tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post210780602214339898..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: To Hell With PerfectionNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-78956089217509372582009-10-31T11:17:01.760-07:002009-10-31T11:17:01.760-07:00Thank you for this teaching.Thank you for this teaching.La Dimensionehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14000379640224979019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-80132693929996627642009-10-31T10:05:20.512-07:002009-10-31T10:05:20.512-07:00What is perfection when there is no time? What is...What is perfection when there is no time? What is perfection when we know "I" is a shadow? <br /><br />Some details of form can be very important, for avoiding injury or discomfort. Certain points about zazen posture, for instance, are important for beginners to know so they don't experience excessive back pain or strained joints, at which point they might give up on meditation Algernonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698040927871199780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-19329712726779119342009-10-31T08:36:30.926-07:002009-10-31T08:36:30.926-07:00Thanks Nathan. There is a book I read many years a...Thanks Nathan. There is a book I read many years ago, by Marion Woodman, called "Addiction to Perfection". <br /><br />May I share a different take on your story? How about accepting the yoga teacher with all his imperfections, "wrongs" and all? It's interesting I did not get same feeling from your story about him. I saw him more as a man concerned with helping his Marguerite Manteau-Raohttp://minddeep.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-27005568051410170382009-10-30T10:48:58.261-07:002009-10-30T10:48:58.261-07:00So much suffering comes from the pursuit of perfec...So much suffering comes from the pursuit of perfection. It is an unattainable ideal. If one sets his standard as perfection he will always fall short and so will always consider himself a failure. <br /><br />You are right -- there is no such thing as perfect. It is a concept that, like all concepts, exists only in the mind. The concept of perfection means something different to each person.spldbchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505641654468777964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-78532885361080910832009-10-30T10:41:49.788-07:002009-10-30T10:41:49.788-07:00"yet how many of us are, on a daily basis, ca..."yet how many of us are, on a daily basis, caught up in that mind that seeks the perfect? How many of us Buddhists condemn what we're doing now as "half-assed" practice that will only become "true" practice when we have attended long retreats and made some sort of earth shattering breakthroughs?"<br /><br />So very, very true (for me anyway)Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09688546442746669587noreply@blogger.com