Meta Reminder

[Kyonin]

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A ver nice reminder.

I too often forget about metta. Will do it tomorrow.

Thanks!

[Taigu]

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Hi everybody!

Jinyu is a well seasonned and experienced Buddhist practionner and he received personnal instructions which allow him to proceed in a very precise style and tradition of tibetan Buddhism. That's why when he asked me i told him it was Ok to carry on with this practice. If you haven't received any instructions prior to your Treeleaf experience, I would advise you to practice Metta and only Metta. It can be extremely detremental to somebody's practice to mix salads and indulge in fusion spritual shopping. Zen is zen. And our school is very precise. I don't even practice rituals of forms in my own Soto school because I was not personnaly instructed and shown how to do them.

And the fact I am going to study Shingon rituals this summer doen't mean I am going to put them into practice. Actually, I soleley want to focus on simplicity.

Now there is a very easy practice which is the core of all of them, sweep the mandala, take away the seated Boddhistava, make the mantra a long silent breath and as you walk in the street, as you work with people, as you interact with your beloved ones or the people that you don't really get on well, meet Kannon in everyone, everywhere. A car, Kannon. A cat, Kannon. The wind, a noise, Kannon again. Your boss, Kannon, your child, Kannon. You wife or husband...And bow, bow inwardly for all these manifetsations of Kannon, shining in every corner of space. This is a practice that everybody can do, you may see just love and compassion. Nothing Eastern or even no fancy name like "Kannon" And you may open your eyes on the real nature of this universe. No complex rituals and esoteric stuff needed. Just daily practice .

Gassho

Taigu

[Myoku]

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Thank you for this very straighforward view on metta, Taigu,
_()_
Peter

[Jinyu]

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Thanks to clarify Taigu, I had in mind the answer and maybe didn't emphasize enough on the fact that I do practice this because I'm having difficulties for long with the practice of Metta in is pure simplicity... but I still hope it will change!
Thank you also for your description of "the limitless practice of Kannon".

gassho,
Jinyu

[Rimon]

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Thanks Jinyu for the explanation. Like you said, it is a practice that only make sense if passed on personaly by a teacher.
And thank you Taigu for this Kannon practice. Simple and to the point. Gonna start right now!

Gassho

Rimon

[Kaishin]

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Thanks for the reminder. I have been trying to do this practice each night before bed. It really does start to change the shape of one's thoughts, especially towards others, I've found.

[Hoyu]

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Working in a hospital i have a lot of opportunity to practice metta for others. When a code rapid response or code blue(cardiopulmonary arrest) is paged over head I always take a few moments to reflect upon the poor person whom the code is being called for.

Gassho,
John