Hi Folks, I was wondering what the Zen tradition teaches regarding imagination. As I'm just beginning (or maybe continuing might be the better word <grin>) my...
Hi John, Good point. Thanks for the reminder. By the time we've figured out a definition for reality, it has already changed anyway. So why bother? Just...
... be the ... the ... mountains out of ... capacities, I ... as ... Or ... have a ... Zen actually has nothing to do with imagination. Having the attention...
... be the ... the ... mountains out of ... capacities, I ... as ... Or ... have a ... Zen actually has nothing to do with imagination. Having the attention...
Hi Jeff, Thank you for your reply. What then would be the response to the use of imagination in the arts? Has your experience with Zen led you to the...
Hi Shawn, One day buddha was asked by a stanger on the road what his teaching was...Buddha said, "when we walk we just walk, when we sit we just sit, when we...
Dear Jeff, to just walk or just eat ...good advice..too bad it is often misinterpeted. One day Katagiri Roshi was sitting eating breakfast and reading the...
Dear Jeff, Thank you for that wonderful quote from the Buddha! If I could be permitted to expand on that, I don't think that he intended to simply advise...
Re: [sotozenbuddhism] Eating ... of ... right ... do ... books ... At formal meals at retreats, there are chants, gestures, and offerings done before, during,...
Dear Jeff, Dharman and Rev. Fudo, Thank you very much for your replies to my inquiry. I have mistakenly interpreted the "just do it" teaching to mean just do...
Dear Fudo, The quote came from the buddha. It was also his advice(a buddha's advice)... One need's to use there best discretion when interpreting the advice...
Dear Dharman, As I mentioned to fodo, one need's to determine how much they can handle While maintaining presence. As long as the attention is in time, there...
... The main thing is ATTENTION...moment to moment. One ... And ultimatly do nothing, and accomplish everything :-) ... were ... activities, ... within ... ...
Your very welcome, shawn. Like I said earlier, when creating your art, just concentrate on staying present as much as possible, while creating your art... Of...
For some reason, my post was severely truncated. I hope this gets through intact. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ... At formal...
Still truncating. Here's the URL to a useful resource, "Buddhism A to Z." http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhistDict/BD%20Intro.htm Look up "...
Action without ego? (e.g. poor me, look at me, won't everyone be pleased, etc) ... _________________________________________________________________ The new...
Is this really an issue of capacity or of connectedness? If I am truley connected, I am one with what I am doing. However, we are already at one with all...
One should however not put the cart before the horse. To intellectually understand "I am one with all thing's" is FAR different from directly REALIZING "I am...
Hi Folks, I am currently having a discussion on a different board dedicated to the Nichiren tradition of Buddhism. I wanted to get perspectives from those who...
Dear Jeff, I suppose it is right to say that one should tailor ones advice to the particular person. It is also true that "realizing" as in the sense taking in...
Dear Fudo, I am not aware of any master, including the Buddha and Dogen, who did not maintain that there was a goal, namely liberation from delusion/ grasping....
Hi Fudo, The message archive became unavailable soon after I read your reply, so I will need to go on memory as to what you had to say. As far as having no...
Hi Jeff, Rev. Fudo, Dharman, and all: I have, much amused, read all this and all that - lots of messages over the past couple of days, with sound and fury...
Dear Jeff, I did not misunderstand what you meant by understanding. I just disagree with you. The wisest men on earth cannot tell you how the grass grows. But...
... Hi Omahajay, ... Jeff: Fury?...:-) ... Jeff: Yes, this is exactly what I said to fudo. The attention should not be on any goal...This goes back to the...
... Dear Fudo, From reading this post I see that you only THINK you disagree with me because you still haven't graspted what I have said...This is the ...
Dear Dharman, You are real close to what I was pointing to. Jeff was talking about the "goal of zen practice". I think this is a little different the the goal...
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