Bodhisattvas

By on October 31, 2009 in Uncategorized

This speaks for itself and I can’t add to it. Plus the ‘Captcha’ was – "void deeply". Can’t argue with that :o ):

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jedd2FiZTqM

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

About zenmonk

Renegade Zen monk, meditation teacher, PA, web designer, computer engineer and IT guy, writer, mediocre poet, traveller and sometime dish washer, construction worker, teller of extraordinarily bad jokes. Mitch Robbins: Do us good? Didn't you guys see? The man was hanging the hired help! And, did you notice his eyes? He has crazy eyes. He's a lunatic! We are going into the wilderness being led by a lunatic...He's behind me, isn't he?
View all posts by zenmonk →

,

53 Responses to Bodhisattvas

  1. runestone0 October 31, 2009 at 3:50 pm #

    Zenmonk,

    I actually feel that way sometimes; sometimes it takes a few olives.

    Bob

  2. beachgirl October 31, 2009 at 4:03 pm #

    zenmonk…i loved the bodhisattva on the tube…youtube you just posted… bl**dy brilliant…and a great way to start any day or moment…

    thank you … ! beachgirl

  3. beachgirl October 31, 2009 at 6:10 pm #

    zenmonk…whilst we are laughing … how about a car park bodhisattva …not…? ((( love love love to laugh ))) beachgirl
    http://video.yahoo.com/network/100284668?v=625006…

  4. zenmonk October 31, 2009 at 8:50 pm #

    I like that one. :o )

  5. beachgirl October 31, 2009 at 9:05 pm #

    zenmonk…what is the `getting stuck` zen story ..?. something about `when a fly gets stuck in the ointment…it really gets stuck in it` ~ implying with full intent. the you tube driver well realises the story`s first part but perhaps not the second … ?

  6. zenmonk October 31, 2009 at 10:19 pm #

    In a sense the 'method' of Zen, as you probably are aware, is precisely to get us stuck. To get us to the point where we realize that nothing out there and out there includes our thoughts, strategies, beliefs, emotional convictions and rationalizations is going to 'do it' for us. That no technique or hope, or intellectual insight is going to wake us up, make us happy or solve the big questions. At that point we're well and truly stuck. In Koan study it's refered to as the 'silver mountain and the iron wall' and it's a vital step.

    See for yourself.

    Directly transcend the

    principles and activities

    of the buddhas and patriarchs.

    Go through the forest of thorns.

    Transcend the barriers

    of potential described by

    ancestral teachers.

    Pass through the silver mountain and iron wall;

    then for the first time you will realize

    there is a transcendent fundamental endowment;

    you can sit,

    helping people solve their sticking points

    and untie their bonds.

    - Shoitsu

  7. beachgirl October 31, 2009 at 10:44 pm #

    Zenmonk…calmness and wisdom resonates from you truly. Each day, i contemplate in appreciation all you say ~ it is like receiving darshan…on line real time. If more come to mind, they would be greatly appreciated.

    i heard someone once say he thought to be a really good monk he had to beat himself up. Relating this view to a more senior monk came back the immediate response, Drop IT! …well, what about…? Drop IT!

    so i shall

    beachgirl

  8. zenmonk October 31, 2009 at 11:02 pm #

    Tell me the same thing when I've had a couple of beers and get the notion to start singing Karaoke. :o )

  9. beachgirl October 31, 2009 at 11:26 pm #

    zenmonk…ok…Yes! but…do you really like to sing?

  10. mahabn November 1, 2009 at 1:41 am #

    haha brilliant – gonna steal that for my FB page

  11. mahabn November 1, 2009 at 1:54 am #

    @bob Ellal – you remind me of Hotei !!

    I always thought he was a maitre d' hotei though !

  12. runestone0 November 1, 2009 at 3:23 am #

    Kay,

    Hotei? With my current big belly I have one of the attrributes. I've always fancied myself to be one of the Seven Drunken Poets so revered in China–minus the poetry.

    Zenmonk,

    It takes more than a few beers to get me to sing. Imagine a barn door creaking in the wind.

    Beachgirl,

    I've come to the conclusion that we are all entertainerrs.

    Bob

  13. mahabn November 1, 2009 at 5:10 am #

    http://mojo1000.com/1000cuts/infinite-loving-empt…

  14. zenmonk November 1, 2009 at 1:58 pm #

    Perfect! Right on Kay. :o )

  15. beachgirl November 1, 2009 at 2:38 pm #

    zenmonk…ps…not one to sing karaoke i do play ukulele as does my friend, jake, who a little bit well known, also plays same, lives in hawaii, wrote/played a sound track for a movie (true story of how a dying town was revived in 1960-70`s japan) you haven`t seen but was a hit in hawaii and japan for obvious reasons … yet though not as entertaining as `crazy wisdom bob` … may be mildly amusing…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9iJy5-COAA

    later…

  16. beachgirl November 1, 2009 at 3:23 pm #

    Bob~`hotei`~and the 7 gods of japan…yes! any resemblance maybe a favourable sign of good luck … even in japan where round tummy (s) are viewed as auspicious and spiritually fashionable…

    perhaps like this… http://www.seiyaku.com/reference/seven/shichifuku…

  17. runestone0 November 1, 2009 at 3:57 pm #

    Then I have reached perfection–no more worries. I would like to get a date, thought.

  18. mahabn November 4, 2009 at 5:03 am #

    yes… nice picture … !

  19. mahabn November 4, 2009 at 5:04 am #

    But more like a large ' hood '

  20. mahabn November 4, 2009 at 7:37 am #

    yes very powerful picture. you have there . going cosmic…

  21. runestone0 November 4, 2009 at 7:47 am #

    Zenmonk,

    I'm adding an extra hour of meditation today for you–so you can take the day off. I want you to take advantage of the law of least effort. It's worked wonders for me, although being fat and broke is no way to go through life.

  22. zenmonk November 4, 2009 at 11:35 pm #

    Now you tell me Bob? To be fat was my next intent. :(

  23. zenmonk November 4, 2009 at 11:36 pm #

    And, now you mentioned a hood Kay, Kannon kinda does look like she's wearing a hoodie. :o )

  24. mahabn November 5, 2009 at 2:11 am #

    stem cells from fat

  25. mahabn November 5, 2009 at 2:51 am #

    Yes same thing in essence.. thousand arms and many hands and heads all suggestive of cell cloning and renewal. If all form is empty ( inherent nature ) then the panacea or myroloban would have no form but be such that could become any form or any cure to suit each individual need..

    Note also placenta blood and umbilical cord stem cells etc.. the abilitity to become – any thing

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksitigarbha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akasagarbha

    Evolution is same isn't it – if it has no form as its base it has the potential to become any form and can change or adapt ( the willow – to bend ) to suit the needs and conditions.

    So it is for all things and thoughts that have no form . so it is for death so it is for life – these are constructs of mind.

    Aconite > Monkshood > helmet > Scutum – found in the celestial womb of the Great Mother – dark rift area of sky

    It is known in China as the Heavenly Casque ( casket )
    http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellatio…
    scroll to bottom of text re mirror and consciousness

    T aurus A uriga Orion :) comes to mind !!!! it is spelled out in the sky

  26. mahabn November 5, 2009 at 3:33 am #

    Essentially it seems we are going back to the two original mother father cells of birth and likewise to Yab Yum -Samantabhadra / ri in union with the one being the mirror image of the other and which creates throughout Indra's Net. It is the most profound yet simple and happening naturally all around us ;)

  27. runestone0 November 5, 2009 at 4:39 am #

    Zenmonk,

    I implore you to put on 70 lbs. Misery loves company.

    Bob

  28. mahabn November 5, 2009 at 4:45 am #

    LOL enlightenment means shedding all that excess – one becomes light

  29. zenmonk November 6, 2009 at 1:04 am #

    Hotei was very light.

  30. mahabn November 6, 2009 at 6:05 am #

    http://www.abuddhistlibrary.com/Buddhism/F-%20Mis…

    There is nothing more funny than the intents on this website..

    May this Great Cosmic Oneness bloke ' help us when all those intents start conflicting with each other – and what about all those disappearing intents.. where the **** have they gone – this is all seriously funny

  31. mahabn November 6, 2009 at 6:34 am #

    they are really funny today – one of them is going to spend her life following her dreams.. now there is a dead end intent for you

  32. mahabn November 6, 2009 at 6:39 am #

    they are really funny today – one of them is going to spend her life following her dreams.. now there is a dead end intent for you

    One wants to come alive each day

  33. Edward November 9, 2009 at 8:13 am #

    Great choice of CAPTCHA for this image and post! Where is the location of this "cracked buddha"

  34. zenmonk November 11, 2009 at 1:25 am #

    I think this one is at Tassajara, the Zen monastery in California.

  35. mahabn November 11, 2009 at 1:29 am #

    Hi Zenmonk – !!

  36. mahabn November 16, 2009 at 12:20 am #

    .. maybe you will come back here.. maybe you will not… but sending you an hello, a smile and some laughter

  37. Rouzanna Vardanyan November 16, 2009 at 12:54 am #

    Zenmonk, to me it is the only way, described in the Shoitsu Koan. I don't drink bear but enjoy singing karaoke (LOLOL)

    Love

    Rouzanna

  38. ardverk November 16, 2009 at 2:06 am #

    Goes out to pick up leaves……stifling my best intentions.

  39. beachgirl November 17, 2009 at 4:23 am #

    Kay@zenmonk…i just remember he mentioned he was heading to the uk so hopefully will be back…i truly enjoyed all his spiritual insights and wit that he so generously shared with us all.

  40. zenmonk November 18, 2009 at 12:50 am #

    I'm here. :o ) Thank you guys.

  41. mahabn November 18, 2009 at 2:46 am #

    Welcome back ~o)

  42. beachgirl November 18, 2009 at 2:49 am #

    =*=..(((YES)))..!

  43. zenmonk November 18, 2009 at 3:02 am #

    :o )

  44. zenmonk November 18, 2009 at 11:02 am #

    :o )

  45. RobinLynn November 19, 2009 at 7:17 pm #

    just wanted to say hi, have missed you. hope all is well with you.

    xo

    robin

  46. zenmonk November 19, 2009 at 10:42 pm #

    And I you Robin. So good to see your poems.

  47. vicwat November 26, 2009 at 4:23 pm #

    happy thanksgiving….vicki

  48. zenmonk November 27, 2009 at 12:48 am #

    Not my holiday technically, as I'm British (although in the US), but the thought is much appreciated and thank you Vicki. It's good to see you here.

  49. mahabn December 7, 2009 at 12:36 am #

    Hey Zenmonk – oh great disappearing Ox of intent dot com !!

    How are you?

    Thanks for leaving me your url in my box.. I have your profile bookmarked but if you write something that I should really read then I will be so happy if you can leave message of update in my box .. it is so easy to miss something on this site :)

  50. mahabn December 7, 2009 at 10:40 am #

    Kudos for trying Zenmonk .. :)

    like a brick wall …

Newer Comments →