The Buddha once taught the Bhikkhus about the All:
"I will teach you the All. Listen closely. What is the All? It is eye and visible object, ear and sound, nose and scent, tongue and taste, body and feelings, mind and ideas. ...
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Don't seek reality, just put an end to opinions.
~Sheng-ts'an
No yesterday, no tomorrow, and no today.
~Sheng-ts'an
The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here
and you are out there.
~Yasutani Roshi
It is better to practice a little than talk a lot.
~Muso Kokushi
When you are deluded and full of doubt, even a thousand books of
scripture are not enough. When you have realized understanding, even one word
is too much.
~Fen-Yang
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on
the grass.
~Dogen
It is everywhere
~Chuang-tsu
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek
what they sought.
~Basho
How sad that people ignore the near and search for truth afar.
~Hakuin
No seed ever sees the flower. It can only rely on faith that it can become the flower Rory wants one to be. Safe it is for the cedling under ground. Safest to do nothing, yet the seedling has a longing for something it does not know or had yet to experiense. But still, safest to stay under ground, in darkness, not moving. Many are the dangers of moving, better to wait, in darkness, cold, lonly, avoiding the sun and all one has the potential to be. (loosly based on Osho zen-tarot, with a touch of kafka in the ending)
How do you step from the top of a 100-foot pole? You make sure it lies verically on the ground offcourse!
When you get there, there isn't any there there. Nor any here here, anywhere or nowhere!
(Just improved a little on you`re posting Jthbuddha, hope you don`t mind:)
No seed ever sees the flower. It can only rely on faith that it can become the flower Rory wants one to be. Safe it is for the cedling under ground. Safest to do nothing, yet the seedling has a longing for something it does not know or had yet to experiense. But still, safest to stay under ground, in darkness, not moving. Many are the dangers of moving, better to wait, in darkness, cold, lonly, avoiding the sun and all one has the potential to be. (loosly based on Osho zen-tarot, with a touch of kafka in the ending)
How do you step from the top of a 100-foot pole? You make sure it lies verically on the ground offcourse!
When you get there, there isn't any there there. Nor any here here, anywhere or nowhere!
(Just improved a little on you`re posting Jthbuddha, hope you don`t mind:)
It's this, it's that, it's not this, it's not that, it's not even this, it's not even that, it's right, it's not right, it's not, it's....it's me me me all the way down the mine mine mine line.
Quote: "It's this, it's that, it's not this, it's not that, it's not even this, it's not even that, it's right, it's not right, it's not, it's....it's me me me all the way down the mine mine mine line." .........
For you it's what you think it is - this pixellated medium where nobodies leave messages for nobodies who like to talk-talk about the yous who don't not not-care about nothing. So, what is it that you are talking about or trying not to talk about?
Quote: "Oh it is, there isn't anything that it isn't or nothing you can say, laugh, gurn, grin or guffaw about either. " .........
not that either
" .........
For you it's what you think it is - this pixellated medium where nobodies leave messages for nobodies who like to talk-talk about the yous who don't not not-care about nothing. So, what is it that you are talking about or trying not to talk about?
Quote: "Oh it is, there isn't anything that it isn't or nothing you can say, laugh, gurn, grin or guffaw about either. " .........
not that either
" .........
For you it's what you think it is - this pixellated medium where nobodies leave messages for nobodies who like to talk-talk about the yous who don't not not-care about nothing. So, what is it that you are talking about or trying not to talk about?
Quote: "Oh it is, there isn't anything that it isn't or nothing you can say, laugh, gurn, grin or guffaw about either. " .........
not that either
" .........
For you it's what you think it is - this pixellated medium where nobodies leave messages for nobodies who like to talk-talk about the yous who don't not not-care about nothing. So, what is it that you are talking about or trying not to talk about?
BUDDHA SET : STATUE & FIGURINE COLLECTION