Climbing a mountain
Sing Lee has been a great blogger and one of two friend in China.
So that,time to time, he has been appeared/mentioned in my blog.
How time flies! When I make a change to come back here again, it is been 4 years later since last time, I wish all of my friends and yours families are happy, healthy and always good luck.
I finally had a opportunity to visit the Shengtang Mountain in almost two years ago. I just cannot find a word to express my feelings, so let the photos talk for themselves and myself.
We drove a car to get to the foot of the mountain in the morning, the weather was very good.
Half an hour later, we arrived in the foot.
After a short rest we started our trip and encountered a set of attractive views around the way (some of the pictures were taken when we climbed down the mountain in the evening).
The azalea trees and a very important tree of Podocarpus macrophyllus (I am not sure if this is…
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Takumi
At the Wireless Wednesday gathering in Greenwich, we had
2 laptops to repair. One was a quite hi-spec Dell which needed
to change a HDD and the other was HP.
Dell needed to completely disassemble to see the back of mother
board = so many screws had to be removed, and the cables had
to be disconnected etc etc.
—– Then, when two of the cables to Wi-fi module needed to be
re-connected, the guy who has been dealing with this kind of
the work very well, couldn’t manage to insert the connector,
and neither the other guy managed to do too. — strange ? ? ?
The cables to Wi-fi module were not simple power wire kind but
the hi-frequency coaxial cables. So, the connecting post was not a
simple metal stud but a coaxial connector and the male connector
has to be inserted exactly parallel to the female counter part,
otherwise the needle thin center pin would be broken.
—– While watching them try, I found their finger couldn’t keep
the cable straight, neither the finger pushing it is steady.
= So, it was the time for the Zen Buddhist to join the game.
And the cables were safely connected. 😀
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When earthquake struck Kumamoto, Japan, quite few hi-tech
company there had to close and it sent a shiver to many other
manufacturers in the world. Such as Sony has their factory for
image sensor there = if it’s production stopped and the export
delayed, the production of iPhone in China would be stopped.
(Swedish camera manufacturer Hasselblad had to postporn the
sale of their medium format camera H6D, because the production
of 100 Mp image sensor in Sony, Kumamoto was disrupted —
in fact, 80% 0f digital camera in the world relying on Sony)
When China got their industrial development, they took over
the top position of manufacturing business — that they thought.
— While ago, China’s Premier Lee Karchan was so annoyed to
find that they needed to import even a ball of ball-point pen.
In deed, 60% of iPhone was made by the Japanese components =
the components of which China couldn’t make by themselves
even when they bought and used the same machine.
So the world started to pay an attention, Why only Japanese got a
skill to make certain component or device, and started to talk about
the Takumi (匠), such as the Mind-set of Takumi, Skill of Takumi.
(Takumi mean, the Master of something) —– the economists,
industrialists etc talking a lots about the Takumi though so far non
of them seemed to be aware of the sublimated tradition of the Zen.
When a craftsman (even an engineer) try to learn, they try it again
and again and develop a state of concentration of the mind = this is
a condition what Zen Buddhists call Mushin. Since the concentration
in Mushin is to vacate the brain, not push high tension to the mind,
such as the blood pressure, testosterone level doesn’t go high = able to
keep the mind and the hands calm and steady. (= able to do the job
without an emotion or any useless thought.)
= And this was the way to use the tool and in control in making.
So, this IS what the Takumi doing.
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Google Horror (2)
Every week, Youtube is sending me the list of new viz.
And what I received for 1st of May was REALLY interesting
and you should see them too.
(Note, Youtube is a part of Google)
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Have look the screen capture here, and see what was
there on the bottom = “Recommended” = One left was
apparently the most dreadful kind of Porn viz,
“Copulation of a Girl and a Dog” and the one right
could be a Child Porn. Since I haven’t click them,
I don’t know what they are exactly.
And as my Broadband provider set a restriction for
adult contents, I don’t know what they are.
(To make a restriction lifted, it is necessary to
register with full name, DOB, Driving License Number
— though, I’m not such keen to give my ID for a sake
of somebody else’s sex viz at all — anyway,
I haven’t touch a woman since 1987. 😀 )
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Here the most astonishing fact was, “Did Youtube allow
to show those, the most degrading dreadful kind of Porn”
— does Google got any sense of “What is normal or right
or wrong”? — does Google think those kind of things ARE
worth recommending,— in other words, in Google’s
standard, those Porn are morally acceptable and
worth recommend to others ?
— And why they recommended those to me ? ? ?
What sort of imagination or idea made this
“Recommendation”—– Only a possibility I can think
of is, this must be a dirty conspiracy = a Trap against me
since I put an exposing blog accusing
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= If I open those Porn, they record it as an evidence.
Or they could put those Porn Image/ File into my PC
—– then a Policeman knock the door.
Or, is it the intimidation while implying “What would
happen next”. How do you think ?
Did Google acquire filthy mind as dirty as “Animal F***” kind ?
Or was that their default = hence they deluded others
must have the same taste and anxious to know
other’s privacy ! —– Here, the serious question IS,
Greedy and Filthy minded Google still expecting to receive
ANY respect from the society ? ? ?
— And the last question is, are they, actuary a person in
charge with, doing this ? — or automatic AI program is doing ?
= If it was done by AI, to develop a graphic pattern recognition
program to distinguish “Animal F***” and send it to me must
have a lots of work needed !
( Hasn’t Google got ANY better things to DO. ? ? ? )
—— Amazing isn’t it !
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Self — No-Self
This was quoted from a part of the previous post.
(To talk about the SELF need to recognize the existence of it = need to
have yet another Self to observe its existence ! — if you can aware/
observe yourself, your observer has already alienated YOU. )
—– it seems I need to say a bit more :
When you got another “You” = you are no longer innocent happy mam.
Instead you start try to impose “What you’ve conceived your figure”
which is no more than a wish-full imagination OR distorted, depressed
“Hate-figure”.
To see the True figure of Yourself is one of the most difficult
task in the life. = First of all, it is hidden deep in your
subconscious,
and often, half of them were what you don’t want see.
So, the most of the people try to make-up something looks good,
(to satisfy your Ego, pride/vanity and want to show-off to others)
—– though, not necessary everybody, everything to be such ugly.
= Try to do better IS the default of our survival instinct !
(If we fail, the repercussion/drawback would be harsh ! = even a
fraud-star try to invent better story, and sword-master
practiced hard to kill the enemy )
So that, in the Four Noble Truth in the Buddhist Teachings,
“The effort to seek the Enlightenment” is very natural.
—– When you fail, still to see straight to the “Failed Yourself” =
IS in fact, a kind of the Enlightenment. (according to the Mahayana)
(To see yourself as it IS = IS see it without any impose = No-Ego, No-Self !)
= Don’t worry, relax ! 😀
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Paradox on No-Self
Despite the Buddhism IS the teachings of the NO-Self,
there is no explanation of “What is no-self” in the scripture.
Even more peculiar phenomena were = there were hundreds,
if not thousands of description of “the ideal person” still
there was no words saying that the man has no-self. — Why ?
Because there IS NO-Self.
(To talk about the SELF need to recognize the existence of it = need to
have yet another Self to observe its existence ! — if you can aware/
observe yourself, your observer has already alienated YOU. )
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Our feeling was induced by the Limbic System of our brain.
In fact, all the signal from the sensing organs goes to the
Limbic System first and the most of important process =
selection of those signal, cognition, judgement etc etc were
done in there and only the last result goes to the New Cortex
of the brain and then converted to the conscious and given
the lexical interpretation. = It’s mean, we human being has
enough wisdom to sense the environment and judge the
appropriate response to have the daily life by the process of
the Limbic System alone though, all those feelings and the
process are hidden under the darkness of the Subconscious/
Unconsciousness they ARE invisible for the most of us.
Those process were called instinct though as they were
hidden, often we don’t know why we took such reaction.
So that, when we say “This IS my decision and how I think”
they ARE only a conscious part of the process in the brain.
= And we called this = “Self-Conscious” and the SELF.
Lord Buddha saw this Self-Conscious as a mere delusion
and it was coherent with the view of No-Self = Anatman.
=== To become aware of the SELF is the sign of
the alienation to yourself and the break-down of Mushin.
(State of the Mind of No-mind) —– It IS the paradox.
And this paradox, delusion IS the loot-cause of the
discord to our nature / Dharma.
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Enigmatic ?
People says that the Buddhism is the enigma.
Well, if the person says it’s an enigma, the person knows it half.
Half ? —– Yes the person already learned half of it !
It’s remarkable, despite the Buddhism is in the enigma.
Why it’s in enigma ? = Because the Buddhism is not teaching
the crucial matter in the words.
Why ?
Because, to learn it without the words is crucial, therefore
it wouldn’t be taught or explained by the words.
So, to know the situation and able to describe its Enigma is a
sure sign of that the person did come half way. = It’s great.
Well done.
(The point of this was described in this post.) = and as the story
tells, it’s point / secret was not clearly understood even by the
Lord Buddha’s closest disciple Ananda.
—– Because the teachings of Selfless or learning of selfless has
to be done in Selfless = It’s mean without the person aware of it
= couldn’t be told / couldn’t be heard. = Once you consciously
heard the word / explanation, your conscious / Self become
aware of it = it IS a breakdown of the Selfless.
Lord Buddha taught Selfless in this way (could anyway else ?) =
so, the Buddhism was seen to be an Enigma.
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Hence, you have to learn Buddhism / Zen in a Selfless way = it’s
mean you just do the practice until you get the Selfless state =
Mushin (Mind of no-mind).
And when you become able to live in the selfless way, you are
NOT conscious of your state, therefore you can NOT able to
observe yourself = you can NOT describe it in the words.
= So, you don’t know what it IS, nor others know either !
Everything stays in the depth of Subconscious.
Therefore, the Buddhism stays in Enigma.
—– IS it clear ? (= it’s a paradox isn’t it !) 😀
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Test of Selflessness (The most important Post)
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Ephemeral Evanescence
Beauty in Japanese nature and the people’s life style, well
harmonized with its nature is so famous = so, you may think.
And you may think a famous touristic spot of such as the
Cherry Blossom is naturally there from ancient time.
Well, this IS the biggest paradox or contradiction, even
a trick in the Japanese culture. = Virtually all the famous
Cherry spots are intentionally created by planting the tree
which was artificially grafted and propagated Somei-yoshino.
—– Cherry tree has limited life about 60~100 years.
Therefore, those Cherries of the famous places has been
re-planted 2~3 times since the original Somei-yoshino came.
(simply, when the tree became too big, they brake and fall)
Because of the Somei-yoshino could only be propagated by
grafting, unless the tree was intentionally planted,
it wouldn’t exist there. They are the Created Art.
The situation is the same in those Japanese gardens,
even a garden in the Buddhist temple was “created”
= Still they look like a real landscape in great nature.
(I don’t think, you ever imagined that famous Rock Garden
in the Ryoan-ji temple did naturally exists there. 😀 )
It’s like a Bonsai ! Looks like a great tree in the nature —
though, to create those realistic Bonsai tree, the craftsman
spent 10 even 50 years to shape it. = This IS the Zen.
The most peculiar things in the Japanese culture / Ethos is
such Zen Ethos has been kept not only by the monk or
religious people but by everybody without their conscious.
Zen doesn’t speak. It have to be learned by looking and to
try oneself. Therefore, what learned couldn’t be explained.
(Because they are not aware of it, they don’t talk about,
therefore, foreign journalist could not find and describe it.
= So, the Japanese mind/attitude/Ethos stay in the myth.)
And the Zen Ethos of impermanence/ephemerality, even a
death has been symbolized in the Japanese Cherry Blossom.
( = Beauty in its fall !)
(Hence, lots of Japanese Military establishments having their emblem
with Cherry flower pattern, and their barrack has Cherry garden.
And the Kamikaze suicidal-rocket-bomb made on the last stage of the
last war was named Ouka = 桜花 = Cherry Blossom )
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Zen and its ethos keep driving the Japanese to even more
refinement/improvement = So that, the next generation of
Somei-yoshino is coming as the Jindai-akebono which is
stronger than Somei-yoshino against the virus.
(This new variety of Cherry has been created by crossing the
Edo-higan Zakura and the (almost original) Somei-yoshino
back from Washington USA. Now the Flower Association of
Japan stop to distribute Somei-yoshino and recommending
to plant Jindai-akebono.) (The name Jindai = because it
was established in the Jindai Botanical Garden in Tokyo)
—– to express the beauty and its ephemerality and the tree
to symbolize it = Cherry = and the quest to develop stronger
tree in order to express ephemerality is a real paradox. 😀
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The last Glow of the day
——————- last glow of the day ?
A while ago we saw a news of a Rock Star David Bowie’s death though,
how he died, even where he died was not clear. Even Bowie’s best
friend Brian Eno hasn’t been told.
Bowie left this world incognito = of course alone.
—– Strangely I never gone his concert or took his picture. Because I
didn’t like Glam Rock and didn’t like his slimy creature like texture.
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About the same time one of the senior member of our Alpine Club
“said to have” died. —– why said to have was that the other member
found it in a news paper report. Despite the past-away has been
quite active not only in the mountain but also organizing such as the
country-skiing event etc. He or his family didn’t contact the club at all
and the small funeral was said to have taken place within the closest
members of the family. = Seeing this news in the club’s mailing, I found
that “Yes, this is the manner, the enlightened man taking his nirvana”.
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We came to this world alone and die alone.
Still wanting to die while surrounded by a lots of family members and
the friends, and to have a big funeral —– isn’t this a fear of dying alone,
or a display of the vanity and the greed of the dying or the family ?
There might have been a lots of dramas among the attendances of funeral
= good and bad and ugly, not mention the battle over the inheritance etc.
So, the smallest gathering would be the quietest. And closest to the nirvana.
—– then, give the another thought.
Anyway, the past-away never know whats happens after =
why not to kick a big frolic and have a fun !
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Rice Cake
I would say nothing new = It’s the same story in New Year.
= I made a Rice Cake and made it to an Ozoni etc.
In fact, having the same event so many times again and again
it isn’t much of excitement. —– it’s a routine Sir.
I don’t have new year’s resolution kind. ( but just having
on-going projects which is going to be completed)
= Has to live as usual and do as usual whether it is fun or not.
That what the life is.
(If we plan big, it would fail. Not a plan but DO have a step further.)
That what the Zen is.
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