tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452212375265023297.post5171679753542926836..comments2023-04-12T05:38:07.136-07:00Comments on The Dojin Roku: Finding a standpointKoro Kaisanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519201399219325579noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452212375265023297.post-61732304888625922492010-05-28T05:45:09.029-07:002010-05-28T05:45:09.029-07:00Hi Michael,
hee hee...
I'm sure you'll r...Hi Michael,<br /><br />hee hee...<br /><br />I'm sure you'll remember your young chap teaching himself to eat... if he's anything like my crew then quite a lot was stuffed purposefully up the nose... and everywhere else (regardless of my assumptions)!<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Harry.Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168631752214481563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452212375265023297.post-78579676642557317102010-05-28T02:07:01.072-07:002010-05-28T02:07:01.072-07:00I have a standpoint. I say, "Brownies are goo...I have a standpoint. I say, "Brownies are good orally!"<br /><br />I know this standpoint, as with all standpoints, will bring me pain eventually. <br /><br />However, it is likely to bring me less pain than sticking a brownie up my nose.Michael Pockleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374336639577795927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452212375265023297.post-90859699735943292712010-05-27T13:57:49.082-07:002010-05-27T13:57:49.082-07:00Hi David,
By all means 'invest in loss', ...Hi David,<br /><br />By all means 'invest in loss', but if it was limited by a standpoint or a lack of standpoint then it would not be being transmitted where you are standing (or whatever) right now.<br /><br />Boldly sticking that brownie right up our nose might be a more genuine effort than cautiously sniffing around it.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Harry.Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168631752214481563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452212375265023297.post-77601985447661083622010-05-27T10:48:03.745-07:002010-05-27T10:48:03.745-07:00Pablo: of course I was talking about brownies. I n...Pablo: of course I was talking about brownies. I never make mistakes when writing in English ;)<br />Harry: "If you find the Buddha, kill the Buddha; if you find the patriarchs, kill the patriarchs"<br />But taking the standpoint of no-standpoint is again like eating dry brownies with the nose (if you understand this, please, explain)<br />Kaishin: I like the example of the goat-herds. It makes me think of the ox-herd, wordless teachings, from England, Spain, Irland, Iceland and the snowline of the Himalayas.<br /><br />Gassho to you allAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452212375265023297.post-52475099923792787032010-05-26T14:04:33.295-07:002010-05-26T14:04:33.295-07:00Ok, so the only time I've actually sought refu...Ok, so the only time I've actually sought refuge in a goat-herd's hut was when I was lost at night-fall above the snowline in the Himalayas! Not quite England...Michael Pockleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374336639577795927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452212375265023297.post-12725033310772199022010-05-26T13:11:33.481-07:002010-05-26T13:11:33.481-07:00They do that as well in England? That's what h...They do that as well in England? That's what herds do in the north of Spain...Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248665795674538042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452212375265023297.post-60398590015560016002010-05-26T08:59:40.922-07:002010-05-26T08:59:40.922-07:00A member of the sangha came round for zazen last n...A member of the sangha came round for zazen last night. We ended up doing tai chi. <br /><br />One day maybe he'll come round for tai chi and we'll end up doing zazen.<br /><br />In the summer, the goat-herds seek refuge in a hut on the hilltop; in winter, they bring their goats down the mountain and seek refuge at home.Michael Pockleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374336639577795927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452212375265023297.post-46182009882749334822010-05-25T13:02:43.364-07:002010-05-25T13:02:43.364-07:00Hiya, D.
I pay homage to Gautama,
To he, who out ...Hiya, D.<br /><br /><i>I pay homage to Gautama,<br />To he, who out of compassion,<br />Taught the true Dharma <br />As the relinquishing of all views.</i><br /><br />Nagarjuna, from the Mulamadhyamakakarika.<br /><br />Of course, there is the long-standing tendancy in Buddhism to swing to the extreme of interpreting things like this to mean that we should not have any viewpoints and opinions, or that we should suppress or destroy them, as if our human lives and experiences were meaningless.<br /><br />I think we can come to directly understand that existence does not rely on our viewpoints even in the midst of viewpoints. <br /><br />Anyway, I'm very grateful for the viewpoint that Master Nagarjuna echoed.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Harry.Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168631752214481563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452212375265023297.post-61019316359249625062010-05-25T12:56:49.523-07:002010-05-25T12:56:49.523-07:00David, thanks for this post _/\_
The urge for def...David, thanks for this post _/\_<br /><br />The urge for definition has filled me sometimes too, and sensations or things I had learned through practice that couldn't be explained from my frame of reference (say, Theravada Buddhism) were wasted because of this need. <br /><br />Now I try not to explain everything with words, and it seems ok, but doubts arise continuously: Should I work harder? Am I doing this right? I haven't concentrated well in some weeks now, is it ok? etc etc etc<br /><br />PS: A little know-it-all detail. It's desert, actually, instead of dessert (unless your mouth was dry like a chocolate brownie, in which case I'll shut up).Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248665795674538042noreply@blogger.com