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  • Shokai
    Treeleaf Priest
    • Mar 2009
    • 6393

    On Today's Practice

    Sitting,
    Not waiting,
    Just sitting.

    Every cell aware,Breathing in, breathing out,
    Every cell,
    Reacts to stimulii.

    A bell tolls,
    A clock ticks, a siren wails,
    a bird sings, A leaf rustles.

    Everything feels right,
    There'll be no need to heat this season.
    The universe provides all that's required.




    A mallet tap,
    Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap,tap,tap,
    The resounding echoes persist
    In the halls of memory.

    Two bells signal return;
    Ancient knees respond.
    A flute sounds.

    A heart beat;
    Lub dub, Lub dub,
    Mind stream returns;

    Puraka, rechaka

    gassho,
    合掌,生開
    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

    "Open to life in a benevolent way"

    https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/
  • Myoku
    Member
    • Jul 2010
    • 1491

    #2
    Re: On Today's Practice

    _()_
    Peter

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    • Hogo
      Member
      • Feb 2010
      • 497

      #3
      Re: On Today's Practice


      Gassho
      ~Dave.

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      • Shokai
        Treeleaf Priest
        • Mar 2009
        • 6393

        #4
        Re: On Today's Practice

        If a Syncronized Swimmer drowns, do the others follow?

        Is it not interesting how ego gets hung up on words?

        Let's be truthful since we are discussing un-truth; god, allah, yaweh, jehovah, braman, self, non-self, emptiness, nothingness all refer to the same phenomenon.
        If one makes a distinction one falls into the same trap of xenophobia that incites demonstrations, riots and eventually wars.

        The Tao that can be told
        is not the universal Tao.
        The name that can be named
        Is not the universal name.

        In the infancy of the universe,
        there were no names.
        Naming fragments the mysteries of life
        into ten thousand things and their manifestations.
        There is a fellow in Australia who with his colleague claim that everything is simply wave motion in space.

        What we experience is the collisions of energy waves. Who or what can tell how long it takes to break down 'old' thinking?

        Descartes stated, "Cogito ergo sum." I like to think the reverse is true; "I am therefore I think."

        Isn't the real question, "Who am I?"
        If I am a spark of life energy that flashes in universal time, Am I still the same bundle of energy that was concieved in my mother's womb and will last until I reach nirvana? Isn't the universe continually subjected to change?
        Am I simply the persistence of memory that extends from the past and projects into the future?

        If Americans throw rice at weddings, do Orientals throw hot dogs?

        If olive oil is made from olives and corn oil from corn, where do we get baby oil?

        How long will we be subjected to these lies?


        This could go on ad infinitum BUT,
        (Did you) Ever notice how a train of thought eventually pulls into the station of Ridiculous?

        "I want to say without hesitation that the purpose of our life is happiness."
        - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
        And this is from a guy who has confessed to killing the odd mosquito.

        Like the song says, "Don't worry, Be Happy." http://j.mp/r3GlY

        gassho,
        合掌,生開
        gassho, Shokai

        仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

        "Open to life in a benevolent way"

        https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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        • Taigu
          Blue Mountain White Clouds Hermitage Priest
          • Aug 2008
          • 2710

          #5
          Re: On Today's Practice

          Thank you very much Richard for your contribution to Treeleaf and your subtle sharing-teaching.

          gassho

          A simple wave among many other waves

          Taigu

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          • Shokai
            Treeleaf Priest
            • Mar 2009
            • 6393

            #6
            Re: On Today's Practice

            We do sit together as one

            Neither here nor out there,
            Neither then and not now;
            We do sit together as one.

            Whether the computers connect,
            Whether we see our reflections,
            We do sit together as one.

            The universe revolves,
            Whether in and not out.
            Our sun always shines
            Whether we see it or not;
            We do sit together as one.

            gassho,
            合掌,生開
            gassho, Shokai

            仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

            "Open to life in a benevolent way"

            https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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            • Shokai
              Treeleaf Priest
              • Mar 2009
              • 6393

              #7
              Re: On Today's Practice

              May all beings be happy, healthy, free from suffering, peaceful and safe

              Like Dorothy in the Land of Oz
              Click your heels and repeat,
              There's no place else to be.
              There's no place else to be.

              The clicking of the clock
              Blends with the cooling fan in the computer tower,
              The purring of the cat on the mat before you;
              The Aum of the Universe.

              On our left foot are five toes,
              In our right hand is Buddha,
              There is a burning desire to protect it all;
              It is raining compassion.

              Ware tada tarui wo shiru;
              Total sufficiency.
              Om mani padme hum;
              The jewel and the beauty of the lotus is within all.

              May we all experience the grace,
              May we all be thankful for the gifts,
              Be still. We are not alone.
              Ittadakimasu

              gassho,
              合掌,生開
              gassho, Shokai

              仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

              "Open to life in a benevolent way"

              https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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              • Shokai
                Treeleaf Priest
                • Mar 2009
                • 6393

                #8
                Re: On Today's Practice

                Lao Tzu wrote:
                Break into the peace within,
                Hold attention in stillness,
                And in the world outside
                You will ably master the ten thousand things.

                All things rise and flourish
                Then go back to their roots.
                Seeing this return brings true rest,
                Where you discover who you really are.
                Knowing who you are, you will find the constant.
                Those who lack harmony with the constant court danger,
                But those who have it gain new vision.

                They act with compassion;
                within themselves they can find room for everything.
                Having room, they rule themselves and lead others wisely.
                Being wise they live in accordance
                with the nature of things.
                Emptied of self and one with nature, They become filled with the Tao.
                The Tao endures forever.
                For those who have attained harmony with the Tao
                will never lose it,
                Even if they bodies die.
                Even so, there is never room for hatred, ignorance or greed; let alone anger.
                The mystical moments, deja vue, the coincidences, the harmony are all part of the magic.
                Be thankful;
                Dance and enjoy the music, these moments will never come again.

                May this offering bring peace to all sentient beings.
                May our thoughts and meditations contribute to the harmony to the universe.
                And, may all hearts and minds be opened to the Present.
                合掌,生開
                gassho, Shokai

                仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

                "Open to life in a benevolent way"

                https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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                • Shokai
                  Treeleaf Priest
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 6393

                  #9
                  Re: On Today's Practice

                  Egos dancing in the glow of the present
                  Moment by moment which doesn't exist
                  Time is a construct
                  A trap we fall into
                  Where did the Merriweathers get their gazebo

                  Egos dancing in the glow of owernership
                  I want it, I need it, I like it
                  How easily convinced
                  The drama goes on
                  What luscious curves attract the libido

                  Egos dancing in the glow of erotica
                  Isn't she handsome, isn't he pretty
                  Likes and dislikes
                  All are the same
                  Should we consider the distinction a game

                  Egos dancing in the glow of equanimity
                  Our lives are a whirlwind
                  Caught in three times
                  Oh, for the stillness
                  That brings monster time to its knees
                  合掌,生開
                  gassho, Shokai

                  仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

                  "Open to life in a benevolent way"

                  https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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