Emptiness practice off the cushion
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Often the off cushion practice is a continuation of the on cushion practice.
"The world is made of stories, not atoms."
--- Muriel Rukeyser
--- Muriel Rukeyser
Re: Emptiness practice off the cushion
Which means all the bogeymen in my life (fears, neuroses, sorrows, suffering, grief) are just that ... bogeymen!
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ...
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Yes. But this ability to regard everything as dreams and illusions in post-equipoise ought to arise from profound confidence in emptiness, otherwise, it may fall into a kind of nihilism.
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don't believe life is a dream.
for an awakened can not be.
because he is awakened.
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That’s why an awakened one is awake. Even the Buddha said life is just like last nights dream, sheesh.master of puppets wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 9:49 pmdon't believe life is a dream.
for an awakened can not be.
because he is awakened.
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You know you're dreaming.master of puppets wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 9:49 pmdon't believe life is a dream.
for an awakened can not be.
because he is awakened.
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If you understand 'life is a dream', that's greatMalcolm wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 11:05 pmThat’s why an awakened one is awake. Even the Buddha said life is just like last nights dream, sheesh.master of puppets wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 9:49 pmdon't believe life is a dream.
for an awakened can not be.
because he is awakened.
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When people of the worldCrazywisdom wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 11:14 pmYou know you're dreaming.master of puppets wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 9:49 pmdon't believe life is a dream.
for an awakened can not be.
because he is awakened.
Look for this path amid the clouds,
It vanishes,
Without a trace.
The high peaks
Have many precipices;
On the widest gulleys
Hardly a gleam falls.
Green walls close
Behind and before;
White clouds gather
East and west.
Do you want to know
Where the cloud-path lies?
The cloud-path leads from sky to sky.
- Han Shan
(dailyzen com)
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Makes me thirsty for a foamy ice cold beer.master of puppets wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 1:03 pmWhen people of the worldCrazywisdom wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 11:14 pmYou know you're dreaming.master of puppets wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 9:49 pm
don't believe life is a dream.
for an awakened can not be.
because he is awakened.
Look for this path amid the clouds,
It vanishes,
Without a trace.
The high peaks
Have many precipices;
On the widest gulleys
Hardly a gleam falls.
Green walls close
Behind and before;
White clouds gather
East and west.
Do you want to know
Where the cloud-path lies?
The cloud-path leads from sky to sky.
- Han Shan
(dailyzen com)
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I don't knowCrazywisdom wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 5:26 pmMakes me thirsty for a foamy ice cold beer.master of puppets wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 1:03 pmWhen people of the world
Look for this path amid the clouds,
It vanishes,
Without a trace.
The high peaks
Have many precipices;
On the widest gulleys
Hardly a gleam falls.
Green walls close
Behind and before;
White clouds gather
East and west.
Do you want to know
Where the cloud-path lies?
The cloud-path leads from sky to sky.
- Han Shan
(dailyzen com)
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The foam gathers and goes down a wide gullet.master of puppets wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 6:30 pmI don't knowCrazywisdom wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 5:26 pmMakes me thirsty for a foamy ice cold beer.master of puppets wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 1:03 pm
When people of the world
Look for this path amid the clouds,
It vanishes,
Without a trace.
The high peaks
Have many precipices;
On the widest gulleys
Hardly a gleam falls.
Green walls close
Behind and before;
White clouds gather
East and west.
Do you want to know
Where the cloud-path lies?
The cloud-path leads from sky to sky.
- Han Shan
(dailyzen com)
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can say many things..ı will ask, what is good what is bad, really?Crazywisdom wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 11:21 pmThe foam gathers and goes down a wide gullet.
you may as well disregard..
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White and black clouds disperse equally in the sky.master of puppets wrote: ↑Sun Sep 05, 2021 10:40 amcan say many things..ı will ask, what is good what is bad, really?
you may as well disregard..
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master of puppets wrote: ↑Sun Sep 05, 2021 10:40 amcan say many things..ı will ask, what is good what is bad, really?
you may as well disregard..
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Striving to realize emptiness with good texts but no living teacher/sangha and with a good off-cushion but no on-the-cushion practice ...
A fool's errand? Or a good path (of the 84,000) for the right person? (A fool?)
A fool's errand? Or a good path (of the 84,000) for the right person? (A fool?)
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ...
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This is just intellectualism. It is like being a stone in the bottom of the ocean. No matter how wet the surface becomes, the water never penetrates inside.