anything spiritual
responds to stillness-
it cannot be controlled
with force.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
spring: 23 mar 09
who are our best teachers?
and what is it that they say that makes them a good teacher?
standing still-
the frog's voice
heard also in the distance
-Buson
and what is it that they say that makes them a good teacher?
standing still-
the frog's voice
heard also in the distance
-Buson
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
spring!!: 20 mar 09
a touching quote, from someone who couldn't be called a daoist, and yet:
"tragedy is the art of expressing great pain in beautiful language."
-nietzsche
"tragedy is the art of expressing great pain in beautiful language."
-nietzsche
spring!: 20 mar 09
spring rain:
everything just grows
more beautiful
Chiyo-ni (1703-1775)
female haiku master
everything just grows
more beautiful
Chiyo-ni (1703-1775)
female haiku master
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
winter: 16 mar 09
Free & Easy Wandering
I'll never adore this body again,
never loathe it again. How is it
worth adoring when it brings
ten thousand kalpas of trouble,
or loathing when it is emptiness
clumped together in empty dust?
Done adoring it, done loathing it:
So we begin free & easy wandering.
-Po Chui (772-846)
I'll never adore this body again,
never loathe it again. How is it
worth adoring when it brings
ten thousand kalpas of trouble,
or loathing when it is emptiness
clumped together in empty dust?
Done adoring it, done loathing it:
So we begin free & easy wandering.
-Po Chui (772-846)
Sunday, March 15, 2009
winter: 15 mar 09
"Our truest self, being unborn, is all and none of earth's fleeting forms simultaneously."
-David Hinton, gifted translator of Chinese poetry, on the topic of the self in Daoist poetic philosophy.
-David Hinton, gifted translator of Chinese poetry, on the topic of the self in Daoist poetic philosophy.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
winter: friday the 13 mar 09
From Zhi Dun (314-366), one of China's first Buddhist monks, to his disciples:
Be diligent, be diligent!
Perfect Dao is endless.
How could it be obstructed?
A human lifetime, one generation
Is but a dewdrop falling.
My self is not mine, not me,
And yet-who fashioned it to be?
Withdrawn to threefold concealment,
cleanse yourself from the six ailments,
dissolve the five skandhas into emptiness and oneness,
and merge the four limbs with the void.
Again darken knowledge
and, freely yielding to currents,
move along with all beings.
Be diligent, be diligent!
Perfect Dao is endless.
How could it be obstructed?
A human lifetime, one generation
Is but a dewdrop falling.
My self is not mine, not me,
And yet-who fashioned it to be?
Withdrawn to threefold concealment,
cleanse yourself from the six ailments,
dissolve the five skandhas into emptiness and oneness,
and merge the four limbs with the void.
Again darken knowledge
and, freely yielding to currents,
move along with all beings.
winter: 13 mar 09
the dao of poetry:
-full heart, empty mind
-the immediacy of direct experience
-natural language & voice
-egoless ego
-enter, and then dissolve the self
daily life becomes the essence of spiritual practice
the entire earth becomes your temple
and everyone becomes your spiritual teacher
-full heart, empty mind
-the immediacy of direct experience
-natural language & voice
-egoless ego
-enter, and then dissolve the self
daily life becomes the essence of spiritual practice
the entire earth becomes your temple
and everyone becomes your spiritual teacher
Thursday, March 12, 2009
winter: 12 mar 09
rid your mind of accumulations-
polish the mirror
& you will see things
as they are:
utterly themselves
utterly sufficient
polish the mirror
& you will see things
as they are:
utterly themselves
utterly sufficient
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
winter: 07 mar 09
There is no moment more vital
than the one right now.
There is no space more crucial
than the one in which you stand.
than the one right now.
There is no space more crucial
than the one in which you stand.
Friday, March 6, 2009
winter: 06 mar 09
The Chinese character for "immortal," or "realized being" consists of 2 parts: a person and a mountain. This symbolizes the transformation that occurs when we cultivate the qualities of a mountain:
grounded
strong but yielding
silent
still
majestic
exactly what it is, no more, no less.
grounded
strong but yielding
silent
still
majestic
exactly what it is, no more, no less.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
winter: 05 mar 09
laughing or crying...
mountain or ocean...
oh, to be blessed
to reside
in the stillness
between!
mountain or ocean...
oh, to be blessed
to reside
in the stillness
between!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
winter: 04 mar 09
a pilgrimage can't compare
to a good laugh,
and a good laugh can't compare
to simply letting yourself go.
once you're at peace,
letting yourself go
& leaving change behind,
then you enter the solitary mystery of heaven.
-Zhuangzi
to a good laugh,
and a good laugh can't compare
to simply letting yourself go.
once you're at peace,
letting yourself go
& leaving change behind,
then you enter the solitary mystery of heaven.
-Zhuangzi
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
winter: 03 mar 09
at your best,
don't impress anyone.
at your worst,
don't offend anyone.
follow the middle way-
the constant & essential.
Zhuangzi
don't impress anyone.
at your worst,
don't offend anyone.
follow the middle way-
the constant & essential.
Zhuangzi
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
winter: 01 mar 09
people think that we are different
from baby birds cheeping,
but are we saying more
than they are?
-Zhuangzi
from baby birds cheeping,
but are we saying more
than they are?
-Zhuangzi
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