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by Way-Fun
Sun Mar 20, 2022 5:42 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: “special transmission”?
Replies: 34
Views: 3216

Re: “special transmission”?

It’s so narrow, there’s nowhere to land. It’s so broad, you can’t fall off. It's not good or bad, old or new, big or small, yours or mine. It has no inside or outside, no beginning or end, no life or death. It’s not something or nothing, or both, or neither. It can't be lost or gained and it doesn't...
by Way-Fun
Sat Feb 26, 2022 5:56 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: This One Mind is You
Replies: 54
Views: 15785

Re: This One Mind is You

Can you say more? Without understanding, realization isn't possible. MMK 24:8-10 The dharma explained by the Buddha properly relies on two truths: mundane relative truth and ultimate truth. One who does not understand the distinction between the two truths will not understand the profound principle...
by Way-Fun
Sat Feb 26, 2022 5:18 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: This One Mind is You
Replies: 54
Views: 15785

Re: This One Mind is You

Malcolm wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 4:48 pm
Way-Fun wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 4:25 pm You cannot understand your way to realization.
Sure you can.
Can you say more?
by Way-Fun
Sat Feb 26, 2022 4:25 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: This One Mind is You
Replies: 54
Views: 15785

Re: This One Mind is You

how is that our minds have private, personal experiences? Doesn’t this point to separateness, a “you” and a “me”? It is like closing one eye and opening another. The view with each eye differs. Yet, whether one or both eyes are open, the view is seamless. Though it is seamless, it is not some homog...
by Way-Fun
Wed Nov 24, 2021 4:00 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Working with fear
Replies: 16
Views: 1239

Re: Working with fear

Get to know it. With discernment regarding what is genuinely dangerous or harmful, move towards the things that frighten you. When fear overtakes you, do not turn away. What is fear? What is it made of? What is it that can be harmed by fear? If you feel like your world is about to end, let it. Let f...
by Way-Fun
Fri Sep 10, 2021 11:36 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: Zazen and emptiness
Replies: 24
Views: 10294

Re: Zazen and emptiness

You practice zazen and realize you. Zazen practices you and realizes zazen. Emptiness practices emptiness and realizes emptiness. Zazen practices zazen and realizes zazen. Ummmmmmmmm ... whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa??!!!! :tantrum: We don't practice zazen to cultivate a sense of underst...
by Way-Fun
Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:57 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: Zazen and emptiness
Replies: 24
Views: 10294

Re: Zazen and emptiness

When Dogen said "Zazen is enlightenment" was he basically saying "Zazen is the realization of emptiness?" I wouldn't put it that way. Zazen fully realized is the realization of emptiness. Which is to say that zazen fully realized is the realization of zazen. You practice zazen a...
by Way-Fun
Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:54 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: Zazen and emptiness
Replies: 24
Views: 10294

Re: Zazen and emptiness

"In this lineage of Soto Zen, we say “realized practice.” Practice does not bring about any “end.” We practice practising for the sake of practice, and unfold practice within practice. We realize practice through practice. We practice our life and realize our life. Our life is the practice of ...
by Way-Fun
Wed Jun 17, 2020 4:14 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Zen/Attain True Self
Replies: 33
Views: 4640

Re: Zen/Attain True Self

Teachers apply expedients as the situation demands. When one hears 'True Self' he's liable to think of gaining something. When another hears 'no self' she's is liable to think of losing something. When they hear 'it's not a thing,' they're liable to form a concept of something that's not a thing and...
by Way-Fun
Fri Jun 05, 2020 5:56 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: How To React When Things Doesn't Go the Way They are Suppose To?
Replies: 24
Views: 4667

Re: How To React When Things Doesn't Go the Way They are Suppose To?

It's easy to see, but hard to admit, that only what does happen can.
by Way-Fun
Sun May 10, 2020 2:48 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Uploading the ego to the cloud
Replies: 72
Views: 8822

Re: Uploading the ego to the cloud

Wu-tsu asked a monk, "The woman Ch'ien and her spirit separated. Which is the true Ch'ien?" If your own personal program of grasping could be uploaded and simulated by advanced AI, this might be useful for modeling outcomes for potential therapeutic interventions, but as a strategy for pro...
by Way-Fun
Fri Jul 20, 2018 1:43 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: What would you do?
Replies: 8
Views: 2026

Re: What would you do?

Meet and respond to the matter at hand.
"Mara, old friend, good to see you."
by Way-Fun
Sat Jun 30, 2018 3:18 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: Shobogenzo Recommendations
Replies: 7
Views: 5047

Re: Shobogenzo Recommendations

Nishijima & Cross, Vol. 1-4: https://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Dogen_Teachings/Shobogenzo_1_NC.pdf https://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Dogen_Teachings/Shobogenzo_2_NC.pdf https://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Dogen_Teachings/Shobogenzo-3_NC.pdf https://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings...
by Way-Fun
Wed Apr 25, 2018 3:17 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Illusion in Dzogchen
Replies: 79
Views: 18008

Re: Illusion in Dzogchen

The 'seeing' (appearance) and the 'being' (reality) are not separate things that could ever truly oppose one another. This immediate appearance is not other than its empty nature. Yet, by conceiving of these in opposition, an appearance of things in opposition harmoniously appears. Clearly seeing (r...
by Way-Fun
Fri Apr 20, 2018 3:48 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: To be somebody, or to be nobody
Replies: 17
Views: 3592

Re: To be somebody, or to be nobody

Loneliness, humiliation, resentment, and fear reveal the liability of being somebody, but you have to be somebody, sometimes, to respond appropriately to the situation at hand. Just don't hang your hat. It means treating frames of reference in terms of situational relevancy. When I meet my mother I ...
by Way-Fun
Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:55 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: ‘Dharmas do not arise’
Replies: 49
Views: 12978

Re: ‘Dharmas do not arise’

According to Dogen, particular dharmas are what time is. The when and the what are one and the same. How then, do things arise? "[Human] skin bags recognize [time] as leaving and coming; none has penetrated it as existence-time abiding in its place: how much less could any experience time havin...
by Way-Fun
Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:06 pm
Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
Topic: How do buddhists find exercise motivation?
Replies: 21
Views: 6580

Re: How do buddhists find exercise motivation?

The recognition that exercise is necessary to sustain the good health of this body and mind is enough.
Sādhaka wrote: Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:13 am Buddhadharma physical Yogas would be best.
What are Buddhadharma physical yogas?
by Way-Fun
Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:53 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: A Zen story that stayed with me for decades
Replies: 9
Views: 3193

Re: A Zen story that stayed with me for decades

In private interview, after the student recites the koan, the teacher will say a line from the koan, or not, and pause for a response. Sometimes the teacher will ask for comment line by line, or there are specific checking questions. Unless the response is exemplary, the teacher may either send the ...
by Way-Fun
Wed Mar 07, 2018 7:48 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Is Mind Fundamental?
Replies: 61
Views: 10248

Re: Is Mind Fundamental?

What I'm positing is that mind is fundamental because that is what we experience--- we never experience matter. Again, if I'm wrong, please point out what matter is like independent of mind and perception. "Matter" is usually based on some sort of enduring, underlying substance--- in anci...
by Way-Fun
Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:28 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: (Why) Did the Buddha grief his family?
Replies: 14
Views: 3031

Re: (Why) Did the Buddha grief his family?

He sees the emptiness of dharmas that are, nevertheless, the fundamental constituents of reality. Empty friends and loved ones are the only kind you will ever know. Tears that are not tears, grief that is not grief. An empty chair is real enough to sit on.

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