StraightUp_OG Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 'The highest principle cannot be explained; It is neither free nor bound. Lively and attuned to everything, It is always right before you.' - Niu T’ou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 'The highest principle cannot be explained;It is neither free nor bound. Lively and attuned to everything, It is always right before you.' - Niu T’ou Nice - thank you. Would you mind if I sent it? be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 'The highest principle cannot be explained;It is neither free nor bound. Lively and attuned to everything, It is always right before you.' - Niu T’ou Nice - thank you. Would you mind if I sent it? be Please! I thought I would start a thread where I post some teachings that have meant something to me and it would be fantastic if you want to share them. OG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickRak2000 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 If a boy who cannot speak (but is able to sign) signs an obscenity, will the boy's mother wash his hands out with soap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 (edited) "And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time" Eliot EDIT: Here's one for for the forums members, myself for sure.... "It is better to practice a little than talk a lot." Kokushi And one of my favs... "All of the significant battles are waged within the self." Kopp Edited January 22, 2009 by JThompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 If a boy who cannot speak (but is able to sign) signs an obscenity, will the boy's mother wash his hands out with soap? The hand speaks as the cloud hangs above the mountain so to the Buddha was born of a mother. OG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 "And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time"Eliot EDIT: Here one for for the forums members, myself for sure.... "It is better to practice a little than talk a lot." Kokushi And one of my favs... "All of the significant battles are waged within the self." Kopp Wonderful and quite apropos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 'The highest principle cannot be explained;It is neither free nor bound. Lively and attuned to everything, It is always right before you.' - Niu T’ou Nice - thank you. Would you mind if I sent it? be Please! I thought I would start a thread where I post some teachings that have meant something to me and it would be fantastic if you want to share them. OG Cool - thank you. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 And I forgot to mention - nice title for the thread. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 And I forgot to mention - nice title for the thread.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 One for today: "Mind is the root of the myriad phenomena. All phenomena are born from mind. If you can completely comprehend mind, the myriad practices are complete. It is like a great tree: all the branches and flowers and fruits grow based on the root. The tree grows only if the root survives. If the root is cut, the tree is sure to die. If you cultivate the Path by comprehending mind, you save effort and success is easy. If you cultivate the Path without comprehending mind, then you waste effort and there is no benefit. Thus we know that all good and evil come from one’s own mind. If you seek outside of mind, it is impossible." - Bodhidharma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I have a whole string of favorites from Bodhidharma. And my all time fav could be... "If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both." And another... "Not to be subject to affliction is what's meant by liberation. There's no other liberation." That one really clears up all the confusion caused by the "idea" created by the word "enlightenment." Most of my favorites are on the 2006 and 2007 Maku mozo! pages: http://www.brianenos.com/pages/attention_all_06.html http://www.brianenos.com/pages/attention_all_07.html be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 I have a whole string of favorites from Bodhidharma. And my all time fav could be..."If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both." And another... "Not to be subject to affliction is what's meant by liberation. There's no other liberation." That one really clears up all the confusion caused by the "idea" created by the word "enlightenment." Most of my favorites are on the 2006 and 2007 Maku mozo! pages: http://www.brianenos.com/pages/attention_all_06.html http://www.brianenos.com/pages/attention_all_07.html be Sweet "If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both." Bodhidharma Rules! Off to read ... *Clicks Links* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 The gun knows what to do without question. It does not get in it's own way. The same goes for the bullets they are free and do not think. My mind must remember to forget and let what is be. With nothing in the way nothing is free to happen. OG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Perceive the way and you attain A point of safety and anchorage. Enter the way and you attain The realm of danger and lose your life. Safety and danger, life and death; All come from where? The activity of the great ones is, When hanging over a cliff One thousand feet high, To be able to let go. Yaahh! - Sosan Taesa (1520-1604) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.A. Wason Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 (edited) Everything is nothing, and nothing is everything.......... Edited June 11, 2009 by C.A. Wason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 took a newbie shooting tonight my mind lacked focus shots limited stage no focus then no shoot ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 If I see the moment it is already too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 If I see the moment it is already too late. Right. Whatever you notice has already happened. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) I failed my mind today emotional noise disturbing movement and action miss miss FTF miss miss ;-D Edited January 4, 2010 by StraightUp_OG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizeks Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 If I see the moment it is already too late. Right. Whatever you notice has already happened. be There is no present to think about, only what was and what might be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 If I see the moment it is already too late. Right. Whatever you notice has already happened. be I got interested in comparative religion in college, not because I was particularly interested in religion but because I was interested in the idea that, despite extreme differences the worlds major philosophies and religions had much in common. I later heard this reflected in the field of anthropology when a noted expert on Egypt explained the similarities between pyramids in Egypt and South America by saying that, "similar problems tend to produce similar solutions". The mention of "If I see the moment it is already too late" reminded me of another quote from a completely different source: "Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream." Kahlil Gibran It seems that the old saw, "great minds think alike" is more true than we often give credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 If I see the moment it is already too late. Right. Whatever you notice has already happened. be I got interested in comparative religion in college, not because I was particularly interested in religion but because I was interested in the idea that, despite extreme differences the worlds major philosophies and religions had much in common. I later heard this reflected in the field of anthropology when a noted expert on Egypt explained the similarities between pyramids in Egypt and South America by saying that, "similar problems tend to produce similar solutions". The mention of "If I see the moment it is already too late" reminded me of another quote from a completely different source: "Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream." Kahlil Gibran It seems that the old saw, "great minds think alike" is more true than we often give credit. Yes. All the Maku mozo!'s I send out all say the same thing. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 I read this on a sign in front of a church last week. "Words hide the truth, actions expose it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 A student asked Soen Nakagawa during a meditation retreat, "I am very discouraged. What should I do?" Soen replied, "Encourage others." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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