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

    Cave of tigers

    The late and great teacher Daido Loori of the White Plum lineage had a few of his dharma combats and mondo recorded and published in an amazing book. Some 20 years ago I opened this book and could not tell where the tail or the head were, this pile of Zen conversations were impenetrable. I ordered it yesterday on my kindle and could hardly believe it, this is a remarkable book filled with incredible wisdom and sharp compassion, it is as if we an hear his low and deep voice, filled with years of sitting and smoking.
    A very refreshing source of fresh water.

    If you fancy entering the cave, come this way...

    Gassho


    T.
    Last edited by Taigu; 10-13-2013, 08:52 AM.
  • Mp

    #2
    Wonderful Taigu, I look forward to the adventure.

    Gassho
    Shingen

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    • pinoybuddhist
      Member
      • Jun 2010
      • 462

      #3
      Thank you Taigu.


      Rafael

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      • Myozan Kodo
        Friend of Treeleaf
        • May 2010
        • 1901

        #4
        Thank you for this.
        Gassho
        Myozan

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        • Taikyo
          Friend of Treeleaf
          • Nov 2012
          • 363

          #5
          Thank you Taigu - always willing to learn
          Gassho
          David

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          • Kokuu
            Treeleaf Priest
            • Nov 2012
            • 6844

            #6
            I read this earlier in the year and found it incredibly engaging and helpful on a number of topics.

            Although we do not have this kind of dokusan here, I did it once with Dosho Port and my Tibetan teacher used a similar approach with his students. It has the merit of putting you firmly in a place in which the response comes directly from experience rather than intellectual knowing.

            Aside from anything else, I love how this book seems to reflect the dedication and personality of John Daido Loori. A very good read and something I will definitely return to.

            Gassho
            Andy

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            • Myosha
              Member
              • Mar 2013
              • 2974

              #7
              Thank you.


              Gassho,
              Edward
              "Recognize suffering, remove suffering." - Shakyamuni Buddha when asked, "Uhm . . .what?"

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              • Tiwala
                Member
                • Oct 2013
                • 201

                #8
                I love John Daido Loori. Very clear teachings that can readily be accessed by beginners who aren't well-versed in speaking 'zen speak' yet, as I've been for a hundred years. Naturally, the highest truths can't be expounded, but everything else is nicely set forth, at least I suppose they are. Up there with Sheng-Yen fashi as one of my favourite modern teachers.

                Actually read Upaya's reader on shikantaza this afternoon and enjoyed Loori's exposition of the practice.

                especially liked this part:

                Dahui's criticism of silent illumination was partly valid, based on the legitimate danger of
                practitioners misunderstanding this approach as quietistic or passive. Dahui's critique was
                echoed centuries later by Japanese Rinzai critics of just sitting, such as Hakuin in the
                seventeenth century. Just sitting can indeed sometimes degenerate into dull attachment to
                inner bliss states, with no responsiveness to the suffering of the surrounding world.
                Hongzhi clarifies that this is not the intention of his practice, for example when he says,
                "In wonder return to the journey, avail yourself of the path and walk ahead. . . . With the
                hundred grass tips in the busy marketplace graciously share yourself."[11] The
                meditation advocated by both Hongzhi and Dogen is firmly rooted in the bodhisattva path
                and its liberative purpose of assisting and awakening beings. Mere idle indulgence in
                peacefulness and bliss is not the point.
                Bold parts are my favourite.

                Gassho,
                Ben
                Gassho
                Ben

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                • Heisoku
                  Member
                  • Jun 2010
                  • 1338

                  #9
                  If you fancy entering the cave, come this way...

                  .......OK.
                  Gashho
                  Heisoku 平 息
                  Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. (Basho)

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                  • sittingzen
                    Member
                    • May 2010
                    • 188

                    #10
                    Entering this cave, I shall. _/\_

                    Gassho,

                    Lu
                    Shinjin datsuraku, datsuraku shinjin..Body-mind drop off, mind-body drop off..

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                    • RichardH
                      Member
                      • Nov 2011
                      • 2800

                      #11
                      I enter the cave too.

                      Gassho Daizan

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                      • Risho
                        Member
                        • May 2010
                        • 3179

                        #12
                        oh cool... I've always been on the fence about this book; I'll have to read it.

                        Gassho,

                        Risho
                        Email: risho.treeleaf@gmail.com

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                        • Kyonin
                          Treeleaf Priest / Engineer
                          • Oct 2010
                          • 6749

                          #13
                          I shall enter the cave soon.

                          Hope the tiger doesn't like Mexican meat...

                          Gassho,

                          Kyonin
                          Hondō Kyōnin
                          奔道 協忍

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

                            #14
                            I hope it does!


                            Leaping into
                            Space-flesh-mind
                            Tiger


                            Nothing should remain of you.

                            And... you are one of them.

                            Gassho

                            T.

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                            • Kyonin
                              Treeleaf Priest / Engineer
                              • Oct 2010
                              • 6749

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Taigu
                              I hope it does!


                              Leaping into
                              Space-flesh-mind
                              Tiger


                              Nothing should remain of you.

                              And... you are one of them.

                              Gassho

                              T.
                              Speechless.

                              Thank you, Teacher.

                              Gassho,

                              Kyonin
                              Hondō Kyōnin
                              奔道 協忍

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