Clockwork DHARMA ?
I just found a good metaphor to explain [What is Dharma] !
It’s a huge gigantic machine ! (No, this is no a joke 😀 )
Gigantic, as its mechanism extend as far as to the end of universe.
And as it is working and ticking, it’s keep moving, hence, no same moment ever exists.
But this machine is invisible, except some end-device connected to its mechanism.
Its mean, all the visible existences are the part of this machine.
This machine exists since the start of the universe, long before human kind appeared on the earth.
Therefore, no written specification, operational manual in any language exists, yet still, some part of its
mechanism and the function has been observed and deciphered as a science and chemistry.
As it is a viable working machine, there is certain tendency and the rules of the way how it works,
though, as it is so gigantic and too complicated, it is beyond the capability of the human to know whole function.
—– except Buddha.
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While observing the phenomena and its occurrences, Buddha noticed that, this world is a kind of system
which is affecting and reacting to each other. ( This intertwined connection is the Karma )
He found it as the system of infinite size which contains ourselves as a part.
And as it is constantly adjusting and reacting, there can not be a single moment of stillness
—– nothing stays the same.
And as it is a system automatically working like a machine, it doesn’t have human like Ego or its own SELF
—– and the human is its part of mechanism, human has SELF neither.
And this system exists before human and not designed to serve for human, its operation is not necessary
for the benefit of human, therefore to live as a part of this system, occurrences are not centred for human
nor kind to human. —– Hence life is harsh.
—– with those contemplation, Buddha found the wisdom to deal with this system or to live as a
part of the system with minimum aggravation, hence in peace and the harmony.
And the teaching is —– to know how the mechanism of the system and the mechanism of ourself works.
Only the way to find the function and its internal rules of the unknown mechanism is —– to observe
and find it by oneself.—– (Finding it, is the Enlightenment)
As the system is working automatic, disregarding the human ego or emotion, to impose or try to understand it,
with human-like mind is pointless —– because the system itself has no such mind.
( You can’t deal with machine with your emotion — you have to do it like handling a machine 😀 )
As the system (include ourself) is operating without the mind, try to think or explaining it with words is
useless. It needs to observe its function and the results = deeds. Hence, talking, thinking has no place.
—– This is what the Dharma is.
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You may not like this description 😀
Especially the western people got used to think the God as a personified figure, as it was imagined as a
super-human, though, no such things in the Universe.
Nor so-called great soul, like Brahman or Atman. ( Romanticized idea appeals to the emotion, but
romantic idea is far from the Truth )
The Dharma is the system much more like a huge machine.
That’s why it is operating dispassionately / in Mushin ( Mind of no-mind).
( Financial panic may caused by the fear of speculators which some Buddhist may say “It’s only in the mind”
though, resulting rise of interest will affect all others like a mechanical precision and the force)
In fact, human mind is always causing a destruction and a mayhem to the system.
—– that’s why the Buddhism says Mushin, Taoism says Woii —– do nothing intentionally = let the natural
mechanism to take its own course.
( I found this metaphor is the clearest explanation —– in words 😀 —— Convinced ? )
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What a situation, what BUDDHIST can do ?
Having more than 2,600 years history, Buddhism acquired very wide-spread of diversity and its facets.
From almost purely religious belief to the way to control one’s mind-set, on top of its local variations.
Like, Pure-land sect might be its extreme and the Zen is the other.
And the Tibetan Buddhism is one of the most uniquely evolved type in its land.
Some are adopted and fused with the fashion of popular belief then, such as the Tantrism.
Still all derived from the teachings of Buddha. Which is,
how peacefully live the life of impermanent life.
[ Don’t worry regardless how the situation in THIS life is dire, there is a heaven waiting for you.]
—– is a typical religious approach, such as the Pure-land sect.
[ See only the subject which IS on front of you ( its mean, Don’t be deflected by a matter which is
irrelevant )] —– is the Zen approach.
Non
Most of the Buddhist’s site says [Be grateful to have a joy of the life and have a peaceful life ] —– how sweet !
Yet seeing too many disturbing news, too gloomy aspects of the social, political, economical situations, and
seeing loads of destructive reports ( such as in a website < Extinction. Protocol > —– which is giving
an impression [ the world is end tomorrow ] ) —– how can I keep my peace ?
Non
Facing the devastation of the world such as happened in Japan [could we still stay calm ? ]
As a Zen Buddhist, I might have made an explanation “ As a Buddhist, I gave some donation to Japanese
Disaster Fund etc, which I thought my duty, though further than that, I can’t do much as it is too far away”
—– but, wasn’t it, bought small peace of mind, then buried the head in the sand with convenient excuse ?
And making excuse “ What I can do is, transmit nice stories to make a reader to feel a joy of the life —– and
put photos of flowers and blue sky “ ( though, i’m not necessary doing this 🙂 )
Other Buddhists might have thought “ This is what the Samsara meant, this is what the life is, so, I need
to chant the Mantra more ( to go to heaven) “
—– but in reality, the situations are not such benign, nor Buddhist’s thought is simple.
Non
There could be some thoughts, from quite meta-physical view such as, we human being is facing an
awful repercussion, as we have been odd with the Dharma too long ( so-called Punishment ) to
much talked about break down of ecosystem / global natural balance, devastation of environment
—– driven by the man’s greed (Capitalism) —-> hence we are having so many freak weather, climate
change and its chain reaction etc. etc, the list of implication is endless.
———- then, what can we do, and should do as a Buddhist ?
In fact, when I faced this question on the time of Japanese disaster, I was deeply affected, or simply
depressed. —– what AM I doing here. just reading the news ?
Just an ordinary man who went there with bare hand and shifted the mud, would have done much more
good to help the situation. Or, should I keep stay calm, as if nothing happened in the world, while stop
reading the news —– and making nice lemon tea ?
Was that a kind of peace what a Buddhist should enjoy ?
Nothing other than on front of me, exists in the world ? ? ? Other than that, are all irrelevant to
the one’s life and they are the delusions ?
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Where is the realm of one’s life — while everything are inter-connected to each other.
The air I have inhaled now could contain an oxygen atom which has been exhaled by a man in the other side
of the world a month ago, or from a plant leaf of Amazon jungle.
What actuary Dharma affecting one’s life ?
—– Or, was that only manifested as a flow of the occurrences ?
The answer seems to be, there is no fixed answer to what is right or wrong as a notion,
such as [go to disaster area and help clearing the mud] or [stay here]. They are just man’s Thinking.
As, there was no way to go there and I happened to stay here and worried about the situation
—– happened as it was, it was right = the natural flow of the Dharma. ( if it was wrong, I shall
pick up the consequence soon or later = if it’s comes, it comes ) ( In this extent, Buddhists are passive
= unless we were attacked, we don’t fight, we don’t attack —– ? ? ? Does it mean, to research defence against
tsunami is wrong ? No, the danger is already there, and soon or later it will come = preparation is a defence.
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While after the Atomic Bomb, the ground of Hiroshima and Nagasaki started to have regrowth of
the plants, flora and fauna, and the People started to rebuilt the houses.
People couldn’t wait 25 years like Chernobyl. (Incredible though, it’s just a historical fact )
People lived there might have shorter life and some baby might have died prematurely —– still, we haven’t
found any mutant man, or super cockroach from Hiroshima or Nagasaki —– simply defective GENE has been
died and disappeared —– and survived are just lived on as normal existence.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the same bustling Cities like all another Cities in Japan now, other
than their horrendous memories. —– Life continues and the cities and towns in Japan will be recovered with
wiser adaptations in their building design.
Living far away from Japan, I’ve shed a tear or two with the emotions of powerlessness.
—– that was my deed, this is what happened. That’s it. Not my word or thinking but only the fact count.
( Regardless, what ever the theory, planning, talking, we don’t know what actually happen —— and when
it happened, we have to follow and find the measure —– only the reality, the fact and the deed count. )
There wouldn’t be any escape and in the same time, no use to dream any hypothetical
possibility or have an illusion to be a Superman. ( Unless you were born to be a Superman 😀 )
Yes, this is what the Dharma is. We have no way else but accept and follow.
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( PS : By the way, I like Bob Geldof —– He was a young man with passion as a young man is, but
don’t like Bono —– he is just a bully, who found a mechanism to satisfy his ego)
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Chinese DESIGN
As a humble man who is wearing £6.99 shoes from Lidl shop ( in this instance, forget about a bit expensive
camera lens etc 😀 ) my only shopping pleasure is (as I don’t buy other than regular essential staff) to
find something funny products (always from China) in a pound-shop.
As a matter of fact, most of the case I don’t use them as it was expected to do —— I disassemble and use the
material or components for another purpose.
In the same time I can see the way how they designed and manufactured the product —– in
extremely cheap way ! I use a word [ Amazing ] for such products —– Amazing in certain extent, for
their pretty innovative, creative, lateral-thinking !
( Remember, Chinese was the people who invented Gun-powder, Paper, Magnetic Compass, etc. and
able to establish the viable system of Herbal-medicine, not mention the Acupuncture. )
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In the development of human civilization, there has been numerous [ Amazing ] invention, some of them
might have come through by accident though, some are beyond the imagination, such as the way how
acupuncture was invented ! —– once after the phenomenon was noticed, there was no limit to
experiment for this point and that, and thousands of years of accumulated observation = here the each point
were established, —– For a Royal Doctor, hundreds of prisoners or poor patients must be his disposable, no
shortage of guinea-pig. Hence, thousands of systematic experiments, research could have done in ease,
untill the exact point or portion of herb and the mixed combinations were defined and established.
( I guess, millions must have died in agony when the experiment went wrong —– and this tradition is
seemingly continuing in China even today, the prisoners in death low are executed to meet the schedule of
organ transplant for the hospital and corrupt officials to make money )
But what about the very first moment to notice “ there is a certain connection between the
symptom and accidentally pieced needle “ —– ! ! ! [Amazing observation ! ]
( It might be evolved from the [Shiatsu massage] / Press the point strongly as a part of martial art —– then
“stronger the better” so that, burn a Moxa on the same point, and came to the idea “How about piercing” )
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In comparison, I don’t think there was not much length needed to invent Gun powder as
a Taoist Doctor was an Alchemist too. ( Herbalists use all sorts of material such as even Mercury or
Arsenic etc ( the fancier the ingredient the more profitable, — such as Tiger-bone, Rhino-horn — which
carry the price of £60,000 /Kg and Sea-horse, etc) ) —– there could be a mixture of Carbon and Nitrate
made soon or later. Then put them in a bamboo pipe, it would easily make a Rocket 🙂
And as Chinese is making dried sea-weed using bamboo mat ( like Nori on Sushi ) there couldn’t be
much distance to discover the technic of Paper making.
Non
So, there seems to be a key ingredient in Chinese mind-set, —– acute keen eyes to observe,
and the millions of try and error, some are pretty inventive approach —– on the end
it would be succeeded. (But, a question is, why they couldn’t find [ Periodic Table] kind ? )
Ten years ago, Chinese products were just cheaply made crap though, these days some are nicely made
( even shiny iPhone, iPad are all made in there, anyhow there is no difficulty as most of the components
come from Japan ) they are getting the skill to make a copy and make it looks nicer — after all, the screen
of iPhone, iPad were all made by Sharp Japan, what else they need ? 😀
non
An interesting small item I found in a pound shop was an engraver to scrape a name on what ever the
surface material. ( When I saw it, I wondered how the drill tip and the small motor-shaft was connected
—– it can be useful somewhere —– purposely made shaft coupler is much more expensive )
When I opened, I discovered the most minimalistic, ultimately simplified structure !
I think, the photo can show you everything. Just one twisted wire is functioning as a spring to pressurize
and holding the batteries while connecting it to the motor.
Still it works ! —– no frill but enough for ordinary use ! —– That’s why it was £1.
To see such drastic simplification made my jaw drop. This is almost a revolution.
While maintaining its function, still able to cut the cost to such bare minimum, this way of thinking is
noting but amazing.
—– M m m, ? ? ? But in the same time, it made my spine chill. This kind of mind-set, very very
innovative cunning thinking, disregards any convention but “as long as (apparently) it works = it’s OK”
might be behind even their rapid construction of Hi-speed Train or the Cooking Oil recovered from the
sewerage —– that’s was the way how it made somebody horrendously rich.
And now their Hi-speed Train was plagued by the accident, killing many people. ( but, because of their internal
rule, the number of fatality of any accident is always 35 max, otherwise the local official will be sucked
—– therefore if the number of dead exceeds = the bodies disappear and classified as missing —– ? ? ?
but, where those 3~400 missing bodies has gone ?, it’s middle of nowhere ).
Non
To liberates the way of thinking, but in the same time, strain the mind to stay within the
morality, stay away from greed, is on the very thin blue line.
Where their thousand years proud tradition of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism has gone ?
—– Wasn’t that, their sublimated Ethos ? ? ? ——- or Mammon-ism is much stronger ?
The trouble seems to be —– they got only two choice, either connected to the Communist Party’s power
and get rich, otherwise stay poor and killed ( or even worse, suppressed and disappear).
And root of this trouble is, they have been in the [Artificial] society too long. —— Ideology
is artificial, and a policy of such as [one baby] policy was utterly artificial ( because of this,
they are facing the crisis of having twice as many old retired population than young working generation).
When facing the deadly choice of life or death = Mammon-ism is only the mean to survive. Is it ?
———– I really wonder, how long a society totally against the Dharma able to go on ?
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PS: If anybody is wondering about the situation in China, especially around their Hi-Speed Train,
—– Please search and find the articles about ［劉志軍] and [丁書苗] in [経済観察報］or 香港 [明報] .
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Order in Disorder (2)
Before the Buddhism evolved into Mahayana, the followers try to understand the existences in each
definition, in order, such as described in the Abidharma Kosa, and tried to fix the rules, so that,
in effect, made the person into the orderly ideal TYPE.
Then, the Buddhists realized that there is no such things like an orderly type nor
orderly existences —– no order is the order.
Like the nature, even a Hurricane or a Tsunami are also a part of the Dharma, not mention a Death.
Try to impose an ideal TYPE or the imagined ORDER and branding anything else are evil, is
the human invention, and such thinking is nothing but the delusion.
In contrast to [see the Dharma as it is ], — [try to impose the idea over the Dharma ] is
the fundamental difference between Mahayana and Hinayana.
Accept the Dharma as it is, accept the human as human not an ideal TYPE, was
the starting point of the Mahayana Buddhism.
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From his earliest period, Buddha’s teachings consists of the Four Noble Truth, in which
Buddha defined that the Life is suffering, getting ill and getting old then to die —– far from any
ideal TYPE of the life. —– but this was what Buddha did find.
And it took 500 years for the followers to realize what it’s really meant.
Still, if the situation of the life is confined only to this,
Buddha wouldn’t have taught his enlightened wisdom of —– how to deal with
this apparently hopeless situation.
The Buddha’s answer was, against this disorderly situation (Samsara), to live the life
in Mushin (which can be acquired through the practice) would open the way to live without
fear or negative thought, and away from any negative effect of ego and the delusion.
—– therefore lead to the peaceful Nirvana.
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Only the rules what Buddha found was the Rule of the Karma though, as he also explained the
constantly changing nature of the Dharma (which include ourself), this Rule still having unknowable
hence, no-order again.
Yet still, strangely you might think, this uncertainty still retains the overall direction of the Karma.
(Which is the direction of the Dharma) —– situation constantly changes, occurrences seemed random,
still we pick up what the one should pick up = on the end the one goes to certain direction.
Only the matter is, to pick up right one. —– To do this, its need to have clear eyes
and absolutely calmed, exposed sensory. —– here, the Buddhist’s practice comes in.
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To the absolutely opened eyes and the mind of no-mind = Mushin, even a minute sign of
something happening will be seen. And as the mind is open, usually an out of scope kind
of irrelevant matter (which can be crucial to one’s life) may also be seen.
Stereotype, self-imposed casting always limiting one’s perception and cause wrong thinking.
But, creative, progressive idea and the direction is over this barrier —– why you find this ? why you ?
is the indication of [ because you were assigned to do this] —– this is what the direction mean.
To the outsider, the nature / the Dharma looks No-Order though, to the open mind = Mushin, it looks no
problem —– since he could see the direction and be in contended as in the right direction. He stays calm.
Non
– – – “ Oh, C’mon, can’t you see, the World is disintegrating”
“Yes I can see, its true. But because of that, somebody has been assigned to work hard and dealing with it.
So, if he asks your help. Help him. If not, don’t interfere him, or worrying about it yourself.
If the Dharma in deed had the intention for the World to sink,
the Dharma didn’t assign him to solve the problem”
Put faith on the Dharma. 🙂
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PS : It may look nicer to shout against the Nuclear Power or multi-national Capitalists etc. while pretending
to be a conscience of Planet Earth though, I don’t think it is not necessary a typical Buddhist’s attitude,
unless the one was born to be a campaigner. Because, the Buddhism is not stand on the mouth but practice.
Before open the mouth, better stop wasting energy, electricity etc, stop buying bottled water, fizzy drink,
give up the car etc etc. Those practices may be in your hand but, —– ? ? ? how many people in the world
can stop the Nuke ? —– the drive to change the policy of some country to give up Nuke was not by the
campaign, but by an accident in Japan which costed hundreds of billions of money. Money speaks louder.
In emotion, everybody feel ” What a hell, Japanese government is doing (or not doing !)” though, it need to
think what an emotional shout can affect the actual policy there —– yet, on the Election, they vote to the
well-known TV characters or comedian —– ? ? ? (What’s going on there)
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Anyhow, no-one’s conscience or emotion would give a halt to earthquake or tsunami 😀
(To the Planet Earth, it was a small wobble to release a tension (so, it was a rational adjustment. Not a
disorderly passion ) though, for us, minute human being, it was a devastating quake) we are utterly powerless.)
—– but this is what the nature / Dharma is.
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Order in Disorder (1)
Reflecting back my own life, I myself often amazed, or even bemused,
how I’ve been coming through chancy life. I wouldn’t say I was anything casual or irresponsible,
because if there was anything due, I did my bargain in my best. But beside this, I put even more effort for
something else which is not necessary I was expected to do. —– but in the hind sight, I’m wondering
whether it was my choice or just happened to be there, and I just picked it up ?
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When I was small, my interest was the Nature, insect or plant kind. But it was not my choice.
Soon after the war ended, Tokyo was a burnt down city, not much other than a wild field to go around and
no sports facility or game kind there. (My hobby of electronics was definitely my choice. And to get the
components, I needed to take a journey to Akihabara where ex-Korean war junk was sold — and those
mechanical-electronical components such as variable condenser, vacuum bulb’s intricate, futuristic
structure fascinated me ! )
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For me to turn my eyes to human life and its psyche was happened when one of the (bad) boy in the
secondary school incited me to read a book of the notorious suicidal novelist, Osamu Dazai.
(so, I became bad boy too —– and became a rebel )
And to start to go to mountain other than for chasing the insects was, simply the class teacher organized an
out of school activity club and I joined it. (Since I was familiar with walking on the hill or in the woods)
And this activity continued while getting heavier and heavier even to winter rock climbing level. (Its mean,
I did this, one of the physically, mentally hardest training from 12 years to 27 years, up to 1/3rd of the year
in the mountain)
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For me to take the subject of Industrial Sociology in my Uni’ was also a sheer coincidence.
A Professor of Industrial Sociology asked me to help his project, and I got involved deeper, that’s all.
But I personally learned from him, how to observe and analyse the man and its society.
(Visualize somebody’s life and give an insight “If I were the man in there, how do I feel
and behave”—– this approach gave me great insight, and the way to see the human life
—– instead of imposing the view or criteria of observation, not to take superficial
observation of one’s behaviour, but to see the situation from the person’s psyche and his
stance, was the crucial attitude I learned from him)
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And while in my Uni’ I spent most of the time (well, while I was not in the mountain) in the Herbalium in
the Science dept’ despite I was studying sociology. This Makino Herbalium is one of the largest in Japan
having millions of botanical specimen and I was working there, taking photo of plant or making specimen.
It was my part-time work to pay for the Uni’ and to go to mountain or skiing.
While there, I was asked to join 3 expeditions to help botanists as a botanical photographer and an expert of
jungle walking 🙂 —– in fact for those reason I remained in my Uni’ altogether 7 years.
(with annoyance of the administrator, who shouted me “Are you still here ?” 😀 )
———- but I might have made a mistake to become a photographer 😀
( But if I were not a photographer, I didn’t come and to live here —– it was a necessary
element in the course of my life —– like a Butterfly Effect / minute change may cause
the drastic difference in the end result —– therefore, there is no regret )
( To deal with close-up photography, it is necessary to improvise or even specially design the equipments.
Working in a part of the Science Dept’, I could access the engineering machine in the Technology Dept’ and
having the knowledges of electronics lead me to design even special camera. It happened, as it happened.
—– was that natural consequence or just a lucky coincidence —– it’s a good question 🙂 )
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Then I left Japan. And while staying in England as a photojournalist, suddenly the awkward court case was
started which I had no choice. I had to deal with the case as a Litigant in Person while learning English Law
overnight —– and I was forced to give up photographic business. Court case really consume time though,
in the other hand, if next hearing is months away —- suddenly, too much time but nothing to do.
So that, I got plenty time for reading and thinking —– about Zen. Then, suddenly “ Alas,
now I know, all through my life, I was given the hardest training to become a Zen monk”.
I’ve learned Nature. Then my scope was expanded to human existence while dealing with sociology and
working in the mountain as a voluntary keeper, seeing the people in their edge of the life. Hence, farther
into the spiritual fundamental aspects of humanity.
(but didn’t learn how to deal with funeral , so, don’t ask me to conduct a funeral 😀 )
(Since, the Court case was caused by a woman’s explotitation of my immigration status, I was quarified to decrear
” Woman is the cause of nothing but the trouble” hence I quit to deal with woman. Literally became a monk 😀 )
Non
Looks utterly chancy life ––— though, on the end, it converged into one direction.
And yet another coincidence, I happen to start this Zen blogging.
Before I left Japan, I was told by my mother who was a psychic, and while she was reading my palm line
“Since you got mission, you wouldn’t be fallen before your task was accomplished. Therefore I wouldn’t
worrying about you at all” —– I don’t know the reason why I don’t get ill (I still have no registered Doctor
while staying in this country 35 years), or in the mountain, I had falls on the rock 3 times though never
injured. And I’ve broken 3 skis but never broken any bone 😀
—– It’s hard to tell, whether all of those are just the sheer coincidences, and I was just lucky
—– or something else ? —– there seems to be no order or rational connection, everything
were just occurred, yet still, in the hind sight, there was a certain direction.
( If A hasn’t been there, encountering B wouldn’t be happened, then at the B, conveniently C
happened —– and so on, and lead to Z on the end = this is the life. )
—?— is this the hidden order ? —– Or the Dharma’s intention ?
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( To be continued to the next post 🙂 )
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FORMURA in DHARMA
I have written about how Leonardo Davinch was obsessed with his Masonic belief a while ago.
And it is well known that the Masonic people has been trying to figure out the fundamental rule of
the universe in its proportion or mathematical formula, hence the architectural proportion of
the old temple etc.
Fibonacci number / its rule of consecutive numbers are one of the rules found in nature —–
since they thought, it should have the ultimate power of rule of universe. etc etc. ( It is true, some plants
and its order of distribution of leaves or seeds on the pod shows certain pattern, hence certain formula
which lead to the discovery of the very Fibonacci number ) —– so what ?
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Unfortunately, there is no such magic formula to solve the trouble in the human life.
If the perfect proportion of the old temple have had any mythical protective power of the universe,
it couldn’t have been destroyed.
It is a tendency of the dream of lazy and yet greedy man —— to grub the power and the fortune
by tricking using the simple and easy formula —– and believing such things could ever exist.
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Of cause, Buddha taught no such things could ever exists, and such idea is nothing
but a delusion. —– though, some Mahayana Mantras having many fancy super natural stories.
A man who read Diamond Mantra and wanted to gain such super natural power, asked me to teach
the secret of Zen. (since he believed I’ve got it —– how nice complement 😀 )
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Give a thought or two to what Buddha taught —–
Fixed formula which got only few parameters only works to the fixed, limited condition.
Buddha said, nothing stays permanent and keep changing moment to moment = out of
reach of any fixed formula.
Such formula is a product of our poor thinkings —– how we can rely such idea when the author,
ourself is unreliable. Even its existence is not certain.
Above all, what is the intention to get such secret formula for — to get the good result quick ?
To get power and the fortune in easy way ? = What a greed and the arrogance.
Such greed or arrogance negates any virtue of the Buddhism.
One Buddhists sect recruiting the people saying “Get happiness quick“— though, such idea to appeal
the people’s greed negates Buddhism itself. ( You can see, despite they are taking a lots though they
are the most miserable people — only able to repeat what was written in the book, and thinking Happy)
Strange Paradox of Goodness in the Buddhism only came out of absolute nothing. From No expectation.
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Buddha didn’t give an answer to many questions — long time myself has been thinking, because
it was not necessary for us to know, — though I realized, it was the very answer Buddha intended to give.
The answer itself is a notion, whether it was said by Buddha or not. When the notion itself and
the condition based upon it couldn’t exist in a fixed form, there couldn’t be
a fixed answer = no answer is the very answer.
—– Then all the another pieces of his teachings fallen into the jigsaw —– that’s why the clear eyes to
see the Dharma is essential = Dharma itself is not fixed entity, it changes a moment to moment,
hence the flow of response is essential. The free mind, not cringe to any fixed idea, away from any
deluded idea or belief is essential = Mind of No-Mind is the key to see the Dharma.
Its mean, the compliance to the situation is the matter. See the situation as it is.
And the response on this moment may not be the same to a response a moment ago.
Its mean, there is no fixed formula. Or no-formula is the ultimate formula.
No quick fix with anticipation exists.
Don’t worry with bad anticipation, until its happened, it hasn’t happened yet.
When it’s happened, then, take best action —– as long as you keep your eyes clear,
the situation you see is far better than misguided anticipation.
Flexible structure is much stronger even in an earthquake.
This is the Buddhism. Buddhists never miss the moment.
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Japanese ENIGMA — It’s the BUDDHISM
There are numerous report of the Japanese disaster which showed incredible calmness
and the orderly behaviour of the people who went trough unimaginable devastation of
their life.
AND the unbelievable calmness while hearing and facing the situation of their Nuclear plant’s
meltdown. —– as if even a meltdown didn’t make a news or no longer the issue.
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Of cause there was a cunning manipulation of the media by the government and the establishment
whose interests are heavily entwined with those Power supply industry ( with their financial, political
mutual interdependency ) and the PR machine which organized the bent scientists who has been
creating smoke screen and the deception saying “ Nuclear is safe and clean “.
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So when their Nuclear system break down and shown the leak of radio-active material, they kept
pretending it was just a minor trouble of electric power failure, hence nothing serious at all, and
try to patch-up behind the scene. —– though, as it has melted down just the next day of Tsunami,
the trouble couldn’t be solved easily—– meltdown is really serous trouble.
—– still, they managed to keep the people ignorant, then rose the accident level 5 to 7, a month
later —– waited until the people get used and become immune to a bad news.
Strangely you may think, even in this situation, there is no word of Meltdown in
the Power company’s official report. (Saying ” I’m not good in English” 😀 😀 )
So that no longer Japanese believe the Company who is just dodging the word.
( Then what can you believe —— nothing. —– neither knows what will happen )
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Strangely, how serious the situation was, which was detected and assessed by the foreign experts
who saw the Nuclear accident in Three miles Plant US, and those report was appeared in the media
abroad, —– but they were ignored as a demagogue —– anything bad news were suppressed.
This attitude was taken not only the Japanese media but it was common among the people.
[ The most important issue is, to rebuilt the life and regain the normality.
Anything obstruct this has to be rejected and ignored]
———- Whether you can believe or not, you like or not, this is the Buddhism.
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Buddha told that the life is suffering — and the death is in the end. Yet still, there is
the way to overcome those obstacles by the way to see the world and the life.
And the way to see it, is the Buddhism.
By this, the Enlightenment, we can get the Nirvana —– therefore, instead of wasting
the time worrying about those obstacles and the troubles, [Just get on the life. Just Do It]
Japanese are literally doing this. ( Unlike in the west, no riot smash or burn down the
Company —– because they know such emotional act can’t solve the trouble at all)
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Buddha ignored a question what is the structure of the universe or the soul is perpetual.
—– obviously because [ They are unknowable and it doesn’t matter for us at all ]
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Now we human being is at the brink of finding the fundamental of the existence by the experiment
of Atomic research —– sound interesting though, —– [ String theory ? ? ?] —– ?
Is it the matter to how many person in the world ? Is Parallel World (even if it’s existed)
anything matters to you ?
The more closer to us, all the fancy gadgets wouldn’t work and couldn’t be designed without the
calculations in the Quantum theory —– though, how many people in the world actually dealing
with this ? Most of the people using the gadgets only knowing which switch is on-off.
We might be extinct because of the activities of the Sun or by an Asteroid etc. etc. who knows ?
Is it help us to know what could happen one day ? — other than interesting brain teaser. 😀
———- So that, Buddha rejected anything which exist only in the mind
and irrelevant to our dairy life —– defining they are just the delusions.
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To the Japanese people, natural disaster —– when it’s comes what would happen are same as the
Asteroid or Solar Activities —– it may come but what can you do ? Nothing.
If nothing, it is better not to bother. —– Worrying wouldn’t help anything (except to the
scientists who knows better and the engineer who design more reliable structure )
And for them, the trouble of the Nuclear Meltdown and its consequence came into the
same category. —– therefore, if it’s happens, it happens —– same as inevitable death,
there is no escape hence no point to argue. —– just resign.
(Anyhow, they can’t understand what is the Nuclear Reaction mean and radiation is
invisible. It makes no different to Earthquake. They just shut off the useless thinking )
And as the blockage removed ( worrying mind has gone) then, just live the day in its best.
Do the best mean, do what you can, to the things on front of you. Help others who is having more
difficulties. Utilize something which remains —– improvise and be resourceful. etc.etc.
The matter is live there while making in its best. —– best mean not to do wrong —– they
don’t rob others, nor steal. Even don’t cry —– crying makes others even more depressed
—– it’s no good. So, this is how and why they are seemingly behaving in such orderly way.
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You must be realized, it is not enigma at all —– and realized, the control of ego and
emotions can be done by anybody. ( If you can not, it is because you are believing and
unconsciously wanting to cling your ego and the emotions.
—– it is your trouble of fundamental Mind-Set — you need to change the subconscious )
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Play to the 25,000 victims of the disaster in Japan.
And the best wish to the recovery of the half million people who has been affected.
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Illusion of PERMANENCE
A decade or two ago, when we saw the dawn of digital photography, we were told
and believed that the digitized photo will be safe and permanent.
Unlike silver based photo image which is vulnerable to the chemical deterioration
etc. digitized information is the most reliable, solid archive of the recording.
—– Really ? ? ?
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After nearly three decade, the people who bought early CD music, started to notice
that their disc has been deteriorated and no longer playable due to the
ageing of the plastic material.
CD player just show you a sign [ No Disc ] or music became corrupt and repeat the
same passage again and again. —– The average life of CD is 20 years.
Considering the 100-year-old Wax-cylinder Gramophone Record still able to give the signals out,
I wonder what an advancement of technology was.
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And I noticed, some photos saved in a USB flash memory has become [ Invalid ] —– ? ? ?
Data was just evaporated. Since I have no idea what image existed there. I just give up. Nothing I can do.
—– The data in the flash memory last 5 years.
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HDD / Hard disc is notoriously fragile animal. One drop would nullify hundreds of Giga byte of data instantly.
( Mechanical and electrical life span of HDD is about 5 years. Therefore, you may need to copy the data
again to new HDD, before trouble occur )
It is absolutely true. Digitized image never changes and as it is the simplest form of the
information which consists only 1 and 0, it would be most reliable form. Yes, Information is,
but not a media which recording or storing them. Without a media, the data can not exists.
And the danger of electrical glitch which corrupt the data or OS could be always there.
The more you open the file, the more chance to have it. The larger the HDD, having the more danger.
(Just imagine, a 2.5″ HDD disc on the photo having less than 5 square inch surface. —– Assuming, on there
30 Giga x 8 magnetized (and not magnetized) dot are aligned —– you know how small they are.
Picking up the data, whether each point was magnetized or not, from the disc which is rotating 5400 round
a minute —– it is an incredibly tricky business, even when everything worked perfect = soon or later,
something not perfect come to affect the over all function = you no longer able to read the data. That’s it. )
—
A collection of Photos and Video images I had been accumulated in my old laptop which I have copied into
a USB flash memory to read in my new laptop was just disappeared all together. 4 Gb size of data has just gone.
The screen shows ” File is empty / 0 bite ” —– great !
( Later, I recovered the lost file in the 4Gb USB memory using [ Mini Tool Power Data Recovery, Free Edition
program ] which I downloaded free —– saved about 15,000 files out of 20,000 though, all jumbled-up, without
caption or file name = you know, How the situation is nightmarelish —– 😦 and 😀 )
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In this situation and its hard reality, the internet data storage service was born —- though, like my experience,
one day its might just disappear. Service might be withdrawn, even by human error, or the file even the
site management itself could be hacked in, and the data could be lost. The more important the data is, it would
be the more profitable for the hacker to steal it. The Cloud computing may seem very convenient and
very very powerful though, of cause, such concentration of the data can be seen just as a huge
treasure trove, and inevitably attract the organized cyber criminal. Cynical irony is, even if the
data has been extremely highly encrypted, billion combination of code can easily be deciphered
using even more computing power of the Cloud. —– Nothing is safe and permanent.
So that the wise mind-set is, —– accept its nature, it might be there, might not be there,
and live with which is remained to be there.
If the photo is there, use it. If not there, it’s not there. Never cling the idea [It should be there ].
(Better keep the crucial data locked up as a print-out copy —– then how about a fire ? 😀 )
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Your loved one might be there and smiling at you.
You enjoy it, but might not be there any longer, still not to be desperate.
You enjoy your precious memory. —– Live on what you got in your hand.
___/\___ Have a peaceful day.
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PS: ( Photo above was taken by Canon 5D Mk-II with TSE 24 mm-L II — This is a pretty well made good lens )
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DIVINE Intervention
Yesterday (20 April ’11) this Blog became off the Net by which WordPress said that I’ve violated
their term —– ? ? ?
With my inquiry they explained, my blog is having many Spam comments on it and unless I remove them
the service wouldn’t be resumed. —– ? ? ?
WordPress got their own Spam filter Akismet which is boasting so much thousand of Spams has been
filtered out, yet still they showed some more spam in my Dashboard.
My understanding was, those short comments might be genuine, hence WP asking me to distinguish.
Some Spammer is a kind of amateur while web surfing (since it’s his hobby and anyhow spending so
much time on front of a screen) might got the idea to supplement his income while leaving his URL as a
visitor’s name and anybody click his name it might linked to such as poker site.
He might get some commission by the number of visitors there. Still, unless a reader click his name
it wouldn’t link to the dubious site. It is harmless.
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Even a spammer has his right to seek the truth in Zen Buddhism. Why not.
Many famous Buddhists monk used to be a bloody warrior or notorious womaniser before.
And because of its past, they came to Buddhism to seek a peace. —–The one born innocent and having
smooth event-less (rather boring) life —– it’s peaceful enough. He doesn’t need the Buddhism.
But the one who is having rather bumpy ride in his life, is looking for a different way of the life and for a
start, came to a Zen Blog like here. He may not an eloquent talker (if so, he have had different job already)
hence just left a short comment of “It’s nice” kind. —– I still obliged to say Thank you.
He was a visitor, which makes no difference to an eloquent Zen Talker.
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Strangely you might think, I knew this (suddenly all the two years writing disappears) is going to
happen soon. A week ago, I’ve asked a friend, James Stevens of SPC.org who is running such as
OWN, a community WiFi networking movement, to archive all of my Blog in their huge HDD.
( I’m providing electrical, mechanical adaptation, modification to help them, which I’m good at 🙂 )
And all of my recent posts were first written as Open Office Documents and automatically saved.
Therefore, I’m ready to move to another domain fully intact.
—– And as it really happened, it must be the Divine intervention, me to move to independent
site, while re-organizing the sorting, indexing system.
(Though, I have no idea how big the task would be :-D)
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It seems, as this Blog started with sheer coincidence, yet another coincidence like this must be the
another direction given by the Dharma. I myself is in fact puzzling why like this happen —– could
just be a sheer coincidence though, don’t ask too much. —– As it happened it happened.
Just follow and live. So that, I have no complaint. And I know, a good reader like you are seeing
the same phenomena in your life as well. This is what the Life to be a Buddhist. Isn’t it ?
What the best to be a Buddhist is, we don’t need to panic what ever happened, since it is in the
hand of Dharma. We just go with it. This is the confidence to be with Dharma.
___/\___
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