Straight to the heart, as always.

Gassho, Jikyo

[Manatee]

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Thank you Taigu.

Mountains really do walk, sometimes slower than we can imagine, sometimes so fast they consume entire villages!

Mountains walking made the land under our feet.

Gassho, Mandy

[Shogen]

Re: True Eye, True I

Gesshu Soko writes:

Under the trees,
welcoming spring.
Things take care of themselves.

A monk looks weird
to the common folk.

The Teaching of this New Year
is not outside the mind.

Filling the eye,
blue, blue mountains
in all directions.

The eye is the physical eye it is also the eye (gen) of Shobogenzo , Eye-treasury of the True Law, words uttered by Buddha when Kashyapa smiles as he sees the flower being turned.

Indeed things take care of themselves, the non-doing is the path that brings others forth, a path of service and allowing. Spring cannot be created and the countless things that make Spring are out of our control.

Blue mountains, all around. As you would see them living in China or Japan, living walking mountans in mists, covered with whirling clouds. Living mountains of just sitting too. Living mountains, Blue mountains of as-it-is- ness, the naked reality. As Li Po writes:

The birds have vanished down the sky.
Now the last cloud drains away.
We sit together, the mountain and me,
until only the mountain remains.

gassho


Taigu

Taigu,
Thank you for this teaching and all your efforts. It seems as though Li Po has expressed Shikantaza perfectly.

Gassho zak

[tonyyeung]

Re: True Eye, True I

I got a few ideas when i look at this picture or photo:

1. is like when i sit, my mind become look like this picture, when i look out, is exactly look like this picture in my mind.
2. also got a idea in this universe, you are the central, look far, layer by layer, lighter by lighter.
3. is like your heart, your heart got cover by lots of layers, lots of them but far from your heart.
4. curious what happens in those different mountain.


gossho, Taigu

tony yeung