Our head teacher at the Buddhist temple made a scroll for our weekend sit. It said, "everything changes, everything is connected, pay attention, and beginner's mind."
One of the priests is taking a math course and is wondering how he'll ever use what he is learning.
R has a recurring visit of breast cancer and she is angry at it.
I see the doctor tomorrow about the supposed cyst or whatever in my chest.
People open their hearts and the anger dissolves in its tracks.
My sister and I were wondering how all these coincidental occurrences happen to put us on this planet. I lied and told her I didn't believe in god when she asked. I would have lied if I told her I did. With as much mystery as there is, how can one know (anything)?
I thought again yesterday about the young magician in the park who said, "is this your card" only to discover that it was not.
I'm not sure who titled this post. I don't remember writing that... though I must have... just a few minutes ago.
Time to eat fruit. Fruits and vegetables are delicious.
Lots of passion about Walmart.
My arms are sore from swimming today... first time in a couple of years. It was wet.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Reflections on Talks on Buddha's Lists
During a recent Appamada Intensive our students gave talks on Buddha's lists. Here are my reflections on their talks.
-
Rhinoceros Fan (an infamous koan) One day Yanguan called to his attendant, "Bring me the rhinoceros fan." The attendant said, ...
No comments:
Post a Comment