ZEN CHORE MNDFULNSS RITUAL ROUTINE ALTISM METHODISM

/////////////////////Zen Buddhism is a mixture of Indian Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism. It began in China, spread to Korea and Japan, and became very popular in the West from the mid 20th century.



////////////////'Zen' is the way the Chinese word Ch'an is pronounced in Japan. 'Ch'an' is the Chinese pronunciation of the Sanskrit word Dhyana, which means (more or less) meditation.


//////////////////They appeared to further reduce their pain partly through slower breathing: 12 breaths per minute versus an average of 15 breaths for non-meditators.

"Slower breathing certainly coincided with reduced pain and may influence pain by keeping the body in a relaxed state," Mr Grant said in the earlier study.

///////////////////////ZEN MNDFUL BEHAN= BE HERE AND NOW

Zen means waking up to the present moment

//////////////////////////Does a tree that falls in the forest make a sound if there isn’t anyone there to hear it?

////////////////////////////In some places, April 8 is the date on which Gautama the Buddha's birth is celebrated.

///////////////////////////////entropy- LF IS LIKE LVING IN A HOUSE OF FIRE

//////////////////////////////The Ten Grave Precepts

1.  Affirm life; Do not kill.
2.  Be giving; Do not steal.
3.  Honor the body; Do not misuse sexuality.
4.  Manifest truth; Do not lie.
5.  Proceed clearly; Do not cloud the mind.
6.  See the perfection; Do not speak of others errors and faults.
7.  Realize self and other as one; Do not elevate the self and blame others.
8.  Give generously; do not be withholding.
9.  Actualize harmony; Do not be angry.
10.  Experience the intimacy of things; Do not defile the Eight Treasures.-   John Daido Loori, The Eight Gates of Zen, 2002, P. 240.  

////////////////////////////1)  Living every moment to the fullest.

2)  Transcending dualism and using it freely.

3)  Respecting the physical.

4)  Enlarging awareness.

5)  Releasing natural altruistic action.

6)  Increasing serenity and effectiveness in daily life

       -   What is Zen?  Zen in Daily Life.  Masunaga Text.

//////////////////////////////ZEN DIET  812162024- 4 HRLY FOOD

/////////////////////////////Impermenance is a beautiful thing!

//////////////////////////////////Sharing a Mountain Hut with a Cloud

A lonely hut on the mountain-peak towering above a thousand others;

One half is occupied by an old monk and the other by a cloud:

Last night it was stormy and the cloud was blown away;

After all a cloud could not equal the old man's quiet way.

Kuei-tsung Chih-chih, a monk who lived in a humble hut on Lu-shan (盧山 Rozan

////////////////////////Mind at Peace

When the mind is at peace,

the world too is at peace.

Nothing real, nothing absent.

Not holding on to reality,

not getting stuck in the void,

you are neither holy or wise, just

an ordinary fellow who has completed his work.

P'ang Yün

/////////////////////////Hundreds of flowers in the spring, the moon in the autumn,

夏有涼風冬有雪    A cool breeze in summer; and snow in winter;

若無閑事挂心頭    If there is no vain cloud in your mind

更是人間好時節    For you it is a good season.

(Zen Comments on the Mumonkan

///////////////////////////Selflessness

Misery only doth exist, none miserable,

No doer is there; naught save the deed is found.

Nirvâna is, but not the man who seeks it.

The Path exists, but not the traveller on it.

Visuddhimagga

///////////////////////////ZEN CHORE-O-GRAPHY

My daily activities are not unusual,
                                            I'm just naturally in harmony with them.
                                            Grasping nothing, discarding nothing...
                                            Supernatural power and marvelous activity -
                                            Drawing water and carrying firewood.                                                                           
                                                                      -    Layman Pang-yun (740-808)

////////////////////////////NEWS- cf OWN MSD

////////////////////////The mind of the past is ungraspable;

        the mind of the future is ungraspable;
        the mind of the present is ungraspable.
                                 -    Diamond Sutra

/////////////////////////////////PAC=RAG. LOJJA, BHOY

PASSION, AGGRESSION, CONFUSION

Reciting a small portion of the scriptures,
                 But putting it diligently into practice;
                 Letting go of passion, aggression, and confusion:
                 Revering the truth with a clear mind;
                 And not clinging to anything, here or hereafter;
                 Brings the harvest of the holy life.
      
                                     -    Dhammapada

//////////////////////////////As flowing waters disappear into the mist
We lose all track of their passage.
Every heart is its own Buddha.
Ease off ...  become immortal.

Wake up!   The world's a mote of dust.
Behold heaven's round mirror.
Turn loose!  Slip past shape and shadow,
Sit side by side with nothing, save Tao.

    -   Shih-shu, 1703 
        Stones and Trees; The Poetry of Shih-Shu

///////////////////////////////Spring has its hundred flowers,

Autumn its moon,
Summer has its cooling breezes,
Winter its snow.
If you allow no idle concerns
To weight on your heart,
Your whole life will be one
Perennial good season.

-  The Golden Age of Zen, p. 286

///////////////////////////////////////////////////CONVICTION POLITICS

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// I JUST GOT LOST IN THOUGHT. IT WAS UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY.

///////////////////////////////////POLARIZER OF OPINION

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