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[alan.r]

I like that a lot, Risho. Feels right in regards to my experience of work/social life. Thank you.

Gassho,
Alan
sat today

[Jakuden]

I can't remember exactly, but I think it was Shunryu Suzuki who was the teacher in this anecdote. The student and teacher were going back and forth, and finally the student said why do you always point to emptiness and not form?!!! The teacher replied because you are stuck in form, so I was showing the other side. Or it's like in the US. We are really really individualistic, so instead of pissing on the Buddha, our practice may need to focus more on bowing because that's where we're stuck. Zen is about removing that stuckness by going right into the messiness of where we are stuck in life.

This paragraph really rings true to me Risho, "to attain the buddha way, a way non-attainable." I have to keep reminding myself. If there is a rank, then something has been attained, which means you have no longer "attained" something else. Such a delicious discussion!

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday