Yoshizen Phenomena
Alongside the peculiar phenomenon found in the Google Search, such as
“Yoshi – Zappa” which lead to my circular fisheye photo on the top page,
or “Tiny Life Egg” which lead to my photo of the Green lacewings’ Egg
( = on top of the 3.4 million items on their list,)
— the search term “Art Figure – St. Lucia” will have this image
on the top page of the 850,000 items in their listing.
Really ? —- is this an Art ?
Isn’t any better art work or painting of
St. Lucia exist in the world such as the
Spanish old masters religious paintings ?
—– I have no idea how the algorithm of google,
worked-out to select an image of a twisted wire.
Never the less, this is the Google certified “Art”
on top of the million items. 😀 😀
Even more peculiar phenomenon was, the artist
can recognize this as an art in one glance,
while holding the breath. (If you think otherwise, you are not the artist. 😀 )
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The same question again. Is this an art or even a sculpture ? If this was a
sculpture, where IS the sculpted substance ? We are seeing a mere contour of
something. Something of What ?
—– to see, it was a frightened woman while she was hit by a blue line (purported
to be a lightning from the God) 🙂 was in fact in the mind of the viewer.
—– otherwise it was just a twisted wire. —– And in its contour, we are seeing a
woman’s body — are we ? Where is the body. = it IS just an empty space between
the wire isn’t it ? —– You believe this or not, this is the very ZEN Buddhism.
(In the term of the liberated mind and the eyes, the mind of complete selfless
Buddhist is very close to the complete open minded artist. — and the children.)
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What you are seeing is the wire and the VOID between. Seeing the twisted wire and
in the same time, to see it was a figure of the woman in one glance. (Without hear or
read any explanation still capture the meaning instant, by a naked subconscious.)
To know the meanings in one glance while seeing its twisted wire as it is. = This is
the clear eyes and the mind. Indeed, this is what the Buddhism teaches. We might
be seeing just a contour or shadow, and the substance may there or may not =
Who can see everything anyway ? = and, does it a matter ?
—– as long as we can see its clear face and the meaning, we know what we have to do
and how to live without being bothered by a wrong thinking.
This IS the very enlightenment. (You may say what is the difference between a wrong
thinking or delusion to the clear mind. = the former was a result of the thinking with
a lots of desire and the greed kind so on, and the later will come only on the moment,
without thinking, like as an intuitive, spontaneous reflection.
(= this is the reason why, Zen never give a second thought or negotiation.) =
The interaction of the million factors in the Karma gave very reflection of very moment.
And that was what the Dharma gave the person to pick. —– this Confidence “To be with
the Dharma” is the core of the Enlightenment, hence no hindrance in the life though,
on the face, it looks the life just as it IS = it’s mean no fancy magic or mysterious
supernatural manifestation = hence it was described as common and ubiquitous
as a Dog Shit. = if anybody was saying something “Special Enlightenment” it is a sign
of that the person haven’t learnt what the Zen Buddhism IS.)
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So, look at the photo again. What do you think of this. —– do you see, is the VOID
between the wire, still a meaningful existence ? (or the illusion ? = Did the Google too,
saw the illusion and said that this IS the Art ? ? ? Ha ha ha ! )
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Follow the Flow — Karma / Dharma
Those who, the kind regular reader of this blog might have noticed that the past
5~6 months or so, I seemed to become an intoxicated junky of junk cameras.
What happened on me ? = Give a thought or two, in terms of the flow in the life.
(= Follow the flow mean, not chase it, not cringing the mater or notion, let alone
obsessed. It would just happen = so, just follow.)
I gave a glance to those cameras —– then, I found the serial number of the camera
I first disassembled, (which was given by my friend) was like this.
Oh my goodness, 8150 again ? !!! —– This sign appeared wherever I go, but
crucially, it will be sign-posted to the matter or thing which got “the concern”.
= May be concerned to the Dharma, and to my Karma hence I have to take the
matter serious. — to show some more hard facts, if you think it sound dubious.
Photo above left was Canon EF Macro 100mm F2.8 = the most useful lens to me.
And the Photo middle was the most frequently used Canon Fisheye Zoom 8~15mm.
Which got the number 2***1850*. And the right, Zeiss 18mm for Nikon.
They are the numbers happened to appear onto my camera lenses.
They were in the shop purely by chance = as if they were placed there for
me to pick-up, though,in most of the case I bought it even without seeing
the number. —– Without any explanation of why it’s there = is the
natural flow of the fate or given task or opportunity to pick-up, whichever
the way we interpret.
—– as it comes. So, I pick up and do what I can do, regardless whether it is
worthwhile or profitable, or please others — or NOT. (in a hindsight, at least
I can say “I did a lot” to respond what the moment required to me.)
I think, what comes is in fact, what was given —– for each of us to fulfil what we
were born to do. = It’s mean, my Karma think, that me to play with junk camera
suits me ! Or the Karma even like my way to play with the junk. 😀
—– And may be my Karma noticed that I’m not sensitive enough to see the
hidden sign, they started to put a noisy notice shouting 8150 to make me aware
that we are a part of the Dharma and they are watching us.
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Poetry Contest (2)
Not necessary having a thought, I suddenly realized that the story of the Poetry Contest of Huineng and Shenxui was not right. Its contest was the 5th patriarch, Hongren try to find who should succeed him and become 6th patriarch of the Zen. Unlike the other sect of Buddhism, Zen does their learning without rely on the words. = the action in the practice or a thing or phenomenon trigger the understanding.
So, the founder of Rinzai Zen, Rinzai said to have uttered that, “On the way, (may mean Pathway) when you saw the scriptures, through them away. When you saw the monks kill them or met Lord Buddha, kill him too.” —– (this advice was meant be getting rid of any notion, and empty the mind.)
[]On the said Poetry Contest, for the answer to the Hongren’s request to show the Zen mind, well-learned top-rank monk, Shenxui wrote “Mind is like a mirror, I polish the mirror diligently for no dust to settle on it” —– opposing to this, one low rank monk, Huineng wrote “Since Mirror is not exists in the first place, where could dust settle”
—– Hongren found that Huineng has much deeper understanding in Zen, he chose Huineng to be his successor.
[]Zen teaching was started by Bodhidharma on 5th century. Though, as a matter of fact, there were numerous legend and myth about Bodhidharma but little historical facts were known, therefore any story has to be treated with a pinch of salt.
—–When Bodhidharma wanted to choose his successor, there was a similar story. He asked his disciples “Can each of you say something to demonstrate your understanding ?”
Dao Fu stepped forward and said, “It is not bound by words and phrases, nor is it separate from words and phrases. This is the function of the Tao.”
Bodhidharma: “You have attained my skin.”
The nun Zong Chi stepped up and said, “It is like a glorious glimpse of the realm of Akshobhya Buddha. Seen once, it need not be seen again.”
Bodhidharma; “You have attained my flesh.”
Dao Yu said, “The four elements are all empty. The five skandhas are without actual existence. Not a single dharma can be grasped.”
Bodhidharma: “You have attained my bones.”
Finally, Huike came forth, bowed deeply in silence and stood up straight.
Bodhidharma said, “You have attained my marrow.”
Bodhidharma passed on the symbolic robe and bowl of dharma succession to Huike and, some texts claim, a copy of the Lankavatara Sutra.
Bodhidharma then either returned to India or died. (This story from Wikipedia)
(There was the conflicting stories, —– He might returned to Persia. Or even killed in the mass execution at Heyin in 528.) []
My doubt was that why Shenxui, studying under Hongren did have such poor understanding ? (While Huineng who was working in the kitchen could still pick up the Zen understanding from overheard conversation of other monks.)
And the same question goes to the colleagues of Huike too. = they were no ordinary monks, THE direct disciples of Bodhidarma. As they lives together, they must have lots of discussion even arguments. —– still keep maintaining such variety of idea = quite logical and full of blah blah, but where the “Teachings of the Master” which was supposedly on the principle of Void and abhorrence to the words, has gone ?
And, what was the 5th Patriarch, Hongren’s understanding and the teachings of “mind” ? —– (Was he thinking, “There is Zen Mind” ? )
— Who recorded those stories ? — Was that came from the diary of Hongren ? — weren’t those stories made-up to glorify each Huineng and Huike ? ? ?
While making others looks fool = makes stories interesting. And this kind of practice was behind of all those compilation of “Sutra” or scriptures. It’s mean, we need very critical sharp eyes to distinguish what was the true teachings. 🙂
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Hoben (方便) / Upaya — (2)
Most of the books I refer to, are I brought from Japan and unless I need to find
the English word, I do not look into Wiki kind. —– So, I tell you the truth,
until few days ago, I didn’t know that there a Sanskrit word for Hoben (方便), Upaya
existed. In Japan Hoben is a widely used word spread out of the Buddhism,
which has an extended meaning of “convenient mean” or “easy alternative” kind,
and the original Buddhist context was masked by those common usage.
Lord Buddha’s witty teachings, which was timely and suit to the occasion, or to
the person speaking to, is a well known stories, hence those witty talk style has
been adapted by the Zen talk, or even by the children’s comic book “Ikkyu-san”.
As its casual use became so common, we almost forgotten it had a Buddhism origin.
—– So that, to find this word, “Upaya” really surprised me, not because of its
meaning but the attitude, the ancient monk did created a dedicated nickname for
Lord Buddha’s talking style, yet still, they couldn’t find the meaning of
Lord Buddha’s silence.
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Do you talk about the prostitute or prostitution in public ? I don’t think you do.
It’s a dirty talk and officially, it’s not exist in your life. And if it’s not in the society,
neither a word prostitution exists. It’s mean, even if anybody asked about it, you
can not understand what it mean nor able to answer.
To Lord Buddha, talking about Atman or Self never happened, because no such things
of the Self exists and to talk about a thing which is not exists was nothing but a
delusion and it is a dirty talk. Because of it is not exists and as he doesn’t have, it was
no use to make a question about the Self or its reincarnation to him, because
he wouldn’t answer anyway, since even no word, no notion was there.
= This was the reason why, to those questions, there was no answer from
Lord Buddha at all.
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And when the teaching was related to the Self, there was no explanatory words
but to show the practice which would lead to the “Selfless State of the mind” —–
or just to give a smile, otherwise (if you can’t get it), the excommunication.
(This was the reason why no explanation of “No Self” was in the scripture.
—– either it was omitted because of the conflict with the Hinduism or it couldn’t
be written down because, no such things like a Self exists.)
(In Buddhism, especially in Zen, there is nothing between Yes and No.
Yes mean 200% commitment but if it was No, even a word No itself is no longer exist.
= it is not a denial or even an argument but a total erasure = the subject, the matter
is completely disappeared. = hence no psychological conflict.
When no-self, there is even no subject, who is thinking the matter.)
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HOBEN (方便) / Upaya — in Buddhism
In one before previous post, “Why live”, the author of the book Dr. Ogoshi was
saying that the Hoben (方便) (upaya = Sanskrit) = the mean or way (to lead others to
the Enlightenment) as the vital part of the human relation therefore that makes
the Reason to live.
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Among the religions, the only one asking the followers “to understand (the matter)”
is the Buddhism. All others need just believe what was said or written.
With this reason, only the Buddhism having a notion of Direct transmission or
Hoben/upaya and the Pathway. All those are just the mean and the process. —–
Why those mean or process was talked about, but not the goal itself was = that
because, the goal couldn’t be explained, even if anybody knows. Because, it is Void.
Indeed, it’s a funny religion and the strange deal = on the end, you may get the Void
at its best. If it was short of best, you get nothing. Get nothing, yet even if you did
the best, get Void ! —– How Fantastic ! ! !
( at least the another religion is promising the heaven or paradise kind of good deal!
— whether it was fraud or not in the eyes of Advertising Standard Authority.)
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In the famous Kisa Gotami story, what she was instructed was to obtain the
mustard seeds from the house never had bereavement. — After knocking all
the doors in the village, and running all the day, she was convinced that the
bereavement is the truth of human existence. —– The advice of
Lord Buddha, “To save the dead child, it need to get the mustard seeds” was not
necessary true though, the action she took, definitely brought her the enlightenment
and helped her to overcome a sorrow of the lost child. —– And to give such a good
advice and lead the person to get enlightened IS the Mahayana Buddhist duty.
(It must be much harder to enlighten the other. Who got the brain of
Lord Buddha, in this world today ? ! )
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PS: In the mainstream Buddhism, Kisa Gotami’s story
was understood only as a sample of Hoben shown by
Lord Buddha. But, what I’ve been talking about is, its contributory effect of
“Repeating Actions” (running and knocking all the doors next by next) to her
brain function. = (Repeating input to the brain lead the apathetic response =
input would be handled emotionally detached = this is all about
the Buddhist’s practice and the VOID in the mind.)
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Why Live ? ? ?
[ —– 以上のように、名越さんはご自身が仰るように仏教の專門家ではない「門外漢」ながら、
お坊さんでも避けがちな問題に正面から取り組み、行や瞑想を実践することで気付いた
大乗仏教のあり方にまで思索を及ぼしています。大きな問いを掲げ、その具体的な
解決方法を述べつつも、最終的には身近なところからの方便の実践に尽きるという結論は、
お寺やお坊さんの社会貢献の必要性が叫ばれる現代において、非常に大切な視点であると
思います。ぜひ本書を手に、まずはとにかく簡単な行や瞑想を試してみて、そして少しずつ
方便ができるようにチャレンジしてみてくださいね。 合掌
http://www.higan.net/book_review/2015/01/whylive.html?utm_source=mm&utm_medium=245
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I’ve come across a small book review (as it was so small, I should say “introduction” )
of a book titled “Why live as we are going to die anyway” on a Buddhist’s website
called Higan-dera. Its article is small and only minute portion of the book was
quoted, (and I haven’t read the book itself) I may not to have enough source to talk
about —–still, what I noticed was, that despite the “review” was written by a
Pure-land sect monk, and the book was written by a psychiatrist/alienist doctor,
their understanding of the Buddhism were so casual and romanticized. =
May be the indication of the social/spiritual situation of Japan today.
= So much (too much) information of everything, hearsay they-say, stereotypical
idea (not necessary correct) saturating the society yet, non of the correct,
systematic understanding of the Buddhism was upheld.
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The author of the book, Dr.Yasufumi Nagoshi was deducing how individual was
connected to the human-network from a mandala drawing —– what a fancy idea !
Mandala was a symbolic depiction of the Buddhist’s idea of the world, created
2000 years or so ago, — still, long before any Mandala was drawn, human being
has been living in their network/society. —– or Nagoshi was try hard to make a point
“Human relation HAS to be in the Buddhist’s context” — was he ?
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It seemed, Nagoshi didn’t give the answer to the question “Why live” but telling that
the Buddhism is providing the Rules, the Practices, the Guidelines for the daily living
and through this daily life, we can connect to the others, and this vital helping network
makes the people to live and make their life living-worthy.
—– and a Pure Land monk, Jokun who gave this review seemed to have very impressed
by this view, as this human network is the way of the Mahayana Buddhism. —– sound
sweet though, still it didn’t make the answer. Obviously they two were talking about
“How to live” but didn’t aware, or know how and why we exist here.
Otherwise, the burst majority of the world population is living without good cause or
living-worthy reason. The reason why we live is not dependent to the romanticized
Buddhist’s idea but by the hard rational.
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So, Why live ? ? ? — the answer, which they should have given was, that We are having
the life which was given by the Dharma. (Mind you, since Dharma runs the Universe, it
covers non Buddhist as well. = Same as the gravity affecting anything any people.)
We didn’t ask or chose to exist. We exist neither by accident or random occurrence.
Our existence came from all the cause in the moment of the conception and all the
preceding condition of which the Buddhist calls Karma. So that, the one exists here,
was made by those cause and the condition = it was a rational consequence almost like
a direction. This direction can be seen almost like a will or the plan of the Dharma and
the reason why such direction created the Person WAS that there was a needs of which
the person to fulfil. = This on-going total system IS the Dharma. Law of the Universe.
—– It’s mean, we were here to fulfil the role. = it was not our free choice, neither we can
refuse or escape. Therefore we live, = we have to.
—– (So that, actuary to undertake the project, “to be me” = we need to find “who me”
and the role to play. This was the reason why “Self awareness” became crucial to be a
Buddhist — though, don’t mix-up with the “self conscious Ego”. —– the
difference is, the detached eyes to see the self or the self imposed imaginary self.)
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Blinds and Elephant
Among the millions of metaphors human culture has, the one such as
“Moon and Pointing Finger” was known to be associated with Zen Buddhism.
A story of the Blinds and Elephant was too widely known and seemed to have
lost its origin. But this story/metaphor has Buddhist origin too, and this
metaphor was exactly about the Buddhists themselves, was forgotten.
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There are tens if not hundreds of the descriptions to explain Buddhism. Such as
Mushin, Void, Mindfulness, Middle way, Clear-eyes, Detachment, Impermanence,
Ichijo, Compassion, Dharma, Karma, Delusion, Contemplation, Enlightenment,
— etc etc. So that, the people whether believer or the outsider, they think that
there are many aspects, or the elements in the Buddhism which necessitates to
master next by next — though, it is the utter misunderstanding or misguided idea.
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Since those Notion and the Words were used to describe a state of the mind,
people were made to believe that such each state IS exists. = Just same as
one blind man told while touching its flapping ear saying “The Elephant is a
soft thin disk just like a nan bread” and the other said “Oh, it is a very thick
rubbery hose, like a vacuum car’s hose” etc etc.
—– The trouble to deal with Buddhism was, that the most of its phenomena,
state of the mind are in the subconscious of the person, hence it is invisible to
the people, even to the person himself. Inevitably, all those descriptions were
nothing but a guess work of the person, mixed with the hearsay. —– It’s mean,
a person who couldn’t even see the own mind speaking about the Buddhism, let
alone whether he himself had reached to the level to know what the Buddhism is.
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Typical sample of it in these days is, the fashion of “Mindfulness” even in a kind of
business lecture ! The most funny things about this word “Mindfulness”, there is
NO Japanese or Chinese word of this notion exists. = It was a western invention or
made-up —– probably, a sham doctor selling miracle portion kind of “Zen monk”
had used the word first, while having a misunderstanding that the Zen is “a kind of
concentration of the mind”.
If you know about the Zen Buddhism a little bit, you may know the word “Mushin =
Mind of no-mind” —– sound somewhat opposite of “Mindfulness” though, as a state
of the mind, those two is in-separable one. (and nothing like a concentration at all =
Zen is a completely relaxed, open, detached mind = hence No-mind / Void = in fact,
all those different explanations were about the same state —– the person who said,
didn’t know the real situation / state in his real experience — came from hearsay )
= So, it is clear, the person who is using a word “Mindfulness” is a person who is
pretending to know the Zen Buddhism, (and telling “It’s a hose of vacuum-car”) 😀
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—– A funny story in Japan is, one of the big University, Waseda Uni’ has a
student group called “Mindfulness Society” = obviously following a book (or two)
written by the westerner. —– Or, they might have learned that “Mindfulness is no
longer the Buddhism but New religion” = Cool western religion !
— What a hose. 😀
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Utterly useless Banana skin —– still, this is the Glorious 700th Post for a festive evening !
You never seen like this or able to guess what this is. They are the banana skins.
—– ? ? ? Why banana skin was made like this ? —– They were left there to
become dry. —– Why needed to make them dry ? = It was for not to make wet
rubbish in the bin and to prevent the fruits fly to come. —– M m m ? ? ?
—– If I have a grown up teenage daughter, she must hate this kind of practice
and the man who does. = = = I know, that’s why I don’t have a daughter, in fact
any kids or even a possible cause of that, a wife.
(I just read a small article which was telling about his awkward daughter. 😀 )
So that, to avoid to have a cause of trouble was a wise precaution, or wise choice
to have trouble-free life and seems to be a way to reach Enlightenment.
Sound very much Buddhist like thinking. Though, this was an Hinayana approach
to the life. =If the whole planet was filled with such wise Buddhists,
the human-being would be doomed.
As, Hinayana approach was to avoid to have the cause of trouble beforehand,
therefore, to become a man of “Do nothing” was the ideal solution to get Enlightened.
—– but this approach creates more trouble “Not able to follow the rules” = The more
rules, more chance to fail. And anyhow most of the man was not such ideal person.
So, the Buddhism invented another approach called Mahayana = To have a trouble
which is natural to the life is not classified as a trouble. A wife (or two) and could be
an awkward daughter(s) = they may be troublesome but bring a fun as well.
It’s mean, a man (or woman) to have life’s troubles is nothing wrong, it’s just
awkward that all. (After all,
Lord Buddha defined the life is suffering !) = The matter of the Enlightenment is
nothing to do with those troubles. No man is perfect, so, why imperfect was the
obstacle to get enlightened ?
Still, strangely enough, no one (well almost) stay put imperfect = but try to be better.
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So, this is where the banana skin comes in. — but not to make you slip, make us think.
Why fruits fly is not welcome and the fruits skin is the cause of trouble ? = Filthy wet
rubbish made by the fruits skin kind in the bin is the ideal breeding environment to
the fly. —– Still, fly exists according to the Dharma too. All sorts of nasty bacteria,
virus etc etc also exists thanks to the Dharma.
—– If so, imagining own clean life and avoid to have a filth is just an ego and a
delusion isn’t it ?
Giving the opportunities of their life’s fulfilment to the fruits fly, bacteria, virus etc etc
it is a compassion isn’t it ? ? ? —– So, how do you think. (My guess is,
Lord Buddha would have given a smile but no answer.
And Zen master will give a good whack. = shut up, don’t waste the time. 😀 )
—– Have a nice holiday. 🙂
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Become Immune or Irritated ?
When you read a post, like Key Mechanism in Zen Buddhists Mind you might have
mistaken that while doing repeated practice and keep receiving repeated same signal,
our brain automatically start ignoring it. —– Really ? Think it yourself.
In the real situation, such as when you hear the same CM repeating the same name
on the radio or TV, in most of the case you just feel annoyance and irritation =
our brain, our perception couldn’t stand of it. —– So, which is the true.
— the brain become immune or become irritated and mad ?
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My explanation there was
“When a task was given by an order or from a situation in the life, first, it’s needed to
have a “Contemplation” some time interpreted as an acceptance, giving-up (to resist) or
determination to take the task (which ever it was passive or more positive, active way).
—–> And as it was accepted = no way else to go = have to face
the task head-on (this is called “Mindfulness”).
= “needed to have an acceptance” (whether, I’ll do / I have to do / I need to do).
This acceptance or determination, mind-set has to come first, preceding to the act.
And this determination = the conviction “I’ll DO” makes the same task, such as
sweeping the garden, from just a task to the practice to reach the Enlightenment.
Lord Buddha did know this from the beginning therefore in his earliest teachings of
“Four Noble Truth” he said
1) The Life is in sufferings.
2) There was the cause of those sufferings. (because of Karma, hence impermanence)
3) So, it is necessary to (actively) seek the way to escape from the sufferings.
4) And the Buddhism is the way to overcome those sufferings.
Lord Buddha didn’t go any deluded idea, how this world was created by whom kind
of mumbo-jumbo but straight into the reality of the life = It IS the sufferings, and
telling the people to accept it first.
First to accept, then seek the remedy. And the way to seek the remedy is the way of
the repeated practice. So that, the repeated same signal in the brain doesn’t cause
the repulsion but just accepted, then got used => ignored => so, the person become
immune to such signal while carrying out the daily life = => become immune to
the sufferings in the life general => able to live in peace without feel sufferings = is the
Enlightenment. (What a clever magic or the clever design of the brain mechanism !)
= this is the mechanism (the Dharma) everybody was born to have
= therefore, anybody can get the Enlightenment !
= This is THE beauty of Buddhism.
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Zombie ? — What ?
Somebody who read the post [Key Mechanism in Zen Buddhists Mind] asked me
“Practising a repeated long practice, isn’t it a person in a zombie state, on the way
for brain-washing ?” — What ? — also long time ago, somebody told me that he was
thinking that the Zen is in the Trance State”.
Of course, those views were utter misunderstanding, it was a rack of insight toward
his own mind or own experience. —– From the context of the post, it should be
understood that the neurological state in the Buddhists Practice is not far from a
typist or riding a bicycle — in fact even from a walking.
Expert Typist is not necessary using his (her) lexical brain to check the spelling but
finger is just following the eyes picking the letter on a draft. Or riding a bike or
walking, its body coordination was all in the motor region, hence no conscious
thinking was needed for a walk. (I mean how to move each foot next by next. 🙂 )
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So that, being economical in the data process, is a norm in our brain and omitting
the process in the Emotional Region does not make anybody Zombie. Far from it,
while bypassing the Emotion (Fear of Death kind) such as the Emergency Rescue Team
could see the situation with cool-head, not mention a Martial Artist could come closer
to the opponent and able to give more effective attack in a freedom of movement.
While eliminating the hindrance of emotion, the person get far more clear eyes and
the cool judgement, in other words it is exact opposite of a Zombie state.
Bypassing the same-patterned signal doesn’t mean get blinded. While bypassing the
same pattern, any minute difference out of pattern would be instantly singled-out and
will be responded.
Think those phenomena in the own experience how you were doing then.
This is the best beauty of the Zen as well.
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