Dogen s hermitage poem
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Thank you Taigu,
certainly there are few, very few times when I allow to surrender,
Gassho
MyokuLeave a comment:
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There is no other way to way up than to see the extent of our dream,
seing the dreamer, you wake up instantly ( see the first version of Dogen fukanzazengi):
"When a thought arises, wake up. Wake up and it will vanish"
I added this comment a long time ago:
Wake up and it will vanish". What will vanish then? Thoughts? No, they come back, it is the natural stuff of the mind. Delusion? No, it is very sticky too. What might vanish is the illusion that we have to do something, become somebody, get out of here. And when this vanishes, we invite surrender.
Who are you?
I don't know.
TaiguLeave a comment:
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Thank you Taigu,
my question was the question of a dreamer,
Gassho
MyokuLeave a comment:
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This makes us a raft for everybody, Myoku.
It is not a privilege. Call it a call.
As to what I wrote, knowing it would annoy some people, it is the very essence of our path: a few sit for a multitude that don t. It doesn t make us good people, or them bad people. It is just what it is. Nothing wrong.
And yes, Myoku, you stumble on it. Stumble on yourself here.
take great care
gassho
TaiguLeave a comment:
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Thank you Taigu,
I stumbled on this one ...
Isnt it so that we all, as we practice and even people who never bothered to practice do wake up at times? Isnt it rather so that we fall back into the dream over and over again?
With respect
MyokuLeave a comment:
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dear Taigu - these poems - more precious and illuminating than a thousand words of 'zen'.
Gassho
WillowLeave a comment:
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Guest repliedThe open opening self ...
Thanks you Taigu!
Gassho
MichaelLeave a comment:
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Dogen s hermitage poem
Drifting pitifully in the whirlwind of birth and death,
As if wandering in a dream,
In the midst of illusion I awaken to the true path;
There is one more matter I must not neglect,
But I need not bother now,
As I listen to the sound of the evening rain
Falling on the roof of my temple retreat
In the deep grass of Fukakusa.
Gassho
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