the practice of Zen as a non-intellectual way of life.Buddhist teaching & meditation practice is seeping into my everyday & my now. This only happened when I stopped reading and started acting… specifically, when I began daily meditation.
Things about Zen Buddhism (as opposed to other branches) I try and hold close:
Everything there is implies everything else. And all those other things… in turn imply each individual object…. (rough sketch: mutual interdependence).
And your life, however short, everything depends on it. If that did not happen, nothing would happen. In this sense, the whole world bears your signature. It would not be the same world… if it weren’t for you (Allan Watts).
A world where there is a you implies there is a me. And a world with a me means a world with a you. You cannot separate me from you or you from me, just as you can’t separate my hands from my feet (me, my understanding).
Zen mentality represented simply:
Student: mountains and hills… are they not all forms of the body of Buddha?
Zen master: yes they are. But it’s a pity to say so.
... which shuts this bird up. Happy Friday to you all!
written for omy!!! oobiedoobieboo.
