Millions

Although our practice is quite difficult, it is the result of millions of peoples' hard practice for this way. And they established this practice, this way of practice and understanding. Negation after negation, criticism after criticism, we have established this kind of teaching.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-08-17 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com What's New [now at blogger] to see more daily posts. 

What a Pope

Pope Francis urges church to reject conservatism and fundamentalism. Good for him. May he not have the fate of John Paul, pope for 33 days who "died in his sleep" after saying "the church should be poor" and wanting to reform the Vatican Bank and more.

Green School and Zimbardo

Went to the Green School today with Kelly and his friend Mary to walk around and look at this amazing place, drinking passion fruit and watch kids play, and then to hear Philip Zimbardo talk about the Stanford Prison Experiment and his Heroic Imagination Project.  

More Static

Dogen-zenji's way of thinking was very much dialectical. If you practice Buddhism in its true sense, you will have this kind of freedom of mind. Because his mind was free from static logic.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-08-17 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com What's New [now at blogger] to see more daily posts. 

Family Fun in Bali

After a visit, Ketut driver rode off on his motorbike yesterday to go to a family get-together in Singaraja up north. Families are large and the connections are vague to me. Everyone will be introduced as a sister, brother, aunt, uncle regardless of how close they are - sometimes. No set rules I guess. They do have words for inlaws and cousins but a; cousin can be a 2nd or third cousin it seems. I don't know and won't try to figure it out. The point of the get-together is a family lottery. Something like this - everyone puts in a hundred thousand rupiah bill - $7.32 at today's exchange rate. Then they draw a name and that person gets the pot. At the next gathering that person's name won't be in the pot so they can't win, but they still have to put the money in. Sort of neat.

That's how it was explained but I but it's not that simple because the eligible group would dwindle and eventually just be one. The whole game would get less and less interesting to the group as a whole. But I won't ask. 

Static

Our life is limited because we have a materialistic understanding of life. Dogen left his of teaching 900 years ago, but we are still caught by just materialistic understanding of life, static logic.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-08-17 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com What's New [now at blogger] to see more daily posts. [Much edited because it was so clumsily stated]

2015 a Milestone Year

Three climate records to be set this year! Horray for us!

This notice sponsored by the WSC, the World Suicide Club -  "Working toward the elimination of the human race and taking as much life on earth with us as we can."

Change Gears Time

So far DPS airport looks good today and tomorrow. Volcano still smoking but winds are kind. Kelly scheduled to arrive with a friend this afternoon on a flight from Taipei. Katrinka same flight tomorrow. Have been out as little as possible since she left on October 6th stacking blocks of symbols and rearranging them into appealing groups. In a few hours must crawl out of this cave and embrace humanity again. Nyoman driver comes in a moment. We go to the flower shop to adorn rooms for the honored ones who come.  - dc

Andrew at the Soto Zen foundry

Andrew Atkeison on his recent visit to Eiheiji in Japan. The 3rd piece from him on his recent trip to Japan. With photos - larger than that.

Thank Goodness

If you want to study, study something which is true and real. Don't study something very hard or very deep. The truth is always near at hand. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-08-17 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com What's New [now at blogger] to see more daily posts.