tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post7019635546204992449..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: On Being (Or Not Being) "The Good Zen Student"Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-6768297015011134242013-10-30T08:11:12.078-07:002013-10-30T08:11:12.078-07:00I can see plenty of ways that last statement could...I can see plenty of ways that last statement could be misused. At the same time, I see no problem with it as it stands. <br /><br />Thinking only in linear time is a major trap for us humans. Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-44557389384666671582013-10-29T19:09:02.225-07:002013-10-29T19:09:02.225-07:00"Every breath can be a sesshin, if you allow ..."Every breath can be a sesshin, if you allow it to..."<br />That's absolute nonsense. Being fascile is a problem when trying to be honest with ones self and its very hard to let go of. I know.Helmutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-76426332436250840062013-10-24T10:21:35.610-07:002013-10-24T10:21:35.610-07:00"But can't dedicated just be dedicated&qu..."But can't dedicated just be dedicated"<br /><br />Certainly. It's interesting. My dharma name translates to "Devoted to Enlightenment." Devoted. Dedicated. Very similar. Nothing wrong with the word, just how it sometimes gets distorted. <br /><br />"But to not do sesshin because of some other fixed idea about ourselves..." <br /><br />Maybe I have a fixed Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-29111560974919544632013-10-24T07:33:49.251-07:002013-10-24T07:33:49.251-07:00“Separation between the two aspects of activity an...“Separation between the two aspects of activity and stillness simply does not arise. This is harmonizing”<br /><br />- Dogen Zenji<br /><br /><br />But can't dedicated just be dedicated, good and bad at the same time? Dedication reminds me of vow, and it's all that get's me moving some days. It's not for me who doesn't want to do it, or for me who does want to do it- I hope itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-2666256247641868462013-10-24T05:53:28.353-07:002013-10-24T05:53:28.353-07:00Lots of clueless prithagjanas (worldly people) pra...Lots of clueless prithagjanas (worldly people) practice sesshin. Many of them wear robes and shave their heads and lead sanghas. If the point of sesshin is that we already are the awakened Buddha mind, and have merely forgotten, to look at sesshin as a method is another form of attachment. Methods are conditions. Buddha mind is unconditioned.red shiftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-88225720930241216012013-10-23T17:24:46.435-07:002013-10-23T17:24:46.435-07:00Of course doing sesshin so as to be perceived as a...Of course doing sesshin so as to be perceived as a "good" student is not really doing sesshin! But to not do sesshin because of some other fixed idea about ourselves...hmmm....sounds like the opposite side of the coin. <br /><br />There is nothing especially meritorious about doing sesshin - we do it to do sesshin, nothing more, nothing less. How lucky we are to have this opportunityRobynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391086267728343589noreply@blogger.com