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30-08-2021, 08:05 PM
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QUOTE 69 EXCERPT:
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Originally Posted by AbodhiSky
It can't be contained,
in a word or a book,
in a thought or a sentence,
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That reminds me of one of my favorite Zen stories.
The governor of a province visited a Zen Master and handed him a piece of paper. The governor asked the Zen Master if his understanding of Zen, as written on the paper, was correct.
Without even looking at what was written, the Zen Master pushed the paper back to the governor and asked: "Do you understand?" The governor shook his head to indicate that he did not understand.
The Zen Master then explained: "If it can be written, then it is not Zen".
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30-08-2021, 08:18 PM
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And yet, the path is written,
Clearly well defined.
One step at a time.
Gate Gate Para Gate Para Sam Gate Bodhi Swaha
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30-08-2021, 10:15 PM
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Gasp, I got it.
Oh, now it's gone.
Gasp, now I have it again ...
Now now is gone!
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Prepare yourself for the coming astral journey of death by daily riding in the balloon of God-perception.
Through delusion you are perceiving yourself as a bundle of flesh and bones, which at best is a nest of troubles.
Meditate unceasingly, that you may quickly behold yourself as the Infinite Essence, free from every form of misery. ~Paramahansa's Guru's Guru.
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31-08-2021, 02:25 AM
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Master
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Delhi, India
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God is everywhere in playful caper
We see Him not because of our stupor
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The Self has no attribute
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31-08-2021, 03:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn
Gasp, I got it.
Oh, now it's gone.
Gasp, now I have it again ...
Now now is gone!
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Sounds like a riddle to me!
What is gone when you say it is there?
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31-08-2021, 04:27 AM
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Master
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Delhi, India
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where lies fulcrum of time stretched rapture?
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The Self has no attribute
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31-08-2021, 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn
Gasp, I got it.
Oh, now it's gone.
Gasp, now I have it again ...
Now now is gone!
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Some.of the poetry here is so eerily close to my experience.
Thanks Miss. |
31-08-2021, 08:01 AM
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Master
Join Date: Sep 2015
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Originally Posted by Still_Waters
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The 'Noble Silence' comes to mind  |
31-08-2021, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn
Gasp, I got it.
Oh, now it's gone.
Gasp, now I have it again ...
Now now is gone!
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One phrase circulating in my circle many years ago.
Uttered as an exclamation, at any given random moment with a somewhat sad connotation. Ah the memories.
I just had it! |
31-08-2021, 08:26 AM
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I'm just thankful that I've never had it.
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When a scholar is born they forget the nembutsu
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