tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post6709982284949401740..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: Birth and DeathNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-71356908513116627052011-01-25T15:29:09.688-08:002011-01-25T15:29:09.688-08:00"I think it's very appropriate right now ..."I think it's very appropriate right now since there seems to be a lot of virtual drawing of lines in the sand about what's "true" and not and what you have to do or how to behave to be a real Buddhist. The irony of this never ceases to amaze me." No doubt. The whole "real" and "not real" Buddhist thing is an old argument, but with the easy access Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-79987013214907237472011-01-25T10:57:13.425-08:002011-01-25T10:57:13.425-08:00The more I study the Sandokai, the more I see it a...The more I study the Sandokai, the more I see it almost as a kind of Soto Zen Creed. <br /><br />Karen Maezen Miller posted a short section of the Sandokai containing that line and now it seems to have infected us all a bit.<br /><br />I think it's very appropriate right now since there seems to be a lot of virtual drawing of lines in the sand about what's "true" and not and kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04679849282951730576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-50940548516228898352011-01-25T06:59:29.227-08:002011-01-25T06:59:29.227-08:00Dean and Daishin, I agree with both of you - and, ...Dean and Daishin, I agree with both of you - and, there is nothing wrong with a little investigation, even thinking about it all. The way I see it, sometimes we need to work with the thinking mind in order to be able let go of the thinking mind. <br /><br />Robyn, what you wrote about your father makes sense to me. I've witnessed that instantaneous difference as well. <br /><br />Kevin,<br />Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-17277696971560400262011-01-25T04:15:34.053-08:002011-01-25T04:15:34.053-08:00I agree completely with Anonymous. I was going to...I agree completely with Anonymous. I was going to post this, clicked on the reply link and saw Anonymous' comment.<br /><br />So I'll just state exactly what I was going to say anyway ... I gave this teaching in meditation class the other day.<br /><br />Breathing in, there is birth,<br />Breathing out, there is death.<br />In each moment, life and death is manifest and apparent.<br />IfDean 'Jagaro' Crabbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08675825920815339816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-71860236899087036112011-01-24T18:04:29.119-08:002011-01-24T18:04:29.119-08:00Before we get too much into our heads (and beloved...Before we get too much into our heads (and beloved teachers' words), we might practice sitting with our breath. Sitting-with, not thinking-about. There it is, inhaling one more time. Exhaling<br />all the way: death. Again ...<br /><br />That's the best I can do right now. My 'self' is incapable of imagining its own demise. <br /><br />This from a hospice worker who has witness Anonymoushttp://kissing. wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-35968463725288188302011-01-24T13:46:00.514-08:002011-01-24T13:46:00.514-08:00I agree with keeping birth and death together as a...I agree with keeping birth and death together as a single concept. You can't have one without the other.<br /><br />Sojun Roshi told us once that every inhalation is a birth since that's the first thing we do, every exhalation a death since that's the last thing we do. Made sense to me so until I find something otherwise, I'm sticking with it.<br /><br />Another thing to think kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04679849282951730576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-83393679420903042942011-01-24T12:36:39.410-08:002011-01-24T12:36:39.410-08:00The word that comes to mind is prana.
Also, seein...The word that comes to mind is prana.<br /><br />Also, seeing my father die, it was immediately clear when he actually died. He was like another person, or at least, so not the person I knew while he lived. The difference seemed instantaneous and profound.<br /><br />Just some random thoughts that came to mind....Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391086267728343589noreply@blogger.com