Funny Practice
A man who I met recently, and read this blog, gave me a response saying that
he was pretty impressed by Zappa photo and the camera I made though, he
couldn’t make any connection of them to the Zen.
And he wondered,
“You are not serious to the Zen don’t you, as you are making a fun of it
or even cynical”
—– Well said. So, I replied to him.
Yes, I can see you got certain idea of Zen though, I’m afraid to say it is mere
pretense or crèche.
I’m doing the Zen Buddhism not Parroting what the books say.
Lord Buddha taught how to alleviate the suffering in the life. He didn’t give a
false hope to escape from it by living in a fantasy world, but taught a practice
to gain the clear eyes and the mind how to see and deal with the matter.
Instead to tell a sweet story of heaven to such as a woman who just lost her
child, but her to running about the village.
Zen is the teachings of how to run 🙂
While running, the person will acquire the Mind and the eyes to see the suffering
in detached eyes, hence able to get rid of blinding emotion and the stacked mind.
—– Do you think, could the woman alleviate the sorrow by sitting all day
next to the dead body ?
It is the exactly the same situation.
You are stacked with an idea or crèche of so-called Zen.
So-called “Serious concentration of the Mind etc etc” so that you may see I’m
doing something useless to the Zen and not serious enough.
But Zen is also free the person from those stereotypical fixed idea
include the Zen itself.
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In any eye point, in any scope, the life is a troublesome matter.
If this is the nature of the matter, complaining it would be useless because
it is inescapable anyway.
But, in the same time while billions of the people struggling, it is an awesome view and may
have quite funny moment, especially if we can see it in bird’s eye view.
I’m serious enough to the life and I’m dealing with it, as nothing else is on the board.
It’s mean, I have no false dream believing another world such as a heaven etc rubbish.
And as I have nothing else to see, I could see even the minute detail of the subject of which
most of the people wouldn’t bother. —– So, I could see lots more funny side of the situation
as my eyes are above the water, as I, at least know how I can avoid drowning in the water.
—– So, I’m not drowned in the Zen.
(Anyhow, Zen is an extremely funny practice. 😀 )
Convinced ?
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What Photography to do with Buddhism
Someone asked me “ Why Photography in a Zen blog ?”
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The understanding of Zen is so wildly varied, let alone the understanding of the Buddhism.
It spreads from vague spiritualism to an endless peculiar practice.
A reason is that it lays in the person’s subconsciousness. Hence, the person oneself couldn’t
see it clearly, let alone the others, even the teacher.
Since, it was not clearly written down like as a Dogma, and to memorize it doesn’t mean
understood the Buddhism. (Though, some sect says, they got 100 of the rules written down
and follow them is the completion of the Buddhism.)
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My discovery of the Zen came from a peculiar practice = Disco Dancing 😀
With a peculiar mental tendencies habituated in my subconscious, I realized, this is
what people called the Zen —– Like a Pathological diagnosis, I found the symptoms all
matches to the description of the Zen of the past masters =
hence I understood, what I’m living is the Zen.
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So that, in Zen, the matter is a mental state or so-called mind-set, while the one is DOING
something. = Doing it unconsciously with the mind-set of what
Lord Buddha stated = IS the Buddhism. = Hence, able to receive all the benefit to live with
the Dharma. —– Here, it is crucial to be unconscious (=in Mushin).
We can do a thing without thinking but not able to do thinking without thinking 😀
Try to do Mushin or talking it consciously is just a pretense or mimicry 😀
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Photography is a secondly art (it doesn’t mean second class art 🙂 ) = unlike an abstract
drawing or sculpture, unless the subject is there, its photograph couldn’t be created.
In other words, photography has to follow the existence and its moment.
That moment is the only moment. Photography is to capture and deals with this MOMENT.
As Lord Buddha stated, “Nothing stays the same and they change moment to moment”.
= Photography has to face this situation straight.
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Why and how you encounter its situation or subject was not necessary what you expected or
designed. = To encounter it was what the Karma has worked. You may think that
the idea to come to the garden to take picture was what you conceived and planed by yourself
alone though, without Karma has had pulled a string, you didn’t get the idea in the first place.
Whether you are aware or not this is how the system works.
And this system = the mechanism of the Dharma is what
Lord Buddha elucidated. = This is the Buddhism which is applicable even to a non-Buddhist.
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And we have to follow the subject = we didn’t create it, hence this is a secondly art =
we have to accept a humble position to be a secondly creator. Therefore, we have to see
the world with humble open eyes but at most diligent way, down to the minute details.
Once we start to see the subjects, what we are seeing is the environment or most likely
the nature. —– In fact, we are seeing the Dharma.
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When we try to capture and focus the subject, are we thinking what to eat for lunch ? =
Not only the lens, we are focusing what we need to do without any thinking but with full
attention to the subject on front of the camera whole heartedly.
This is the moment of Mushin and the Mindfulness.
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Then “Got it” = but what we got ? —– Even though we might think “I’ve got iconic image”
it is a mere reflection of the subject in the memory card, which could just disappear with a
glitch in a computer. —– And in most of the case, it wouldn’t do anything with the person’s
finance = it is nothing but a selfless, greed less act = expect no reward, still needs to put
so much effort for taking.
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—– Isn’t this Zen Buddhism ? —– If not, What else 🙂
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MEANING
Looking into the Stats page of my blog ( well, it is only a Stats I can access —– unless I ask my
hacker friend to hack into other’s blog site I have no idea what others’ blog environment) —– the most
interesting thing which provoke my thought is what [search term] the reader has used, and end-up here.
As I wrote before, quite few of them are obviously intended to seek porno site, may be because I often use
rather naughty choice of the sexual words. ( my friends said , it is not MAY BE but obvious facts —–
Because, I hate a pretense to be a kind of holy thinker. —– I rather stay to be an old dirty man as
many of us are = sorry folks. ( or you may say, only you are different.) 😀 )
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[ Self awareness starts from looking into our own shit ] = to see what has been digested and
what wasn’t —– if you actually do this, you will find that the vegetable you eat raw, comes out as it is
= pretend to be natural, is often having hidden reality = how you lost the weight is not because it is healthy
but simply your body couldn’t digest them = effectively eat less.
Head-big thinking, boasting buzzwords has exactly the same situation.
( A loss of libido may not occurred because of Buddhist’s enlightenment, but simply because eating
so-called Buddhists humble food which caused Malnutrition. Ha ha ha 😀 )
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Among the search term, what caught my eyes were [Meaning of Lemon Zen] = it’s must refer to
one of my old post [Lemon Zen] —– ? ? ? But what is the question ?
My old post has explained how a practice (actual body movement) affects our brain activity
= which lead to vacates the thoughts = and lead to have the state of Mushin (Mind of no-mind).
There is no meaning in the practice. As all the Buddhist’s practices are, the practice itself is, just a
body movement and has no meaning at all.
So that, in a glance, it may looks silly and useless.
Useless, still you have to keep doing it. = This mind-set is, what was stated in the fundamental
Buddhist Teachings, Four Noble Truth [ This teaching have to be actively cherished].
There is no meaning. = But Just Do It.
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Virtually all the Lord Buddha’s teachings were, The instruction. Not the Belief.
Instruction to do. = Because, while doing it, the organization of the brain, especially in the
region of subconscious changes. (This the aim of his teachings =this change is not occurred
by the intellectual understanding which is in the New cortex in the brain.
Subconsciousness is in the Old cortex / Limbic system, where the body movement affects)
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Lord Buddha’s word [ Don’t believe the words, but think yourself] is, because as he had
been teaching what and how to DO, —– as he, himself as a living sample = think by the
self-observation about what the self is doing and feeling. = DOING is the stimulus.
Only dealing with this, is what called Mindfulness.
=== Without having this DOING, but — what to think about the meaning ?
—– What is the object or issue to think about. —– In this context, the word of
Lord Buddha = [Think yourself] may be understood as [Grasp yourself].
Lord Buddha meant not abstract thinking ( which many of you might be misconceived)
but the brain activity occurred only in the moment, while DOING it.
Because, the abstract thinking had been already defined as a Delusion.
And the Truth of that there is no fixed situation, had been already taught.
( Disciples were expected to have fully understood those teachings )
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So, again, there is no meaning in cutting a lemon. —– Just Do It.
( And have a nice cup of tea = it comes with a peace of mind 🙂 )
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SEXUAL Conotation
It is a funny paradox. I always amazed to find that the search term and its wording which end up
here having many sexual connotations. Its mean I’ve been giving so much disappointment to
those who is expected to find somewhat erotic content here. Sorry folks 😀
It was not in my intention or tactics to attract the readers but my careless choice of the subjects.
(For instance, when I used the term [xxxx Do] it supposed to mean such as Kendo, Judo, etc.
in general. As I was not familiar with X-rated film kind, I was not aware — to other’s eyes, it can
be construed as “about Do XXX act” Ha ha ha, very funny. 😀 —– my ignorance but too late)
on
In 1987, when I heard very first news of the new disease from San Francisco which is now known
to be the AIDS, I noticed that the sexual relation is no longer safe.
And it was the same time when my court case which related to a woman’s exploitation of
immigration loop-hole was started.
(A woman deported from here, fraudulently registered the marriage in Japan using my name
without my knowledge. The woman admitted that she did it by an instruction of employer, though
the High Court Judge made it valid and granted her quick divorce for her to escape deportation to
Japan where the Police was alerted. Naturally, the case was brought up to the Court of Appeal.
Because of the case was too obvious fraud, the President of the High Court came out to suppress the
matter saying “no need to go into the evidence”—– since the evidence in the transcript says
“Marriage is Void” —– He couldn’t go into the EVIDENCE ) —– ( From this evidence, how
High Court Judge Dobly made the marriage valid, reflect the situation in the English justice)
I just gave up any relation. Woman is nothing but the trouble.
So that the file in my brain to deal with woman was deleted.
The woman became just a part of a landscape, hence its sexual connotation disappeared.
Existence of Genitals doesn’t mean sex —– its sexual connotation is all in the mind.
( of which I’ve been calling [ OBSESSION ] —– which can be erased )
non
Anyhow, court case consume a lots of time and a money. Especially in my case, to proceed it myself
as Litigant in Person (without Lawyer, while studying English Law overnight) was hard.
I was simply fallen into the situation, not able to spare the time or money to a woman.
It was totally out of question.
On
Of cause the knowledge was still there and able to see or hear what woman says, though it doesn’t
connect to my EMOTION hence the so-called female sexuality or their sex appeal stop to
appeal to my mind —– they became the matter of foreign land or different universe.
A funny side effect (?) was, as the receptacle to read sexual context in my mind has been deleted, I lost
a capability to see the innuendo or meaning of suggestive approach or its signal. (So that, in many
cases, after long time, I suddenly became aware “I see, she wanted to sleep with me” 😀 )
non
As a matter of fact, even myself was amazed to see the change of my own perception. And it
made me realize, this must be the condition of mind what the Zen Buddhism is talking about.
Then I gave a thought. Read the books I brought from Japan etc. etc. —– it was an epoch in my
quest to the Zen. If the mind can be controlled in this way, in reverse this must be the way to control
the mind in general. (If even a so-called imperative instinct could be negated and completely
disappeared, there can not be any difficulty to control the mind )
On
Since then somewhat strange 23 years past —– but, it seems it was seen by others even more strange.
Most of all, be in the Club every weekend, seemed to give an impossible puzzle to others. 😀
I was there to perfect my body movement (others call it dancing) nothing else. Though, even a
club owner, manager seemed not able to understand what is the purpose for. As a matter of fact, I had
the indispensable opportunities to observe the Skinner Box of male-female behaviour ! ! ! 😀
And seeing hundred of almost naked young girls shaking their ass every weekend for (just with the
Fridge Club in Brixton — almost 6 years) so many years, I’ve accumulated a collation of body shape, facial
expression and her dancing style and the character —– how to behave, and so on.
But never dance or even talk with them (and never drink alcohol) created funny myth —– such as,
I was the real owner or under-cover detective etc. —– The worst was mistaken as a gay (for their mind,
“if not interested in woman it must be a gay” then start sexual act straight on the spot, hugging from
behind or touch the body while wearing only kinky strings, etc. —– I respect their right to be a gay.
But I have exact the same right not to be sexually harassed by them —– do what you like but
don’t count me in) —– yet still, those facts enforced my view even stronger—-> not all the gay
person was born to be a gay, but became gay by their choice, its mean a drive came from
their thinking = mind-set can change even an inherent, imperative instinct.
non
To accumulate too much data makes a person insensitive. —– nothing would surprise nor excite.
And having so much data (about woman) made me too casual, or there is no romantic sanctuary left.
So that I might have lost the usual sense to handle the matter with kid gloves, hence I might be
giving an impression to have lots of sexual talk. (Certain extent, it is true 😀 —– when the subject
having no significance to place in the sanctuary, it became just one hilarious subject among the others)
Hence, I just have no boundary or prohibition.
non
And the reason why I created so many female nude figure was, simply it is easier. —– it is much
more cumbersome to make a dressed figure, using such as wire or metal panel. And if you put big
boobs it became female nude. In comparison, to show the male figure as male, needs to show more
complexed muscles etc. which is harder for the simple material. (Strangely, my Buddha stature has
no muscle, just the bones —– still nobody thought he is no other than Buddha 🙂 )
non
If you happen to be an unsuspecting, misguided reader, who unfortunately end up here,
it was mainly caused by the Google’s key-word program —- they literally, pick up a word out of context.
Still, I hope, you had unexpected fun while reading this. Ha ha ha 😀
non
ABOUT this BLOG / このブログについて(日文)
This Blog is talking about How the Zen Buddhism is using the Repeating, Accustomed Action to Re-Program the Human Mind / Subconsciousness, hence able to lead a person to the Open-Minded View and the Liberated, Positive Creative Life.
I explain the Mechanism, how it happens in our Brain / Subconsciousness / Mind from the actual experiments of the practice I have tested and its observation.
And I explain, how a state of Mind — Mind of No-Mind / Mushin plays the Key-Role in our action and in our Life, especially when we try to achieve the higher goal, of which anybody can test and experience even instantly. The matter is not a formality but just a way of the thinking and the mind to open the Mind.
Here, the way of the Approach and the understanding of the Buddhism is totally different from any existing Buddhism sect though, some basic knowledges of it may be useful to read.
So, please read something eye-opening —– and above all, have a fun here.
PS : These posts are the best to start =
[ Self again (2) — Buddha’s Hesitation ]
[ Reverse Engineering of ZEN ]
[Contradiction in Agama Sutra]
[ Clockwork Dharma ?] (The most important) !
[ ダルマ／法／仏教の構造］ = ! ! !
[ 釈尊の教え－－－Buddha’s Original Teachings]
[仏教の行と大脳生理]
But, if you are after the post related to the Creativity / Art / Photography it might be better start from those, otherwise there are too many of them in here. 🙂
[Yoshi-handy / Hand-made Camera ]
[Aluminium-panel-sculpture-Supponpon]
[ Double-density Pinhole Photo ]
And click right column, link to YouTube to see 4 videos of Kinetic works.
Contact : Eml = kinetorori@gmail.com
ネットの片隅、ヨシ禅ブログにようこそ。
このサイトは褝仏教を全く新しいアプローチ、人間の神経生理、心理作用の角度から、三十余年に
渡って実験した結果を考察したものです。
しかし、せっかく御足労いただいておいて、しょぱなからー発かませるようですが、
ここにはキリスト教で言う福音のようなもの、俗に言ふ瘉しの甘言のようなものはー切登場して来ません。
読み進めるうちに明らかになりますが、仏教は救済幻想を語るものではなく現実に人間の心理生理を変え、
人を積極的な人生にかり立てる動因に外ならないというのが当ブログの立場です。
とにかく、やってみなさい。やってみない事には始まらない。やったらやったなりの事が在る。
ただしそれをやるのはアナタ本人－－－ホトケじゃないよ。
（そもそも禅つうものは自助に任せるので人に媚ない。）
日本で何故曹洞宗の寺がー番多いかと言えば、単純にお布施が少くて
すむからで、坊主自身あまり金集めに熱心でない。信者をたらし込んで金集めをする気も無いから逆に
甘く美味しいハナシでケムに巻く必要もないと言うのと同様です。
どうせ誰もが死んでいく事だし、地獄も無い代りに極楽なんて逃げ場もない。つまり唯ーの問題は
苛烈なこの現世 （仏教では娑婆と申しますが) をいかにスムースかつ積極的に生きるかに尽きる。
で、仏教史２５００年も経ちながら誰も気がつかなかったそのコツを只で書いてしまおうと言うのだから
逆に、それ以上のサービスはない。 ここに在るのはその発見記録、テストレポートであり、もし読者が
同様なアプローチを試みるとしたらそれなりのガイドにはなるというもの。
それにしては変な英語だと？ーーー黙らっしゃい！古人は教えを求めて遥々印度くんだりまで旅し、
聞いた事も無いパーリ語だサンスクリット語だというのをその場で学び、苦心惨たん教えを受けたものですぞ。
クリックするだけでブログを読んで、英語の訓練にもなるならマジ、ケッコウなハナシと思われよ。 ハッハッハ。
（時間のムダにならないというのは保証しますよ)
Believe me 
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－－－禅の源流（リンク）
–－— ヨシ禅縁起（リンク）
——- (写真，彫刻等の作品は上記英文の末尾に列記したリンクをクリックして下さい)
連絡 / Contact : Eml : kinetorori@gmail.com
Blackbox / Backet
” Buddhism works like the way to empty a Bucket “
In the previous post ” Why Subconscious (2)” I have used the word Black box to describe how
Buddhism is operating in a simple idea, by keeping the awkward “Mind matter” in the Black box.
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In order to save the suffering people Buddha found the way, not by Political approach or
Social change, but to change the people’s perception and the way of thinking, in another word
changing the mind system. Since, the burning issue was to rescue the people who has been
deluded by the Vedic belief of reincarnation, and guide them to the correct spirituality.
To change the Mind system / one’s perception and the way of thinking which is inherently
entwined with the person’s Self,———- Buddha casted the doubt to this Self.
Since he had contemplated the Fundamental principle of the Karma, nothing can be certain
therefore this very Self couldn’t escape either. Even worse, the part of Self is the Ego which is
the cause of the troubles. So, he found the best way to solve the trouble is, to get rid of
this Self all together.
Since its existence itself is uncertain, and in fact we are doing many of our activity without
even noticing it, if people practiced long enough, people get used to do it without the Self, and
the Self should disappear by its own deed, since the Dharma and its rules is ruling us from inside.
As Buddha observed and felt the Dharma in his Selfless state, he found we are born with it
though, the Self is masking it. Therefore, live without Self will lead to the Enlightenment.
The actual way to study and practice and contemplate Buddha’s teachings differ sect to sect now,
but from the earliest original form, it must be consisting the repetitive simple practice, such as
walking round and round, and exactly follow the Buddha’s way of life, eat exactly like him,
wash exactly like him, sleep exactly like him etc, down to the minute details.
As Buddha was doing everything in the Selfless way, the life itself is simple and everything was
carried out as a routine. And the routine looks always the same, so the followers can learn and copy it.
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We can not see Buddha himself in person now, nor the Master who wrote Mantra did,
still those tradition was reflected and kept in the way of daily life in a monastery such as I’ve seen in
the Eihei-Ji, Soto Temple where no conversation, explanation taking place, therefore we just have to
follow the senior who already learned. We were only the visitor, we are free not follow and
free to leave though, strangely, —–if you are there, you know—– it was the Imperative.
Nothing written, nothing instructed still, something the invisible power overwhelmed us.
There was no another way exist but just follow and Just Do the same, unconditionally.
By doing this, effectively one’s Ego has been removed and any remaining question was silenced.
This must be the way how people followed Buddha in the first place 2500 years ago.
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With this practice, how its affect the follower’s mind may be described as emptying the bucket,
much more than a button on the Black Box. The content of the Bucket is still in the Black Box though
regardless, or it is not the matter what is in the Bucket, just empty it, so remove the Self include the
Ego all together. ———-And replace the contents, with the Ethos of the Buddhism.
The marvel of the Buddhism and its “Just do the practice ” is, it works perfect without clear reason.
( That is why it took 30 years for me to find out the reason Why and How it works )
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To empty the Bucket and put new idea, is in fact commonly known as a Brain Wash.
Sound awful as the most of the people may think though, whats wrong with Brain Wash.
All the culprit of so-called Cult with Brain wash, has used the technique they had learned
from the Buddhism, simply because it is the only technique, effectively works to the Mind
hidden in the Black Box. (If it is not in the Black Box, Logical persuasion will work)
The matter is not the technique, what to put into the emptied Bucket.
( It must be quite comfortable to have dirty brain washed. Splash, Splash, 😀 )
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Just learning or hearing new idea, only makes yet another memory which may be soon forgotten and
not give any effect to the person’s life, since it is only connected to the person’s conscious memory
(known as a short-term memory) and the thinking.
Instead, what Buddha had found is, to connect it to the subconsciousness and put the new idea into
subconscious long-term memory by the technique of simple repetitive practice.
(My explanation, why this repetitive practices work ?——- Please see many of previous posts )
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Until here, what I’ve talked about in this blog is, the hidden facts of ” What the Buddhism is ” which
you may not like my radical view and use or choice of the word (as I’m explaining it in a form of skeleton,
without any fat ) though if you remove wool from your eyes, you may able to see it in the same way.
This is not my invention, the fact is there and all the old Masters had been doing it.
I’ve just found the words to describe it, thats all.
———-The professional (so-called ) Buddhists who is extracting the money from the innocent
(in certain extent, ignorant )followers, need to sell the product / the image or snobbish good feeling
of the Buddhism, therefore need to wrap up the product with nice wrapping paper, knowing as
most of the people are, in reality, never goes more than just touching, playing with its package.
So that those professionals wouldn’t like my view especially.
The important point is, Buddhism is not based on the glorious illusion or dubious miracle, but on the
clear factual effect to the mind. This truth is hard and dry as a Skeleton (Like the Buddha-2009 :-))
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I’m not trying to start any new movement or sect, I am more of an investigative journalist after the truth.
What I did is just an ” Alchemy of Life ” follow the old steps of Arthur Rimbaud, as myself as a guinea pig
and me myself as a closest observer, since we can’t see the inside of other person’s mind but we
may see the own mind deep down to the subconscious level. (with the help of the Zen technique)
———- Basically I’ve learned this from the Professor Okamoto while studying Industrial Sociology,
” Think and observe, as if you are the person with his back ground and working there. As a same
human, you can feel and think almost like him. Sociology is not just counting the number of people
in the category, but you may need to create even new category and the frame work and the Theory”
———- And I actuary worked, like in the construction site, building huge power station in
Okinawa, Japan, even setting up safety net 30 m high (as I was a climber it was my expertise)
And, even worked in the production line of Honda car factory in Suzuka.
( That is how I got loads of funny stories )
———-When I left Japan, taking a ship to Siberia and train to Europe, I thought this is my Abyssinia.
( In the next post, I’m going to step out from the simple fact and go to my Hypothesis
of the structure of the human mind.
In fact this is the core of my findings, and the purpose of this blog.)
Mandhara
A while ago, I was invited to attend a gathering of
the Tibetan Buddhists.
As a Tibetan Buddhism, it belongs to the Vajrayana Buddhism.
So that, the gathering went through an elaborated ritual rite
of which the participants taking part with chanting the mantra
and practice hand gestures.
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Elaborated rituals impress the people.
The people who attend such ritual, seeing gorgeous costumes
or strange regalia, never rise question but just follow.
People instantly accept it as it is, since it supposed to have ultimate authority with mysticism.
Anyhow it is beyond the comprehension of the ordinary mind, almost like looking inside of a computer.
The more elaborated, looks expensive, looks remote from ordinary knowledge, it precludes the question.
And deep impression becomes an imprint in the subconscious. (Then start to influence the person)
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A clever part of this sect’s practice is, as they ask the followers to visualise their Guru, the visual memory
of the rituals together with the feelings of the atmosphere comes back whenever the person meditates again.
This technique might be much easier to practice for the beginners.
Instead to vacate the mind, totally fills it with the image of Guru is, in effect, it is the state of non-self———
—–somebody-else is definitely not oneself though, this is not Buddhism but Vedic practice.
When the mind was filled by an image or notion, it is impossible to see the things in clear eyes.
This is the very reason why Buddha taught to see with empty mind / selflessness.
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From this gathering, I brought back a flower which was used for a gesture of offering, thrown on to the
air and most of them end up on the floor.
After 10 days, this flower is still blooming in my kitchen. And this must be the best gift I received at the day,
since I don’t need to question this flower of Natural Mandhara, created by the Dharma, or this is
the Dharma itself.
Why do we need to see a man-made print of Mandhara.
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PS: Funny phenomenon is, this blog received loads of virus spams.
(though they are all filtered out by the security program)
It’s not a Buddhist like behavior. So that, in deed this is a proof of
its not done by the Buddhists.
If the eyes has been deluded by a false vision, one can not see
even oneself, nor can not see what oneself is doing.(What a hell)
——-I rather like to see the daughters of Mara dancing naked,
than the spams. Ha Ha Ha 😀
Odd News
Strangely you may think though, I have appeared in the BBC News Site,
but not as Yoshizen, but aka / Yoshi Imamura, demonstrating
” Psycho-kinetic Motor “ and in the video clip ” Pendulum Clock “
made out of computer HDD, and above all, the figure of the
” Buddha-2009 ” also appeared ( with the rotating light as his heart ).
http:// news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8125259.stm
(or Click top right column / ASSOCIATE / BBC News)
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I’m going to put the Buddha-2009’s full picture in this blog
in near future, though just give you a brief explanation how and why
the Buddha was depicted in this manner.
——- More than 20 years ago, I saw an image of a stone carving of
Buddha in his asceticism practice, almost skeleton like figure from
Gandhara, and I was deeply struck by it.
So that when I decided to create Buddha’s stature 7 years ago, I designed
to make him like a skeleton of which the head is a clear glass sphere
as the Buddhism stands on the selflessness.
The heart shows perpetually changing pattern of light, since
nothing stays permanent. —– etc (all the Buddhism teachings
are symbolised and depicted in here)
——-This is a sample of the Zen Buddhism in action, not in talking.
And my way to the Nirvana.
Shaolin Martial Art / BodhiDharma
Somewhere in the Internet, there is a story telling an origin of Shoaling Martial Art, which
says it was started as Bodhidharma taught an exercise to the lazy monk. ———-m m m ?
I quite doubt this story.
Bodhidharma didn’t come to China to open yet another talking shop.
He came there only to bring the way of the direct transmission.
Bodhidharma came from Southern India where many types of Yoga,
include so-called Dancing Yoga has been widely practiced.
——- As all the Buddhist sect using each unique practice to deepen
and sublimating their teachings as a part of study or training,
the practice is the essential part of the Buddhism’s teachings.
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When Bodhidharma came to China, spending three years of harsh
journey, he must have had definite purpose and firm idea what to do in China.
And well-practiced Yoga Guru, he must be an expert to see the Dharma within the ultimate movement of
the Dynamic Yoga. (Which later developed into the Martial Art infused with the local culture )
—— Anybody who practiced the body movement, such as gymnastics, dancing or martial art etc knows,
its technique evolves and skill deepens just by doing it again and again.
And on the end, body gains almost super human like movement, speed, balance, rhythm and harmony.
And all those movements are programmed into the Motor region of the Brain, to do it without thinking,
its mean no Self there. Most importantly, its potential was there from the beginning as everyone has.
This is exactly the Dharma what Lord Buddha taught.
——- While having a simple life in the Temple as a monk, and watching own body movement
evolves, the awareness to be with Dharma deepens.
This is the very direct transmission of the Buddhism what Bodhidharma
taught in China. —– in there, no words required. Just Do It.
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Legend in China says that Bodhidharma had blue eyes though, I quite doubt it.
While live in London I might have met tens of thousand of people from southern India
such as Tamil people, I never seen even a single blue-eyed dark-skinned Tamil man.
It must be a made-up story to elaborate him, as
Lord Buddha also had a legend having had the blue eyes. (This must be also false )
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