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  • Yugen
    • Jan 2025

    What do you expect?

    What do you expect?

    Do you expect me to have answers? I have more questions now than when I started.

    Do you expect me to be an example? What is an example? My mistakes are more instructive than my “successes”

    Practice with me because I am flawed, not because I have any inner track on finding “the way” – even if I found it I couldn’t share it with you… no matter how much I wanted to.

    Do you look to me for what to do? Who is looking?

    What are we doing? Why are we doing it?

    I used to rely on myself for practice. Now more than ever I need a Sangha to practice.

    I used to like to hear myself talk. Now I listen.

    I’m more of a beginner than when I started years ago.

    I know less with each passing day.

    Each and every one of you teach me, every day.

    What do you expect?

    Deep bows
    Yugen
    Last edited by Guest; 12-02-2013, 08:09 PM.
  • Myosha
    Member
    • Mar 2013
    • 2974

    #2
    In this moment expect present action.

    Thanks for impetus!


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

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    • Joyo

      #3
      This is so true, Yugen, and I feel so much the same about my own life. It`s not just the Zen path, it`s the path of remaining very humble. Thank you very much for sharing.

      Gassho,
      Treena

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      • Dosho
        Member
        • Jun 2008
        • 5784

        #4


        Gassho,
        Dosho

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        • Mp

          #5
          This is wonderful Yugen! =)

          Gassho
          Shingen

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          • Kokuu
            Dharma Transmitted Priest
            • Nov 2012
            • 6881

            #6


            Andy

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            • Ishin
              Member
              • Jul 2013
              • 1359

              #7
              I agree, the longer I am here the more questions, and yet, I have learned to accept that there will be questions. Thanks for the post Yugen.

              Gassho
              C
              Grateful for your practice

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              • Shokai
                Dharma Transmitted Priest
                • Mar 2009
                • 6423

                #8
                _/\_
                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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                • Kyonin
                  Dharma Transmitted Priest
                  • Oct 2010
                  • 6748

                  #9
                  Thank you, brother.

                  Gassho,

                  Kyonin
                  Hondō Kyōnin
                  奔道 協忍

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                  • Daitetsu
                    Member
                    • Oct 2012
                    • 1154

                    #10
                    Lovely, Yugen - thank you!

                    Gassho,

                    Timo
                    no thing needs to be added

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                    • Rich
                      Member
                      • Apr 2009
                      • 2614

                      #11
                      Trust your instincts.



                      Kind regards. /\
                      _/_
                      Rich
                      MUHYO
                      無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...

                      https://instagram.com/notmovingmind

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                      • Seimyo
                        Member
                        • Jan 2012
                        • 861

                        #12

                        明 Seimyō (Christhatischris)

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                        • Sekishi
                          Dharma Transmitted Priest
                          • Apr 2013
                          • 5673

                          #13
                          Thank you so much for this Yugen. "I do not know" has really taken hold during this Ango. What did I expect?

                          So thankful for this, our Sangha.

                          Deep bows,
                          Eric
                          Sekishi | 石志 | He/him | Better with a grain of salt, but best ignored entirely.

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                          • Jiken
                            Member
                            • Jan 2011
                            • 753

                            #14
                            _/\_

                            Gassho,

                            Daido

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                            • bayamo
                              Member
                              • Nov 2009
                              • 411

                              #15
                              sounds about right..
                              Oh, yeah. If I didn't have inner peace, I'd go completely psycho on all you guys all the time.
                              Carl Carlson

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