Showing posts with label form. Show all posts
Showing posts with label form. Show all posts

Friday, May 6, 2011

Tao Te Ching Chapter 73-7 I shin den shin / No call


Today's Tao

It doesn't call any, but they come somehow. (Ch.73)


You don't call them.

You don't even say anything.

But they will respond.

They will even come to you somehow.

It sounds like the ultimate form of non-verbal communication such as Hara gei, the belly art.

In the domain of art in Japan, particularly martial art, non-verbal communication is a must.

We call it 以心伝心 [i shin den shin], which means "by heart, transmit heart".

This is a Kanreisu (=a bar or a spring) to better understand Zen.

This Kanji / Chinese character 心 [shin] is often translated as heart or mind.

Like the English word "heart", it also signifies "the center".

The word 心 [shin] suggests the center of the mechanism.

By the mechanism, transmit the mechanism.

In this Tao/hologram mechanism, everything comes about by itself, 自然 [ji nen].


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 73


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☞«Tao of ****» The first line comparison (11) / "Whether we hear news reports of good economic times or bad, whether we make a lot of money or a little, many or us feel something is missing in our lives." On the left, «The Tao of Abundance: Eight Ancient Principles for Living Abundantly in the 21st Century» written by Laurence G. Boldt. / "'What is Montessori?' As educators, we are asked that question often by parents, other teachers, and people on the street." On the right, «The Tao of Montessori: Reflections on Compassionate Teaching» written by Catherine McTamaney. / The abundance of love is the basis of education. Do you agree?

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Tao Te Ching Chapter 70-6 Shabby clothes



Today's Tao

That's why the sage wears shabby clothes and hides a jewel beneath them. (Ch.70)


Do you know a Kesa 袈裟, or a Kasaya?

Some call it a Zen robe as well.

Then, do you know it is also called excrement dust cloth, or Funzo-e 糞掃衣?

Can excrement dust cloth be silk?

Or, does it have to be "shabby clothes" authentically made by a certified monk as Master Bonbon insists in the No form 40-17 video?


Zen Master Dogen quotes the stories of the third patriarch Shonawashu 商那和修 (=Sanavasa) and Senbyaku bikuni 鮮白比丘尼 (=Rengeshiki bikuni, Uppalavannā 蓮華色比丘尼).

Their everyday clothes became their Kesa.

(Kesakudoku 袈裟功徳 , «Shobogenzo»)


It doesn't matter what material your "shabby clothes" or excrement dust cloth is.


Dogen also says:

"Once your superficial clothes are torn apart, Buddha's clothes appear".

なんぢが布見やぶれてのち、仏衣見成すべきなり。

(Den'e 伝衣 , «Shobogenzo»)


It means that "shabby clothes" are your hologram and you find Tao "beneath them".


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 70


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☞Kesa, O-kesa, or Kasaya. Whatever you call it, it has to be excrement dust cloth. But watch out. If you intentionally choose shabby materials, you are still stuck in the "material" world. One just has to accept any cloth as his hologram.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Tao Te Ching Chapter 68-7 Limit of space and time


Today's Tao

This is called matching the limit of space and time. (Ch.68)


Dark Depth Female 玄牝 [gen pi] is the attitude of lowering yourself and being submissive in order to be one with Tao, or to remember that true You are Tao.

By not competing, you can attain Tao easily.

It is called Dark Depth Attainment 玄徳 [gen toku].

Using Tariki 他力 / Other-power works well, too.

All of them are the same as matching the limit of space and time.

Space and time are parameters to interpret in-coming information and form a holographic image.

"Matching the limit of time and space" means "understanding that time and space exist only in the hologram".

The limit of time and space is your hologram.

Besides, it is worth mentioning that Zen Master Dogen implies the projection of a hologram with time and space is the true miracle. (Jinzu 神通, «Shobogenzo»)


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 68


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☞In the old days, Japan was called Zipangu. This map does not belong to the period, but it will give you some taste of an adventure in the Middle Ages. ☞Pokemon and Picachu represent modern Zipangu's alchemy.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Tao Te Ching Chapter 51-8 Character


Today's Tao

Tao gives birth to this, raises this, leads this, takes care of this, gives this a shape, gives this a character, feeds this, and covers this. (Ch.51)


In this context, "this" means your own self and the hologram.

So, Today's Tao sentence is paraphrased as:

"Tao gives birth to your own self and the hologram.

Tao raises your own self and the hologram.

(This is your life.)

Tao leads your own self and the hologram.

(So, don't worry.)

Tao takes care of your own self and the hologram(, which is the world).

Tao gives your own self and the world a shape.

(True You are not your own self.)

And Tao gives you a character.

(So, you are not responsible for who you are.)"


Naoto Matsumoto adds:

Tao feeds its energy to the hologram.

Tao covers the hologram.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 51


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☞«The Woman in the Dunes» was originally written by Kobo Abe as a novel. Since the story has a very theatrical setting, it is not surprising that he adapted it into a screenplay. Hiroshi Teshigawara directed the film. This is one of the most successful avant-garde novels written in Japanese.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Tao Te Ching Chapter 51-3 They form you


Today's Tao

Things form this. (Ch.51)


"Things form" your own self.


Zen master Dogen says:

"Your own self is like mountains, rivers, and lands".

(Keiseisanshoku 谿生山色, «Shobogenzo»)


When you look at the world in front of you, you can tell what kind of person you are.

You create holograms, and the holograms define you.

In other words, you project a hologram in your "mind", and the objects in your hologram (=the things in the world) define you.

That's why you are not supposed to judge.

You are perfect.

Remember?


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 51


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☞Is it possible to "comprehend" Tao and Zen in English? While explaining how Tao and Zen functions in an Indo-European language, we cannot avoid the existence / contradiction of the subject in a sentence. One has to discuss the non-existence of Self by using a language that requires him to use the very symbol of the existence of Self, which is the word "I". On the other hand, there are several languages that do not impose the rule, such as Pacific islands languages, among others. Then, we remember that Japanese language is one of them. We do not necessarily use a subject in a Japanese sentence.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Tao Te Ching Chapter 44-8 Last long


Today's Tao

Thus, you can last long. (Ch.44)


True You are Tao.

Therefore, you are eternal.

In Buddhism, we call this «Fusho fumetsu / 不生不滅».

No life no vanishing. (No life. No end of life.)


Dogen says:

"Future is past and present".

(Juki 授記, «Shobogenzo»)


Life is a form of a hologram.

Vanishing is a form of a hologram, too.

They are part of the wheel of manifestation 法輪 [horin].

Don't be attached to either life nor the end of it.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 44


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☞Kitaro's album «Onbashira» is the name of a traditional Shintoist ritual. «Onbashira 御柱» means "The sacred pillars". The matsuri festival takes place once every six years. They drop the huge and heavy trunk of a fir tree (about 17 meters long, one meter in diameter, 10 tons) at the edge of a cliff top (about 35 degrees , and 100 meters long). People ride the log down the slope. If you want to get your adrenalin going, you can go to Suwa, Nagano, Japan, instead of Pamplona for the run with the bulls, for change. Well, in six years time. Beautiful Lake Suwa will be always there, waiting for you. Enjoy magnificent Mt Fuji over Suwa Lake as millions of Samurai did. Here is Onbashira official site in English and Japanese.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Tao Te Ching Chapter 43-2 No space


Today's Tao

No existence enters no space. (Ch.43)


As water enters gaps, Tao goes into any space.

There is no space without Tao.

"No existence" means the existence without any form.

It is Tao.

"No space" means the space without any form.

Space is a concept.

The forms you find there are holograms.

Tao is everywhere.

Or rather, "everywhere" is part of Tao.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 43


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-Can you see the upper Kanji / Chinese character in the photo of Mr John Kaizan Neptune's «Dance for Neptune»? 法 [ho]. This is the same character as the [bo] of Dogen's «Shobogenzo 正法眼蔵». The Character below is 楽 [gaku]. 法 [ho] basically means rules. In Buddhism, it is used to express Buddha's manifestation, therefore, sometimes translated as teachings. 楽 [gaku] can also be pronounced as [raku], like Raku of Raku-yaki 楽焼き clay works, which means easy or happy. Happy manifestation!

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Tao Te Ching Chapter 42-10 Father of Teachings 2


Today's Tao

I definitely make this the father of teachings. (Ch.42)


What is the father of all the teachings?

It is the explanation of how Nothing / Form cycle works.

We discussed the process 1 to 4 yesterday.

Now, let's continue the explanation.


5. When its nature (=task) is completed, the process goes back to the beginning of Nothing = Everything.

6. People's thoughts exist because of the One. They are the same as heaven and earth (=material things, =holograms). They go back as well.

7. Going back to Nothing is called Dark Depth Attainment. It is the same as Big Natural Flow or Tao's integration. (☞See Tao by Matsumoto / Chapter 65 / Integration)

8. The cycle is so perfect that you are not aware at all. Once you are aware, you find it stupid and idiotic.


Once a cycle ends, another begins.

Remember?

Since Tao has no time, every step takes place simultaneously.

Therefore, imposing your way (judgment or act of influence) on others creates a hindrance against the free flow of the energy cycle.

That's why it is not recommended.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 42


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-I wonder if we have already met on the beach, Mr John Kaizan Neptune and I. But I have known for a long time that in Chiba prefecture, Japan, where I was born and still go surfing once in a while, lives an Occidental gentleman who plays and makes the Shakuhachi bamboo flute. I was wondering why this gentleman chose Chiba peninsula to live in. It was quite stupid of me not to associate his name Kaizan 海山, which means sea / mountain in Japanese, with surfing up until now. I have just seen a photo of this excellent musician playing the flute on a short board on the wave.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Tao Te Ching Chapter 42-9 Father of Teachings 1


Today's Tao

"A man who pushes down others and advance will not come to a natural end." (Ch.42)


"If you violently impose your way on others, you will not come to a natural end."

Why?

Because you create resistance when you impose on others your way: judgment or act of influence.

Chuang Tzu's explanation will help you understand it better.

Let's review the process of Nothing / Form cycle (=Yin Yang cycle, =Tao/hologram cycle).


1. Nothing (=Tao). No existence. No names.

2. One rises up (=Tao's energy circulates) without a form.

3. The flow of the One (=the circulation of Tao's energy) creates (=projects) forms. They are not separated. This state is called Life (=a hologram).

4. 1, 2, 3, are the process of Attainment. All the formed bodies (=holograms) have the same spirit (or the god, literally, =Tao) although they act independently.

We will continue the rest of the process in the episode the Father of Teachings 2 tomorrow.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 42


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-Ondekoza is a group of Japanese Taiko drummers from Sado Island. Their music is simple and powerful. The simplicity represents some peculiar Japanese-ness, which reminds us that Japan is part of the Pacific, not just a fringe civilization in Asia. It is technically elaborate, I am sure, but, as their naked bodies represent, the drummers try to be as simple as possible. They seem to think as if simplicity is the only way to go down to the deepest recess of their soul. Their attitude and dedication towards the drum sounds touch listeners' soul as well.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Tao Te Ching Chapter 42-8 Chuang Tzu's teachings


Today's Tao

There is something people teach. I teach it, too. (Ch.42)


I read the entire part of Chuang Tzu's writing concerning the birth of a hologram and Dark Depth Attainment.


At the very beginning, there is Nothing.

No existence. No names.

Where One rises up, there is One but it doesn't have a form yet.

Everything is born by getting this One.

This is called Attainment.

There are divisions in the One not yet formed.

Without intermission, without in-between space.

This is called Life.

The One flows and gives birth to things.

Things are completed and have discerning lines.

This is called Form.

Formed bodies keep the spirit.

Each of them has its rules.

This is called Nature.

When Nature is mastered, it goes back to the Attainment.

When the Attainment peaks, it is the same as the beginning.

Being the same means being void.

Being void means being big.

It unifies people's noisy speeches.

When they are unified, it is unified with heaven and earth.

This union is so perfect that they even know they are together.

It seems stupid.

It seems idiotic.

This is called Dark Depth Attainment.

It is the same as Big Natural Flow (=Tao's integration 大順).


Chuang Tzu@wiki


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 42


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-I know it is quite voluminous. I know most of them were written by later hands. Nevertheless, I recommend that you read the complete works of «Chuang Tzu», or at least the Inner Chapters and the Outer Chapters. You will find Chuang Tzu's writing I quote here in the Outer Chapters. Besides, the story of «the frog in the well» is told in 17 - 4 of the Outer Chapters («Soji 荘子» by Osamu Kanaya 金谷治, 1995, Iwanami Bunko 岩波文庫, Iwanami Shoten 岩波書店).

Friday, July 9, 2010

Tao Te Ching Chapter 42-4 Birth of everything


Today's Tao

Three gives birth to everything. (Ch.42)


Chuang Tzu talks about it as follows:

"There are divisions in the One not yet formed.

Without intermission, without in-between space.

This is called Life.

The One flows and gives birth to things.

Things are completed and have discerning lines.

This is called Form."

(«Chuang Tzu» 12 - 8)


The dynamic exchange of the energy in Tao creates a hologram as a catalyst to provoke another emission of energy.

This is your life and self, and all the objects in your world.

After every cycle, you reincarnate.

Attention!

There is no time in Tao.

So, every step takes place simultaneously.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 42


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-We need our soul food once in a while. When we are down, sometimes eating our soul food is the only solution to cheer us up. The problem is that the food is not all the time available especially when you live away from home. How can you order your favorite clam chowder in Zimbabwe? In my case, my soul food is miso ramen. These days, it is not too difficult to find miso and ramen. Nevertheless, mixing miso and ramen does not exactly make a nice dish of miso ramen. You know what I am talking about if you have ever lived in Japan. Then, what can I do? I look to Kurosawa's «Seven Samurai» for help. It is not food, but is my soul film. Besides, you can find this DVD in any country where movie aficionados are allowed to live.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Tao Te Ching Chapter 42-1 One's birth


Today's Tao

Tao gives birth to One. (Ch.42)


In the corresponding part of Chuang Tzu,

it says:

"At the very beginning, there is Nothing.

No existence. No names.

Where One rises up, there is One but it doesn't have a form yet."

(«Chuang Tzu» 12-8)


Often the word "One" means Tao.

Therefore, Tao gives birth to Tao.

This it it!

Tao creates Tao.

This is the basis of the cycle.

The rest is a catalyst to stimulate the cycle.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 42


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-«Kokoro», heart or mind. Soseki Natsume was probably the first Japanese novelist to write about the cruelty of a modern society. He had done it even before Japan truly embraced modernism. Kokoro suffers when you are forced to be independent and to judge and decide by yourself. Now more than ever, young Japanese need this book, it seems. They appear to prefer social cohesion to independence in terms of decision-making.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Tao Te Ching Chapter 40-17 No form


Today's Tao

Big's image has no form. (Ch.40)


A: "Master Bonbon, look, I have just bought a super mandala meditation image kit made in China! It's beautiful."

B: "Made in China? You had better buy our super authentic Japanese mandala meditation image kit hand-made by our certified Zen monks during their strict meditation at an isolated temple in Kyoto, through our proper channel of distribution authorized by our organization."


I sincerely hope that you are not trapped there.

By fancy goods and clothes made in an exotic country.


Lao Tzu says it clearly.

Tao's image has no form.

You cannot see Tao.

Period.

But, the world is the manifestation of Tao. You can accept and love Tao through your hologram, which is called the world.

Do you need some fancy products to love it?


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 40


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-"Kokoro" is a Japanese word without any English equivalent. Sometimes, it is translated as mind. Sometimes, as heart. Often, mind and heart confuse a Japanese when he finds out that the two English words are not the same. It seems to me that the definition of the word "kokoro" covers all but material things. It may sound strange to an English speaker, but logic does not belong to the area of "kokoro". To the Japanese, logic is something "fake" and not sincere. It is part of the material world.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Tao Te Ching Chapter 15-11 Muddy but clear


Today's Tao

Who can keep Tao calm and gradually make it clear while it is muddy? (Ch.15)


No one can keep Tao calm, but it is calm.

Tao is an energetic chaos without form or time.

So, it is still and vibrant, muddy and clear at the same time.

It is a mess perfectly organised.


You may be sick and tired of hearing this contradiction.

I am sorry.

We can't help explaining Tao this way.

Words are not good enough.


But, why don't we use this?

For example, we don't hesitate to be confused in order to have a clear idea.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 15


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Monday, March 16, 2009

Tao Te Ching Chapter 25-4 Independence


Today's Tao

It's independent. It doesn't change. (Ch.25)


Tao creates your hologram (=the world), which includes your own self.

The explanation is supposed to end here, but you can say that firstly Tao creates your "self" and body, then in your brains you project the holographic images of the rest of the world.

Therefore, your hologram doesn't affect Tao.

It is independent of the world (=your hologram) though it manifests itself through the worldly beings.

Although Tao is called the fundamental energy, it doesn't change its form like other forms of energy.


Please visit Tao by Matsumoto / Chapter 25.

Today's text is part of Rapid Decoded, a brief and easy commentary on Ch.25.

The page has the chapter's entire English translation, too.


Mata ashita. See you tomorrow.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 25


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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Tao Te Ching Chapter 25-3 No sounds


Today's Tao

No sounds. No forms. (Ch.25)


There is neither sound nor form in Tao.

Some readers may want to interpret Tao as a kind of field, where the transmission of energy takes place in a form of wave.

This idea will help you to abandon the concept that the world is concrete.

Nevertheless, it is not ideal to think of Tao this way because it may give you the idea that Tao has time and space.

Time and space belong to your hologram and Tao doesn't have them.

Mata ashita. See you tomorrow.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 25 This chapter is very useful to comprehend Tao and holography, especially when you feel unsatisfied with the explanation in What's a hologram.


What is read in the video is about the manifestation of Tao.

The chapter's entire English translation and Rapid Decoded are also listed at Tao by Matsumoto / Chapter 25.



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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Tao Te Ching Chapter 14-2 The form without a form



Today's Tao

It's called the beginning of everything, the form without a form. (Ch.14)


Don't think Tao is an entity in the material world.

It doesn't have a form. It is the fundamental energy that creates all.


Naoto Matsumoto adds:


When we say: "Tao includes all the world or your hologram", it is more in a metaphorical sense than in a physical sense.

Please be aware that Tao doesn't have space.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 14


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