Live as homeless

[GregJanL]

Apart from the now greatly decreased mental fits (still happens), I generally find the logic in renunciation. I own little, want only that which keeps me alive and relatively healthy. "worldly" joy is real, you do get a buzz from stuff but it is short lived and the suffering caused by the lack and the disappearance of the joy is real to be replaced with more chasing..When you drop wantings after investigating them as passing impermanent joys that outlive often the impermanent things you have, you basically might end up with about as much as a homeless person. I can fit my life into a mole II military rucksack and am "indoors".

I'm looking for the point of least resistance after February and am considering making a life of the Appalachian Trail, plenty of need for hands out there for a bit of money, tour guides, might get gigs taking nature shots, whatever it takes for right livelihood to afford the cheapest life possible in the middle way between austerity and indulgence. Some people live in campers and travel and do similar. I don't know how "Buddhist" this is, just my interpretation of buddhist philosophy and my own long standing appreciation of simplicity. This might not be possible for some however, if you have serious commitments this kind of stuff might be off the table.

SatToday (and still am working to hold "posture" throughout the day)

Metta,
Greg

[Joyo]

Do not lose mind.Please do not lose mind. I pray.

We can live our mind.When we sit and notice about breathing,we notice we are living.

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How true, and we can get away from that ego that is in the mind saying "me, me, me, me" all the time.


Gassho,
Joyo
sat today

or should I said, we just learn to ignore it, as it's always there.

[Kokuu]

Lovely thread. Thank you for starting it, Mr K.

I would like to offer this verse (the second) from Togme Zangpo's Thirty Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva if I may:

Attraction to those close to you catches you in its currents;
Aversion to those who oppose you burns inside;
Indifference that ignores what needs to be done is a black hole.
Leave home — this is the practice of a bodhisattva.


Bernie Glassman has led street retreats which are graced by both those who live a homeless life and those who have somewhere more solid to rest their head. Both groups have reported transformative experiences. Although it would be foolish to think we can replicate the life of a homeless person when we have security to fall back on, it is possible to at least get a taste of that and bear witness to others who experience it on a more lasting basis.


Gassho
Kokuu
#sattoday

[seeker242]

How do you think about live as homeless?

What is homeless?


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I think it depends entirely on the particular person you are talking about. Homeless monk, homeless drug addict and homeless old lady are all very different things!

satoday

[Washin]

How do you think about live as homeless?
What is homeless?

Sawaki Roshi used to say, "Everyone is naked". I like this saying.
I think it has the same deep sense as "being homeless" which is
talked about here.

Great thread. Thank you Mr. K.

Gassho,
Sergey
just-sat

[Chiko]

I am grateful to my wife for making my home really feel like home. I also know that after I sit, I feel at home wherever I am.

Gassho,
Matt
SatToday

[Myogan]

Home is where you hang your hat up but not your head down.

[Hotetsu]

Always at peace, always present, never searching. My home is there ☺.

Gassho,
Hotetsu

#SatToday

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[Daiyo]

Another kind of Homeless is wonderful. It is the Homeless of being at home in every situation... always at home. That kind of homeless is the practice I learn here.

What a powerful answer, Daizan.

Gassho,
Daiyo

#SatToday

[Heion]

Like others have said, I think it is highly dependent on our reaction to the situation. I am sure that there are a lot of added obstacles with not owning a house, but if someone's perspective of being 'homeless' is positive, then I am sure that their experience would mirror that!

It seems that I manage to cause myself suffering in whatever the environment, so I do not know how much of a difference being without a house would make for me!


Gassho,
Heion

#sattoday