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Shinkyū
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Shinkyū
@durdfarm
dad, zen priest currently living in NE, Dogen stan
Joined December 2010
- I worked in a factory with no windows for almost 20 years. Now I’m working out of this place. Such a strange life.
- The idea that math and science are strictly materialistic and not deeply mystical and sacred is only about 400 years old, and rests on deeply Christian assumptions of the sacred and the profane.
- They might be using questionable metaphors, but at least the kids are sitting zazenthe kids are reinventing meditative practices from first principles
- Traffic is not “a thing,” it’s a conditioned phenomenon (samskara, ie a coming together of various causes and conditions) which is impermanent, not-self, and suffering. 1
- One of the craziest and most liberating insights of the Buddha is that we don’t see reality. We instead see our wants and desires. Our phenomenological world is divided into objects that we subconsciously rate on their perceived utility to end suffering. 1
- This is the type of shit that Dogen freaked out about near the end of his life: warriors looking to zen to excuse their killing, trying to escape their karma.“Be cool, without compassion or mercy.” An Israeli Zen master and meditation teacher, Nissim Amon, gives mental and practical tips to Israeli soldiers who he refers to as “princes and princesses” in an instructional video guide to becoming a “super fighter”
00:00 - This is not a dunk, but being less empathic after meditative breakthroughs is a sign that you need to continue working to understand your own karma (and the karma of others). 1Solving a significant part of my suffering made me much less empathetic. Word to the wise
- A zen secret: you can just not do things (like repeating past unskillful behaviors)
- How does one explain to their not weird family that you suffered a mystical experience that has completely transformed your conception of self and life without sounding like a lunatic? 🤷🏻♂️
- Jesus-Buddha. Interesting things were going on in the ancient world. 1
- The real zen practice of the modern world is to go for a walk while leaving your phone at home. Ditto for making dinner, cleaning the house, etc.
- The primeval urge for zazen🚨 GEN Z IS PUTTING THEMSELVES IN “TIMEOUT” - AND CALLING IT HEALING No phone. No TV. No music. No food. Just silence. They’re calling it “raw dogging boredom.” 15 minutes of sitting completely still with zero distractions. Some say it’s weird. Others say it’s genius. Is this
00:00 - Been painting again for the first time since college. Never could find a subject I cared enough about to put in the amount of work required. But here we are: Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, listening to the cries of the world.
