Hello folks
I have been reading and re-reading that classic ZEN MIND BEGINNER'S MIND. I
should have started making commentaries about it during the beginning of such
re-reading, but I'm now nearly finished with the book. Those commentaries will
come in my next review of the material
So I'll wing it here. After all, Zen beliefs is not centered on some holy
scripture. My first thought centres on the need for knowledge and attachment to
words. The next is on morals
Words. I used to know of a certain individual a long time ago who told me
that...'knowledge is power'...yes....hmmmmmmm..I wonder..
I'll revisit this particular passage of mine later, but (Shunryu)Suzuki-sensei
had indicated somewhere along the lines of....basically, the more useless
rubbish one's head is filled, the more equally useless weight to carry. I will
not quote his actual words. They do enough of that rubbish elsewhere on the
internet. However, I will quote something else below, and I'll do that with all
my postings from now on. Just something from my calendar
I'm starting to realize only lately that I'm loading a lot of useless extra
knowledge in the upstairs department which adds to nothing but to feed the
'little self'. People are sometimes so attached to the word of something or
another. Again, great nourishment for the little, insignificant self
Morals. I'm not here to try and change anyone, but I'm of the view that
says...compassion is not given freely. I live in a neighborhood that is
apparently best described in American terminology as...'the projects', and I'm
being kind here. I would say that 1 in 10 where I live is a serious
drug-dealer, even in the building I live in. I don't know about cocaine and
other light-coloured powders, but weed/marijuana is certainly popular. To me,
compassion is to wipe out all these diseases on 2 legs. Plain and simple.
Catcha all later
Buddha be praised
Mel
...'If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a
shadow that never leaves him'..
-the Dhammapada
