Zen at it's Finest

[CarlE]

OK, there is going to be a kinder, gentler me the rest of this season. We are pretty much done, so no amount of bitching is going to do anything about it. To that end, I have a link on my home page to daily sayings of Buddah. I'm going to paste them here and ask that all adhere to my new, peaceful inner sanctity. Day 1:

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. - Buddha

[Kamd50]

Thank the Good Lord Carle!:wink:

[CarlE]

Thank the Good Lord Carle!:wink:

Yes, my dear. Inner peace within means sanctity to those outside you greet.

CEE I verse I

[Kamd50]

Maybe you could forward that link to Brian Billick as well. He looked like he was on the verge of going into convulsions or worse yet give himself a stroke during Sunday's game!

[CATS44]

Carle: Your newfound inner peaceful sanctity is not new. It always been there, but now you have found it.

You are now at one with your true self.

I bow to the Spirit within you, which is also the Spirit within me. :smile:

[Seeker]

Thank the Good Lord Carle!:wink:

Ummm...First of all, don't buy it.
His hysterical conversions have a half life of 12 hours or so.

Secondly, I think thanking the good Lord for a Buddhist conversion is blasphemous.
Check with your priest.

[Seeker]

Carle: Your newfound inner peaceful sanctity is not new. It always been there, but now you have found it.

You are now at one with your true self.

I bow to the Spirit within you, which is also the Spirit within me. :smile:

Oh yea...Bring up us joining the Fed and see how much your spirits continue to commune.

:laughing:

[Seeker]

On a serious note, Carl, I'm not sure about the validity of such mantras.

Another, similar famous one says:
"You attract what you dwell on."

I know that is BS!
(I know what I dwell on, and I ain't attracting any.)

[CarlE]

Oh yea...Bring up us joining the Fed and see how much your spirits continue to commune.

:laughing:

All sports but football, my unenlightened brother oh Great Seeker. New passage tomorrow. Peace be to all.

[CarlE]

Ummm...First of all, don't buy it.
His hysterical conversions have a half life of 12 hours or so.

Secondly, I think thanking the good Lord for a Buddhist conversion is blasphemous.
Check with your priest.

Oh unenlightened one. PLEASE follow the light to inner peace and sanctity. Do not fear. You are protected.

[CarlE]

This one is deep so some of you are going to have to put your thinking caps on to get of the "void". Peace and love to all.

"The Void is not of the nature of a black abyss or a bottomless pit. Rather is its nature 'vast and expansive like space itself'. It is apprehended as 'serene, marvelous, all-pure, brilliant and all-inclusive'. Above all does it partake of the nature of light. And it is not anything. For Void is Mind Itself, and Mind Itself is Void"

[longtimefirsttime]

I always thought Canton was a void. I had the wrong word. It's "devoid." :wink:

[CarlE]

I always thought Canton was a void. I had the wrong word. It's "devoid." :wink:

Very insightful, brother LT.

[man2man]

Didn't Buddha also say "Space - the final frontier"?

[CarlE]

Didn't Buddha also say "Space - the final frontier"?

You're close there, my slightly misinformed brother. That was NOT Buddha. That was none other than George Takei, better known as Mr. Sulu who today now has an asteroid named after him. I wonder if the asteroid is gay, too?

[man2man]

You're close there, my slightly misinformed brother. That was NOT Buddha. That was none other than George Takei, better known as Mr. Sulu who today now has an asteroid named after him. I wonder if the asteroid is gay, too?

I often mistake Takei for Buddha. Or is it Shatner for Buddha? Sorry.

[CarlE]

I often mistake Takei for Buddha. Or is it Shatner for Buddha? Sorry.

Probably Shatner the way he looks now on Boston Legal!! LOL.

[shooter]

"The Void is not of the nature of a black abyss or a bottomless pit. Rather is its nature 'vast and expansive like space itself'. It is apprehended as 'serene, marvelous, all-pure, brilliant and all-inclusive'. Above all does it partake of the nature of light. And it is not anything. For Void is Mind Itself, and Mind Itself is Void"


That's pretty deep, if it fails you I got a foty here for you that will have the same effect. After two or three, your mind is a void.

[CarlE]

A new day. Let's use the negativity of the past couple of days like the raft that has crossed the river, my little grasshoppers. For today:

While the Tathagata, in his teaching, constantly makes use of conceptions and ideas about them, disciples should keep in mind the unreality of all such conceptions and ideas. They should recall that the Tathagata, in making use of them in explaining the Dharma always uses them in the semblance of a raft that is of use only to cross a river. As the raft is of no further use after the river is crossed, it should be discarded. So these arbitrary conceptions of things and about things should be wholly given up as one attains enlightenment.

Good day to all my brethern.

[CATS44]

There is a lot alike between the mystical traditions of all the major religions.

Suggested readings for any that might be interested.

Anything by Thomas Merton, the late Cistercian (Trappist) monk.
Anything by Thich Nhat Hahn, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk....esp "Living Buddha, Living Christ"
Anything by Thomas Keaton, the Catholic Priest who leads that Centering Prayer movement.
"The Gospel of Thomas"
"There Is A Spiritual Solution To Every Problem" by Wayne Dyer.

There is also a large number of books on Zen for Christians.

Now I will go back to my meditations of being at one with all of you, which means being at one with the universe and the Source of the universe.

Its kinda like a meditative tailgate. :grinning:

[CarlE]

Cats, just one thing. There IS no Federal League in Buddahism. It is forever banned. The enlightenment of the chosen ones.

[DAWGH8R]

"" Withdraw now from the invisible pounding and weaving of your ingrained ideas.

If you want to be rid of this invisible turmoil, you must just sit through it and let go of everything.

Attain fulfillment and illuminate thoroughly.

Light and shadow altogether forgotten.

Drop off your own skin, and the sense-dusts will be fully purified.

The eye then readily discerns the brightness. ""

Peace to all my brothers. May you all find the inner peace that we all desire.

[CarlE]

"" Withdraw now from the invisible pounding and weaving of your ingrained ideas.

If you want to be rid of this invisible turmoil, you must just sit through it and let go of everything.

Attain fulfillment and illuminate thoroughly.

Light and shadow altogether forgotten.

Drop off your own skin, and the sense-dusts will be fully purified.

The eye then readily discerns the brightness. ""

Peace to all my brothers. May you all find the inner peace that we all desire.

VERY profound, Brother Jay.

[CarlE]

What is a dream, and what is real?? Think my brothers.

We imagine that waking-life is real and that dream-life is unreal, but there does not seem to be any evidence for this belief. Chuang Tzu, in the third century B.C., put it in an amusing way; having dreamed that he was a butterfly flitting from flower to flower, he stated that he was now wondering whether he was then a man dreaming he was a butterfly or whether he was now a butterfly dreaming he was a man.

[DAWGH8R]

Just don’t seek from others,
Or you’ll be far estranged from Self.
I now go on alone;
Everywhere I meet It:
It now is me; I now am It.
One must understand in this way
To merge with thusness.


May my brother CarlE have the inner sanctity to pursue his thusness.

[CarlE]

Names and processes BLOCK the inner peace we all seek.

By becoming attached to names and forms, not realising that they have no more basis than the activities of the mind itself, error rises and the way to emancipation is blocked.

[longtimefirsttime]

How does Chuck Norris achieve inner peace?

[CarlE]

How does Chuck Norris achieve inner peace?

By kicking ASS!!

[CarlE]

For daily peace and sactity let's not forget our daily recitations.

In Jodo Shu, there are three different times to recite the nembutsu. The first type of recitation is done in our everyday life, and is called "Jinjo Gyogi." It is considered a daily nembutsu. The second type of nembutsu is called "Betsuji Nembutsu" and takes place only on a pre-determined date and time. The third type is called "Rinju Gyogi." It is chanted on one's deathbed just before the believer is welcomed into the Pure Land (Jodo)

[chap]

Now I believe I'm a Monk! Inner Peace is starting to take me over!:jestera:

[Dr Strangemind]

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.

Then I am in BIG trouble ...

[CarlE]

This is very appropriate for me as I practice my new-found humility.

It is only with total humility, and in absolute stillness of mind that we can know what indeed we are. "

[CarlE]

How to awake this morning:

The only real service we can render to that which we perceive and interpret in phenomenal existence as 'others' is by awakening to universal consciousness ourselves

[CarlE]

I missed a couple of days and my inner peace was challenged while driving in Manhattan!! For today:

Wise men don't judge: they seek to understand.

[proud to be]

I missed a couple of days and my inner peace was challenged while driving in Manhattan!! For today:

Wise men don't judge: they seek to understand.

Where have I been??? This is so great, I can't believe I have missed it....

Wait, let me try...... Ahemmm..


"Here I sit, all broken hearted...... "

Wait........ nevermind..........

[proud to be]

Ok, Ok..... I think I got it........... just open your mind.......

Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings, I live for my dreams, and a pocketful of gold.

Mellow is the man who knows what he's been missing. Many, many men can't SEE the open road.


Whoa.......... Dude!

[DragonTigerNemesis]

"Here I sit, all broken hearted...... "

I know that one.

PAID A NICKLE ONLY FARTED!

:laughing:

[CarlE]

Ok, Ok..... I think I got it........... just open your mind.......

Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings, I live for my dreams, and a pocketful of gold.

Mellow is the man who knows what he's been missing. Many, many men can't SEE the open road.


Whoa.......... Dude!

Proud, I KNOW you. There is no hope for you within my world of inner peace!! Ha Ha.

[proud to be]

Proud, I KNOW you. There is no hope for you within my world of inner peace!! Ha Ha.

But do you recognize the words I so eloquently.................... (copied)!!??