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Offline Endless~Knot

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The older I get...
« on: July 30, 2013, 01:54:42 PM »
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Re: The older I get...
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2013, 02:27:35 PM »
I know i'm pretending, It is said that a sorcerer even has no idea what he is doing, he just does it.
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Re: The older I get...
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2013, 02:35:48 PM »
Quote from: CherryArc on July 30, 2013, 02:27:35 PM
I know i'm pretending, It is said that a sorcerer even has no idea what he is doing, he just does it.

Yep, there is many zen stories where people who became enlightened claimed they knew nothing.
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Re: The older I get...
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2013, 02:39:01 PM »
"As recorded in the first case of Blue Cliff Record, he met Emperor Wu of Liang, who was a patron of Buddhism. The Emperor had built many monasteries; he asked Bodhidharma what merit his generosity had earned. "No merit," said Bodhidharma. The Emperor asked, "What is the highest meaning of the holy truths." Bodhidharma replied, "Vast emptiness; no holiness." The Emperor asked, "Who is facing me?" Bodhidharma replied, "I don't know."

http://www.sfzc.org/cc/display.asp?catid=2&pageid=3420
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Re: The older I get...
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2013, 05:05:58 PM »
Have you read the Blue Cliff Record Knot?
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Re: The older I get...
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2013, 05:46:02 PM »
Quote from: Michael on July 30, 2013, 05:05:58 PM
Have you read the Blue Cliff Record Knot?

Some but not all of it. I know the story of Bodhidharma well which is why I posted the quote. He comes out not knowing who he is, which seems to be the state of original mind.

http://www.treetopzencenter.org/BlueCliffRecord.html

I am bad. It is like I pick up a book and read half of it, put it down, and come back to it months later. I don't know what is in me which procrastinates but I rarely read the whole thing of everything. But sometimes I do. I read the Harry Potter books LOL. :)
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Re: The older I get...
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2013, 05:47:15 PM »
I think I sometimes get exhausted and overwhelmed with information of the spiritual.
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Re: The older I get...
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2013, 06:35:13 PM »
Quote from: Endless~Knot on July 30, 2013, 05:46:02 PM
Some but not all of it. I know the story of Bodhidharma well which is why I posted the quote. He comes out not knowing who he is, which seems to be the state of original mind.

http://www.treetopzencenter.org/BlueCliffRecord.html

I am bad. It is like I pick up a book and read half of it, put it down, and come back to it months later. I don't know what is in me which procrastinates but I rarely read the whole thing of everything. But sometimes I do. I read the Harry Potter books LOL. :)

I do the same thing with books! lol  Except for the AOD and Being in Dreaming, but mostly, I will read half of it.  Also, I start with the end! ;)
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Re: The older I get...
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2013, 06:49:57 PM »
Quote from: Skyflower on July 30, 2013, 06:35:13 PM
I do the same thing with books! lol  Except for the AOD and Being in Dreaming, but mostly, I will read half of it.  Also, I start with the end! ;)

Yeah like not really spiritual, but I got the book 50 Shades of Gray. I read three chapters of it and put it down. I will probably pick it up in about eight months. I am terrible with reading part of a book, then coming back to it! I really need ti discipline myself.
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Re: The older I get...
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2013, 11:05:50 PM »
Quote from: Endless~Knot on July 30, 2013, 06:49:57 PM
Yeah like not really spiritual, but I got the book 50 Shades of Gray. I read three chapters of it and put it down. I will probably pick it up in about eight months. I am terrible with reading part of a book, then coming back to it! I really need ti discipline myself.

You got further than I did with that one.  I think I opened it, read something in the middle and said "neh". lol
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