Tag: Tao
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The Way of The Warrior ~XVI~
9/20/22 Please read aloud with me,mindfully and prayerfully. The Five Ranks of Merit Thus far we have stated how to train our body and mind according to the general rules and customs established by Zenists. And here we shall describe the different stages of mental upliftingthrough which the student of Zen has to go. They […]
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The Way of The Warrior ~XV~
9/19/2022 “True Dhyana” To sit in Meditation is not the only method of practising Zazen. “We practise Dhyana in sitting, in standing, and in walking,” says one of the Japanese Zenists. Lin Tsi (Rin-Zai) also says: “To concentrate one’s mind, or to dislike noisy places, and seek only for stillness, is the characteristic of heterodox […]
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Way Of The Warrior -XV-
“The Third Step in the Mental Training”(The Training Of The Mind & Practice of Meditation)~ by Kaiten Yukarita To be the Lord of Mind is more essential to Enlightenment, which, in a sense, is the clearing away of illusions, the putting out of mean desires and passions, and the awakening of the innermost wisdom. He […]
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The Way of the Warrior -XII-
Many things in martial artsare in accordance with Buddhist lawand correspond to Sen. Among them, especially,are the aversion to attachmentand the aversion to lingering over things. This is the most important point. Not to linger is considered essential. The courtesan Eguchi responded to a poem by the Buddhist monk Saigyo with her own poem: To […]
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Afternoon Prayer -X-
“The things I have directly known but have not taught you are numerous, while the things I have taught you are few. … why, have I not taught those many things? Because they are unbeneficial, irrelevant to the fundamentals of the holy life, and do not lead to revulsion, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, […]
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Morning Prayer -XXXVI-
“To remain whole, be twisted”
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The Art of Integration -XII-
5/13/22
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The Way of The Warrior -III-
4/25/22 The Way of the Great Learning consists in manifesting the clear character,loving the people, andabiding (chih) in the highest good. Only after knowing what to abide in can one be calm.Only after having been calm can one be tranquil.Only after having achieved tranquillity can one have peaceful repose.Only after having peaceful repose can one begin to deliberate.Only after […]
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Morning Prayer ~XXII~
4/20/22 Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world. ~ Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching
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The Way of The Warrior ~II~
4/14/22 “If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your integrity. If you need a witness, be your own.” ~ Epictetus
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Lessons Learned ~XIII~
Dear Herr N., Nobody can set right a mismanaged life with a few words. But there is no pit you cannot climb out of provided you make the right effort at the right place. When one is in a mess like you are, one has no right any more to worry about the idiocy of […]
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Afternoon Mindfulness ~VII~
If you want to become whole,first let yourself become broken. If you want to become straight,first let yourself become twisted. If you want to become full,first let yourself become empty. If you want to become new,first let yourself become old. Those whose desires are few gets them,those whose desires are great go astray. For this […]
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Morning Prayer ~XVI~
Nurture the darkness of your souluntil you become whole.Can you do this and not fail?Can you focus on your life-breath until you becomesupple as a newborn child?While you cleanse your inner visionwill you be found without fault?Can you love people and lead themwithout forcing your will on them?When heaven gives and takes awaycan you be […]