Express your Zen in 10 words.

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i moved to a paradise island,
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KeithA wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 7:01 pm :offtopic:

:tongue:
Topicless mind mindfully reminding of a nevermind mindblowingly mindless topic. :rolleye:
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Before enlightenment, 'I chop wood, carry water';
after enlightenment, chopping-carrying.
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10 words.
in any matters of importance. dont rely on me. i may not know what i am talking about. take what i say as mere speculation. i am not ordained. nor do i have a formal training. i do believe though that if i am wrong on any point. there are those on this site who i hope will quickly point out my mistakes.
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i love the topic's name,
it uses only 6 words.
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See no evil.
Hear no evil.
Speak no evil.
1.The problem isn’t ‘ignorance’. The problem is the mind you have right now. (H.H. Karmapa XVII @NYC 2/4/18)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
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1. why
2. are
3. some
4. of
5. you
6. violating
7. the
8. ten
9. word
10. rule?

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Because meow.
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celebratory yule
using the ten word rule in
holiday haiku
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You never met it.
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If the truth doesn't help you,
you're not drinking it.
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no truth to find
stop seeking mind
that's all

'No need to seek the real;
Just extinguish your views.'

(Sengcan)
1 Myriad dharmas are only mind.
Mind is unobtainable.
What is there to seek?

2 If the Buddha-Nature is seen,
there will be no seeing of a nature in any thing.

3 Neither cultivation nor seated meditation —
this is the pure Chan of Tathagata.

4 With sudden enlightenment to Tathagata Chan,
the six paramitas and myriad means
are complete within that essence.


1 Huangbo, T2012Ap381c1 2 Nirvana Sutra, T374p521b3; tr. Yamamoto 3 Mazu, X1321p3b23; tr. J. Jia 4 Yongjia, T2014p395c14; tr. from "The Sword of Wisdom"
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Astus wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2019 10:08 am no truth to find
stop seeking mind
that's all

'No need to seek the real;
Just extinguish your views.'

(Sengcan)
If what Astus says is true
He must be lying!
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veracity and falsity
measurements in conditionality
thoughts come, thoughts go
1 Myriad dharmas are only mind.
Mind is unobtainable.
What is there to seek?

2 If the Buddha-Nature is seen,
there will be no seeing of a nature in any thing.

3 Neither cultivation nor seated meditation —
this is the pure Chan of Tathagata.

4 With sudden enlightenment to Tathagata Chan,
the six paramitas and myriad means
are complete within that essence.


1 Huangbo, T2012Ap381c1 2 Nirvana Sutra, T374p521b3; tr. Yamamoto 3 Mazu, X1321p3b23; tr. J. Jia 4 Yongjia, T2014p395c14; tr. from "The Sword of Wisdom"
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catmoon wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2019 11:06 am If what Astus says is true
He must be lying!
Lying is just the natural way ordinary minds work unceasingly.
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no truth to find
stop seeking mind
that's all

'No need to seek the real;
Just extinguish your views.'
(Sengcan)
if the goat ain't lying,
it must be her horn.
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Oh, everything is in order :yinyang: , but many times i forget.
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