tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post7720253361627573087..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: Zen WeedsNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-11039434432475937972012-11-13T14:44:28.295-08:002012-11-13T14:44:28.295-08:00I like gardening too!I like gardening too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-29184801630607163162012-11-07T14:21:18.840-08:002012-11-07T14:21:18.840-08:00do you like music?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...do you like music?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljnv3KGtcyIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-55182803609311029772012-11-07T10:01:38.096-08:002012-11-07T10:01:38.096-08:00Chögyal Namkhai Norbu relates that once someone as...Chögyal Namkhai Norbu relates that once someone asked the famous Dzogchen Master, Yungtön Dorje Pel, what his practice consisted of, and he replied with the negative “mepa” or “there isn’t.” Then his startled questioner asked again, “Then you don’t meditate?,” to which the Master replied, “And when am I ever distracted?” This is the essence of samaya in Dzogchen teaching: not to meditate or to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-79009660030224450802012-11-07T09:07:49.923-08:002012-11-07T09:07:49.923-08:00"unfounded worry about non-existent happening..."unfounded worry about non-existent happenings." Yep, I know that one too. Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-66381508057774199722012-11-06T18:25:21.487-08:002012-11-06T18:25:21.487-08:00What a lovely weaving of weeds of the mind in your...What a lovely weaving of weeds of the mind in your post. I think my most dreaded weed is negative thinking which can sprout into unfounded worry about non-existent happenings.<br />Thank you.Was Oncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787588883235992471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-4874880432574363502012-11-06T08:00:17.003-08:002012-11-06T08:00:17.003-08:00I would love to transform lawns, or let them trans...I would love to transform lawns, or let them transform themselves. Obsessively maintaining little fields of grass - often not native grass at that - is truly foolish in my view. The fact that there's so much peer pressure, and legal pressure in many places to do so, makes it harder to shift towards something more earth-friendly. <br /><br />Then there's this: <br /><br />"As my Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-43455660300857420962012-11-06T04:20:37.764-08:002012-11-06T04:20:37.764-08:00It is easy to get caught up in that question of pi...It is easy to get caught up in that question of picking and choosing to the point of absurdity. I mean, are you picking and choosing when you "choose" to cross the street after the cars have past? Awareness and intention mean a lot here, I suspect. A farmer who eats only what she grows would not hesitate to eliminate invasive plants that diminish the harvest, but like you, would be Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391086267728343589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-7318964743120414032012-11-05T14:50:11.198-08:002012-11-05T14:50:11.198-08:00The issue of picking and choosing seems to me to b...The issue of picking and choosing seems to me to be about equanimity - welcoming life without formed desires or aversions. Lawns are a larger issue for me. Thorstein Veblen pointed out that they are a signifier of wealth - land that isn't put to use agriculturally. In fact, we waste water on them, and there are the chemicals, the motors that mow them. Our house came with a lawn, so there Jeanne Desyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800258273705288582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-3146629925563096642012-11-05T13:56:13.071-08:002012-11-05T13:56:13.071-08:00The clear light of Mahamudra cannot be revealed
By...The clear light of Mahamudra cannot be revealed<br />By the canonical scriptures or metaphysical treatises<br />Of the Mantravada, the Paramitas or the Tripitaka;<br />The clear light is veiled by concepts and ideals.<br /><br />By harbouring rigid precepts the true samaya is impaired,<br />But with cessation of mental activity all fixed notions subside;<br />When the swell of the ocean is at oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-16100883733616055792012-11-05T13:18:52.632-08:002012-11-05T13:18:52.632-08:00Many years ago I wrote an article on "weeds&q...Many years ago I wrote an article on "weeds" for a gardening mag and I still remember the dictionary defn "a weed is a plant growing where we don't want it to grow".<br /><br />If we choose a manicured yard or veggie patch, we probably pick some weeds now and then. I don't have a problem with that. We build houses, cities and in the course of those activities, some ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.com