6/13/2005
Look for the mind. Where is it? Where does the mind live? All dharmas are empty, so what is there to worry about? 
Hommage to the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sanga. Also, hommage to the square. There is communication between the blogs. This can have to do with Buddhism, but it also has to do with contemporary trends in modern art, another of the portals' blogs. The Buddha states, " If one sees me in form, if one seeks me in sound, he practices a deviant way. And, cannot see the Tathagata." Is it hip to be square?
3/27/2005
3/21/2005
The Ten Powers of the Buddha
- The Buddha knows in accordance with actual Truth what can be as what can be and what cannot be as what cannot be.
- The Buddha knows all karmic activity and all experiences throughout past, present and future times including the location of the karmic action and the associated retribution.
- The Buddha knows all the dhyanas, liberations, samadhis, and absorbtions in accordance with actual Truth, the distinctive characteristics defining their relative defilement and purity.
- The Buddha knows all the faculties possessed by other beings, and knows in accordance with actual Truth the characteristics by which the faculties qualify as superior or inferior.
- He Knows all the different sorts of desires possesed by other beings.
- The Buddha knows all of the Worlds' countless categories of different natures.
- The Buddha knows the characteristic features of the end point of all paths.
- The Buddha knows conclusively the various sorts of previous lifetimes together with their commonly-held characteristics and their commonly-held causes and conditions.
- The Buddhas' Heavenly Eye is purified to perfection.
- The Buddha has achieved the liberation of the Non-Outflow Mind.
3/17/2005
A High Master offers Precepts.
There is nothing "Grand" when it comes to human suffering caused by White Mans' self serving bigotry. The mourners cry in silence.
Remembering the dead. How can this world have such un-immaginable hatred?
Self Introspection helps when dealing with unfairness.
The First Noble Truth.
We are family.
Creating a community in the midist of the self seeking corporations that divide reasonable men.
Protecting Dharama.
Who's your master?
Meditate.
Following the Buddha's Example.
Returning the light to see inside.
The Noble Eightfold Path
Melting away the Three Poisons:
- Greedy lust (raga)
- Hatred (dvesa)
- Ignorance, stupidity and delusion (moha)
Right View
Right View - Understanding the Four Noble Truths: (1) Suffering; (2) Accumulation; (3) Cessation; (4) The Way. Also, having penetrating insight in reality, emptiness and dependent origination.
Right Speech
Right Speech - Abstention from lying, slander, harsh or abusive language, and idle chatter.
Right Action
4.) Right Action - Conducting oneself in moral, peaceful, and honorable ways, and keeping the five precepts: (1) no killing; (2) no stealing; (3) no loose, harming or false speach; (4) no sexual misconduct; (5) no alchohol.
Right Livelihoods
5.) Right Livelihoods - Living honorably in a profession that in no way harms living beings, and avoiding such livelihoods as trading in weapons, intoxicants, or poisons.
Right Effort
6.) Right Effort - (1) effort not to initiate sins not yet arisen; (2) effort to eliminate sins already arisen; (3) effort to initiate virtues not already arisen; (4) effort to consolidate, increase, and not deteriorate virtues already arisen.
Right Mindfullness
7.) Right Mindfullness - Practicing loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.
Right Concentration
3/14/2005
Realize Mutual Interpenetration.
Notice the Four Marks (Diamond Sutra)
Notice the four marks:
- Self:
- Others:
- Sentient Beings:
- Life:
Clinging to the belief of a permanent, unchanging self.
Clinging to the belief of others as separate from ones' self.
Clinging to the permanent and separate existence of all species and appearances.
Clinging to the belief in a permanent entity that migrates from one rebirth to the next.
Liberate your friends.
3/13/2005
Ahoy there you travelers! Look in. Look in. Look in.
See inside your self.
This is our steadfast ship, "The Dragon King."
Our Books are categorized by Lot. Fixed tightly away, far from the fetters and vetted slot by slot.
No captain on the high seas is sheltered from the salience of our letters.
The dragon's song is long.Whispering like the cool breeze. Fragile like a porcelain vase.
Ahoy mates! A Ship approaches. Shore her up. Strip her down. With just one book, grant the Captains' liberation.
Alas poor captain, stranded but not forgotten. One book given, but characters are pictures - an unknown gallery sullen to the pirate's trick.
Poor pitiful little captain. He didn't come from there. His book was long and obtuse. Songs rang out in a foreign key.
Remembering the Buddha's teachings, The captain steadied himself.
Gaining the holy comportment, he entered Samahdi, long and loose.
The Captain made a vow. Acknowledging that Dharma is difficult to encounter through countless eons.
The Dharma was now there in front of him. He vowed to see it, hear it and maintain it. Understanding the true and actual meaning.
Poor Captain. On that isolated and remote island, the years were long and difficult, never visited, never considered.
Each day the captain woke, remembering his vow and making his plan.
The island became the book and the sounds of the island became the Captain's own.
3/12/2005
The Heart of Wisdom Sutra.
Bodhisattva The One who Hears All Sounds sits next to the ocean listening to the waves. Suddenly he notices the five Skandhas are empty. This is how he overcomes illness and suffering. Form and emptiness are not different. In reality, form is emptiness and emptiness is form. The same is true of feelings, perceptions, impulses and consciousness.
- Feeling is not different from emptiness. Feeling is emptiness and emptiness is feeling.
- Perception is not different from emptiness. Perception is emptiness and emptiness is perception.
- An impulse is not different from emptiness. An impulse is emptiness and emptiness is an impulse.
- Consciousness is not different from emptiness. Consciouness is emptiness and emptiness is consciousness.
- Not arising or ceasing.
- Not defiled or pure.
- Not increasing or decreasing.
The Four Noble Truths also dissappear. There is nothing to attain; therefore, the Bodhisattvas' Mind becomes fearlessly unobstructed. He passes far beyond all confused thinking and reaches Ultimate Nirvana. The Buddhas from past, present and future time also rely on the perfection of this wisdom when they reach Ultimate Nirvana.
This is the highest method. There is also a special mantra to steadfastly protect you from all suffering. The mantra goes like this:
CHIEH TI CHIEH TI PO LO CHIEH TI PO LO SHENG CHIEH TI PU TI SA PO HO.
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi-svaha.
Treasure these words and they will serve you well.
Protecting the Words Above.
Imagination Iluminates the Mind Ground.
Imagination
- Imagine a world where magical thinking is encouraged, and fact based
learning is just one component in the curriculum. - Imagine a world where rich world powers help the oppressively poor.
- Imagine a world where resources are shared.
- Imagine a world guided by the Middle Way.
- Imagine the common ground of a multi-religious dialogue..
- Imagine a country governed by compassionate, virtuous leaders.
- Imagine nine levels of interpenetrated, pure wisdom.
3/10/2005
Three Basic Precepts
- Do all manner of good deeds.
- Do no harm, and refrain from all bad deeds.
- Help sentient beings.
3/08/2005
The Fetters Hang Tenuously, like a Bird on a Thread.
The Waters Run Voratiously, Equal in Measure.
All Things, Hard to Put Down.
Sated by the Mark.
Shining in the Dark.
Stop for the School Bus.
Patiently Wait like a Loon on its Head.
Let the Song Take a New Direction,
Melodic, Blissful and Full of Pleasure.
A Life of Perception, Defined by Forms.
Led by Feelings.
Guided by Impulses.
Gail force Winds Bowing and Butting.
The Suffering of Life is Bitter and Cutting.
Fetters Seem Real.
All Discombobulated and Knarley.
Cut from Down Low, Chopping at the Base.
No Thing Will Rule Eternal.
Find Sanctuary in That.
All dharmas are Created from Mind Alone.
Like a Pillar,
Holding Up the Colleseum Dome.
These Fetters Have No Home.
Faithfully Dedicating Merit.
So All Beings Can Share It.
Namo Amitabbha Buddha.
Forgoing the Luxury of Opulence for the Bliss of Renunciation.
3/06/2005
Join a Community of Enlightened Beings.
3/05/2005
Practice Self-Restraint.
A life of self-restraint counteracts worldly social influences, regaining
the truth in life. To gain the fundamental luminous wisdom, cultivate The
Way, standing in opposition to conventional worldly knowledge.
Embrace the Elements.
Sit in Chan Meditation.
Analyze the Body Parts.
My brain is a machine that runs on electricity and chemical reactions.
Look at the Clouds.
Be Kind to the Earth.
When Thoughts Arise, Who is Thinking?
Read and Recite the Buddhist Sutras.
Listen to the Speech of Others.
Asuras, please take a note. Don't always try to win an argument. Give other people a chance to talk.
Question the Common Social Values.
Click the Kalvinka Dharma Notes Link.
Avoid Future Regrets.
Sex is Not a Weapon.
Do Not Steal.
Recite the Name of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva.
Don't Create Problems for Others.
Use Your Talents to Celebrate Dharma!
Music is for people and not for selling alcoholic beverages.
Realize the Mutually Unobstructed Interpenetration of all Buddha dharmas.
I've done it. I've drifted into the world of ultimate dimentions! It's the crossroads of infinity. The junction to everywhere!
Speak in Verses.
The stream beneath my house gurgles all night, as the stars shine.
Oblong blocks scatter in the snow.
Like droplets falling fine.
Each timber is perfectly placed.
Slipping, solemn and slow.
Live by the Six Perfections (Paramitas).
When you see a Grizzly Bear just stop! Remember the six perfections:
- giving (dana)
- precepts (sila)
- patience (ksanti)
- vigor (virya)
- meditative contemplation (dhyana)
- perfect wisdom (prajnaparamita)
Death is at your Doorstep.
Use Spiritual Powers Wisely.
Rotsani, Trotsani, Pratihana.
Water fowel find their way into Sanskrit grammar.
Hommage to the Tripple Jewel (Buddha, Dharma Sangha).
Don't Take a Thief for your Friend.
Observe the World.
Study the Teachings of Bodhi Dharma.
The Chinese people didn't listen to Bodhi Dharma so he went off to instruct the rocks. The rocks listened and gained The Way.
Read the Diamond Sutra.
Like a reflection on the water, that is how to see this life.
Rehabilitate. Don't Encarcerate.
Practice Non-Opposition.
New weapons from America. This is the taste of freedom - American style.
Make the Noble Journey.
While crossing the pond, turn your head to see the other shore.
Make a Firm Resolve to Encounter the Dharma.
Attend the Dharma Assembly.
2/28/2005
Learn the Ancient Languages.
Loose Speech and Name Calling Create Suffering.
Bring your Friends to the Pure Land too.
Remember all Sentient Beings.
Pray for all Tsunami Victims.
As long as there is no tsunami, life is good at the beach .
Look Out for the Safety of Others.
Melt Away the Three Poisons.
The Three Poisons:
- Greedy lust (raga)
- Hatred (dvesa)
- Ignorance, stupidity and delusion (moha)
Return the Light to See Within.
Realize the Interpenetration of the Large in the Small and the Small in the Large.
Have Faith.
Faithfully Believe in Rebirth.
As Buddhism spreads to the Capitalist and Democratic West, many Buddhists
don't accept the rebirth doctrine. They speak their mind freely while
cultivating meditation, compassion and other noble efforts. They care about
others and accumulate both merit and wisdom. Westerners believe in the
ideals of Greek Democracy and believe their religion should integrate such
fairness. Some create their own version of Buddhism based on member
consensus. If enough members vote out rebirth there is no rebirth. Why not
vote our precepts? OK, let's vote to have married monks and nuns. We are
free and democratic; therefore, our majority of group consensus is an
accurate representation of reality. Let's vote to have all dogs go to
Heaven. Well into the process, what remains? Is it Buddhism or is it some
kind of social club based on the - lowest common denominator ? What if
there are a bunch of baboons and monkeys in a room? What kind of religion
do these primates concoct based on social consensus?
don't accept the rebirth doctrine. They speak their mind freely while
cultivating meditation, compassion and other noble efforts. They care about
others and accumulate both merit and wisdom. Westerners believe in the
ideals of Greek Democracy and believe their religion should integrate such
fairness. Some create their own version of Buddhism based on member
consensus. If enough members vote out rebirth there is no rebirth. Why not
vote our precepts? OK, let's vote to have married monks and nuns. We are
free and democratic; therefore, our majority of group consensus is an
accurate representation of reality. Let's vote to have all dogs go to
Heaven. Well into the process, what remains? Is it Buddhism or is it some
kind of social club based on the - lowest common denominator ? What if
there are a bunch of baboons and monkeys in a room? What kind of religion
do these primates concoct based on social consensus?
2/25/2005
Make Generous Offerings.
Do not Drink Alcohol.
Experience Nirvana.
Follow the Buddhas' Example.
Notice The Four Marks. (Diamond Sutra)
Notice the four marks:
- Self:
- Others:
- Sentient Beings:
- Life:
Clinging to the belief of a permanent, unchanging self.
Clinging to the belief of others as separate from ones' self.
Clinging to the permanent and separate existence of all species and appearances.
Clinging to the belief in a permanent entity that migrates from one rebirth to the next.
Meditate.
We are Family.
Creating a community in the midist of the self seeking corporations that divide reasonable men.
Avail Yourself to Dharma Protectors.
Find your Home.
