Monday, December 10, 2012

Tao Te Ching Chapter 60 Control (playlist)




Governing a big country is like boiling a little fish. (60-1)

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An object is not a hologram.
It is part of a hologram.
Don't think that an object is a hologram independently.
A hologram includes all the beings, including feelings and thoughts.

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Do you know the Zen concept of 是什麼物恁麼来 [ze inmo butsu inmo rai]: Where on earth did this «what on earth» thing come from? (☞See 60-4)

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Tao Te Ching Chapter 59 Attainment & Cycle (playlist)




"Life has nothing to do with death."
(Dogen ☞See 59-8)

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"Blue mountains walk constantly. 青山常運歩"
(Fuyo Dokai 芙蓉道楷 Fu-jung Tao-k'ai)

This is «Hokke ten hokke 法華転法華: Buddha's manifestation turns Buddha's manifestation»?

It is Tenborin 転法輪: turning the wheel of manifestation.
(☞See 59-6)

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Don't think like others that Juki will take place after we have completed our self-mortification.
(Dogen ☞See 59-7)

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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Tao Te Ching Chapter 58 Government (playlist)




When the government is dark and obscure, the people are naive.

When the government is brilliant, the people are imperfect.

(Lao Tzu, Tao Te King, Chapter 58)

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No fish can live in the clear water of White River.

They miss the muddy water of good ole Paddy Pond.

(Ota Nanpo, ☞See 58-11)

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"Good and evil, cause and result will make you create Buddha."

(Dogen, ☞See 58-6)

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Friday, December 7, 2012

Tao Te Ching Chapter 57 Intelligence (playlist)




The more annoying prohibitions there are in the world under the sky, the poorer the people get. (57-5)

The more intelligent the people are, the more evil acts take place. (57-7)

The more laws and decrees are known, the more robbers there are. (57-8)

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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Tao Te Ching Chapter 56 How to be one with Tao (playlist)




Block the openings. Close the gate.

Dull the sharpness.

Untangle the entanglement.

Soften the light.

Be like dust.

This is called being one with Dark Depth.

(From Chapter 56)

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"Buddha is a dry [excrement] stick." (56-7)

Be like dust.

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"No one can ever do anything evil." (Zen Master Dogen / 56-12)

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