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RoBG: Box of Rain – St. James Infirmary
INTRODUCTION Raven Roshi said realization is a container. The tattered note found with this case said it like this: All experience is found in this box of rain you call your life. A shard/paperweight… more →
Zen Stains: drinkin' & headed home
RoBG: Box of Rain - St. James Infirmary
wrote 1 year ago: INTRODUCTION Raven Roshi said realization is a container. The tattered note found with this case sai … more →
More on the Buddhist precepts
wrote 1 year ago: Here’s another jewel of a quote from Tricycle Daily Dharma. It’s been sitting in my inbo … more →
Shodoka Verses 69 & 70
wrote 1 year ago: Like the sky, you lean on nothing. The great elephant does not loiter on the rabbit’s path. Gr … more →
Shodoka Verses 67 & 68
wrote 2 years ago: In a contest of skill, Drona tells each of the Pandavas to strike a target, the eye of a wooden bird … more →
Shodoka Verse 66
wrote 2 years ago: Just click your heels together and say, "There's no place like home." When we see tru … more →
Shodoka Verse 65
wrote 2 years ago: The King of the Dharma deserves our highest respect. Tathagatas, innumerable as sands of the Ganges, … more →
Shodoka Verse 64
wrote 2 years ago: The remarkable power of emancipation Works wonders innumerable as the sands of the Ganges. To this w … more →
Shodoka Verses 61, 62 & 63
wrote 2 years ago: Pradhanashura broke the gravest precepts; But he went on to realize the unborn. The Buddhahood he at … more →
Shodoka Verses 59 & 60
wrote 2 years ago: The hungry are served a king’s repast, And they cannot eat. The sick meet the king of doctors; … more →
Shodoka Verse 58
wrote 2 years ago: Not supposing something is the Tathagata. This is truly called Kwan-Yin, the Bodhisattva who sees fr … more →
A Gift of Dharma for 3.3.11
wrote 2 years ago: Today’s quote is from the mighty Robert Aitken Roshi (1917-2010), retired master of the Diamond Sang … more →
Shodoka Verse 57
wrote 2 years ago: Stupid ones, childish ones, They suppose there is something in an empty fist. They mistake the point … more →
Shodoka Verse 56
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wrote 2 years ago: If the seed-nature is wrong, misunderstandings arise, And the Buddha’s doctrine of immediacy c … more →
Shodoka Verses 54 & 55
wrote 2 years ago: From my youth I piled studies upon studies, In sutras and sastras I searched and researched, Classif … more →
Shodoka Verse 53
wrote 2 years ago: Being is not being; non-being is not non-being; Miss this rule by a hair, And you are off by a thous … more →
Shodoka Verse 52
wrote 2 years ago: The Buddha’s doctrine of directness Is not a matter for human emotion. If you doubt this or fe … more →
Shodoka Verses 50 & 51
wrote 2 years ago: In the sandalwood forest, there is no other tree. Only the lion lives in such deep luxuriant woods, … more →
Shodoka Verse 49
wrote 2 years ago: Your mind is the source of action; Your body is the agent of calamity; No pity nor blame to anyone e … more →
Shodoka Verses 47 & 48
wrote 2 years ago: translation by Robert Aitken Roshi from Diamond Sangha Sutra Book Ah, the degenerate materialistic w … more →
