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Love the quote, Myozan. This is something I'm barely beginning to understand, although I feel lucky to have any concept at all. I see that The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo is out of print. Are there any other materials written about him? I've picked up a little bit through Opening the Hand of Thought; he seems like an amazing man.
I have been on the look out for The Zen teaching of homeless Kodo too! :lol:
/Pontus
In a spring outside time, flowers bloom on a withered tree;
you ride a jade elephant backwards, chasing the winged dragon-deer;
now as you hide far beyond innumerable peaks--
the white moon, a cool breeze, the dawn of a fortunate day
In a nightmare, you feel like the helpless victim of the dream and you can't wake up. When I was a kid and had a lot of nightmares, I sometimes managed to wake myself up, but not completely. I was still in the dream, but I had some degree of control. I no longer fully identifed with the dream. I had some distance to what was happening to me and I could steer the dream in a different direction if I wanted to. You could say I was creating my own dream.
/Pontus
In a spring outside time, flowers bloom on a withered tree;
you ride a jade elephant backwards, chasing the winged dragon-deer;
now as you hide far beyond innumerable peaks--
the white moon, a cool breeze, the dawn of a fortunate day
The farmer asked the cow,
"Do you have buddha nature?"
"Mu"
In a spring outside time, flowers bloom on a withered tree;
you ride a jade elephant backwards, chasing the winged dragon-deer;
now as you hide far beyond innumerable peaks--
the white moon, a cool breeze, the dawn of a fortunate day
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