The fastest horse that takes you to perfection - is suffering ... (Meister Eckhart)
On the surface Durckheim and Zen are totally different - but maybe there is a deeper connection between the two. Like yin & yang - they are both necessary in order to learn. - When I was in Japan in 1978 I was totally shocked. - Everything was different to Germany: The language, alphabet, food, date, time etc.
P.S. As my comment is partially covered, I can't correct it before publishing ... (d.48)
Never thought of Durckheim in the same breath as Zen before! Interesting one. Love and peace, Tony
Cancer1 ... by dali48 on HP
20.04.2010 - Interpretation of dali48
Heartburn is caused by:
1 fat ...
2 chocolate, peppermint, garlic, raw onions, orange juice, chili sauce, tomatoes, coffee, alcohol.
3 late dinner, followed by lying down (better go for a walk etc. - d.48) ... (J. Carper)
Sugar acts as a painkiller directly on the brain in babies (see also adults etc. - d.48) ...
Cabbage juice and “musapep” = dry powder of green cooking bananas helps with stomach ulcers. Just Caved-s, licorice ...
Liquid (hotter than 60°C) causes gastritis and damage to the stomach. - It can even lead to esophageal cancer ...
Kidney stone patients usually eat large amounts of protein and sodium (see salt etc. - d.48). Also Cola (oxalate, phosphate) and citrus fruit juices (oxalate, sugar) are harmful ...
Fruit and vegetables are top fighter against cancer. - Vitamin A (lung), vitamin C (stomach and intestine) in the blood to help against cancer ...
What people eat who never fall ill with cancer:
1 become a “half-vegetarian” ...
2 no red meat, saturated animal fats (butter etc.)
3 Eat some dairy products (cheese, milk etc.), lots of fruits and vegetables, wheat bran, dried beans, green tea, low-fat milk, lots of yogurt (acidophilus), low alcohol, somewhat eel (vitamin D), mackerel (Omega-3 oils), not salted, smoked or cured products, turkey meat (without skin), no bacon or salami, eat bread, olive oil, rapeseed oil, linseed oil, lots of lettuce, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, oranges, onions, garlic, strawberries, raspberries, melons, nuts (vitamin E etc.), no overweight ...
Fat-fed animals often show cell damage in the pancreas: eat good fruit, tomatoes, pulses etc.
Stomach cancer: Salad is the solution ...
Positive eating: cabbages (see cauliflower and broccoli etc. – d.48), tea, garlic, onions, soybeans, vegetables, fruit, vitamin C.
Negative eating: salt, salted, smoked and marinated meats ... (J. Carper)
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08/01/2014 - Wole Soyinka4 and "justice" etc.
25/02/2008 - Interpretation of dali48
As a human rights activist, he (Wole Soyinka) has been a courageous voice for justice, freedom, and the end of tyranny (see e.g. Germany, 1933-1945 etc. - d.48) ...
But the ultimate lesson is just to sit down and write - that's all ... (UC Berkeley)
Soyinka wrote a series of radio plays (1961), until the government made his efforts to naught because he was overly critical. After (1965) he was wrongly accused of conspiracy and spreading false election results on the radio, and he was arrested. From an international group of writers, including Norman Mailer and William Styron a protest movement was organized against his detention, and he was released three months later. During his detention, Soyinka scribbled secretly on discarded cigarette packs, on toilet paper, and between the rows of books which he had procured secretly. "It served my health to be able to scribble just a few words from time to time, and I think that would apply to most writers"... (BBC, Radio 4)
08.01.2014 - Jesus1 and Buddha etc.
14.10.2000 – Interpretation of dali48
If he (Jesus) would only be a wise man like Socrates, a prophet like Mohammed, or an enlightened like Buddha - he wouldn’t certainly be what he is (see what he has been in different times etc. - d.48) … (JP II)
The idea behind the statement is that Christianity is the only way to salvation (see History, see Fascism, Communism etc. - d.48), and all other religious traditions are worthless ... (T.N.H.)
If the wave realizes that its reason for being is water - it overcomes all fear and sorrow ...
We no longer believe that life begins at birth and ends with death - because both terms have been transcended ... (Tillich)
08/01/2014 - Claude Simon1 and the Mistral etc.
27/02/2008 - Interpretation of dali48
Both stories (Le Vent, 1957, and L'Herbe, 1958) play in the south of France - where Simon himself has his roots and lives as a winemaker ... (C. Simon, Nobel Pr, 1985)
And above all howls of hot Mistral (see the book "Hot is blowing the wind of Yucatan" I read in the 60s, see The Bora on the Croatian coast on holiday in the 70s, see a typhoon when I lived in Kurosaki in 1978, see the desert wind from North Africa during camping near Almeria in the 80s etc. - d.48), the wind that fills the people with his eternal, desiccating, and dusty indefatigability, an inhuman element in which people live, in spite of their activity and their mixing, as if they were trapped under conditions - which are permanent and stronger than they are themselves ... (Claude Simon)
Mistral (wind) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In France, the mistral particularly affects Provence, Languedoc east of ... The wind pushes the warm water near the surface out to sea and it is replaced by colder ...
08.01.2014 - Zen versus Sex etc.
08.10.2000 – Interpretation of dali48
Sex cannot be sublimated, as claimed by religious writings (only by a minority under appropriate conditions - see e.g. monasteries etc. - d.48) ...
Sexual desire is programmed into the human genes, when it is frustrated - it will become demonic ... (J.v.d. Wetering)
Little children and fools speak the truth. - Maybe former students of Zen who have freed their minds a little from false imaginations - are accurate reporters ...
Understanding on a purely intellectual level can lead to an indifferent behavior - that manifests itself in inaction.
It is too late - to do nothing ... (Allen Ginsberg)
09.01.2014 - Liver1 and Detoxification etc.
08.10.2000 - Interpretation of dali48
The liver is the largest gland in the body. - It produces bile for fat digestion, it forms red and white blood cells, it stores iron, it detoxifies the body. - A poisoning of the liver is done by drugs and alcohol: for example, flu remedies, pain remedies, infectious diseases, tuberculosis, psychosis, cancer, hypertension, anti-birth control ... (K. Langbein, Bitter Pills)
Detoxification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detoxification
Detoxification (detox for short) is the physiological or medicinal removal of toxic ... There is no evidence for toxic accumulation in these cases, as the liver and ...
09.01.2014 - Cardiovascular Diseases1 and Age etc.
Cardiovascular Diseases and Age ... by dali48 on HP
04.10.2000 – Interpretation of dali48
One in two 65-year-old men is already suffering from a cardiovascular disease (see No.1 cause of death = 50%). It is connected with low incomes, - and poor housing and working conditions.
The heart beats from birth to death about 2.500.000.000 times. - About 9000 liters of blood are pumped daily into the veins. Risk factors are: smoking, hypertension, occupational stress, high blood lipids (cholesterol) and obesity etc. (K. Langbein, Bitter Pills)
Causes of hypertension are: side effects of medications (glucocorticoids, pills, estrogen, etc), alcohol abuse, too much salt, obesity, physical inactivity, occupational stress (and also private stress etc. - d.48), smoking, disease (kidney, hormones etc) ...
Treatment: adequate sleep, elimination of excessive demands, physical activity, endurance training, low-salt food etc.
The human body is 50-70% water - Every day, take about 2.5 liters of water to yourself - When the body absorbs too much liquid and is not eliminating enough, edema (fluid retention resulting in tissue) can result. This may be accompanied by high blood pressure and weight gain. Edema can be caused by disorders of the kidneys, heart, liver or drugs (phenylbutazone, etc) ...
Therapy: physical rest and low-salt diet ...
Angina pectoris (severe pain around the heart): A lot of rest and relaxation, reduction of overweight, no heavy meals, no smoking! Avoidance of stress, sudden effort, severe temperature changes ...
In heart failure (see e.g. shortness of breath etc. - d.48) helps: Foxglove (digitalis), physical protection, low-salt diet, diuretics (see mineral water, tea, hawthorn etc. - d.48) ...
The older a person gets, the more "calcified" are the blood vessels. They lose their elasticity, harden and become narrow. This can lead to hypertension, stroke, heart attack and kidney disease. Main cause of atherosclerosis is a too high proportion of fat in the blood (cholesterol), etc. (K. Langbein, Bitter Pills)
10.01.2014 - Jaroslav Seifert1 and Poetry etc.
28.02.2008 - Interpretation of dali48
Not only was Catholicism re-instituted by force - but "Germanization" was imposed by force as well ... (Jaroslav Seifert, Nobel L. 1984)
Our language became our most important means of expressing our national identity. Poetry was one of the first of our literary genres to be brought to life. It became a vital factor in our cultural and political awakening ... It is as though poetry, lyrics were predestined not only to speak to people very closely, extremely intimately, but also to be our deepest and safest refuge where we seek succor against adversities we sometimes dare not even to name ...
We have styled our society in a way that neither corresponds to the perception of the emotions nor to reason. - The result is a disintegration of the emotions and a silence of reason ...
(C. F. Weizsacker)
It is a state of mind in which our will strives to become lord over everything it can - instead of allowing us to find joy in things without bringing them under our sway. If whole societies become infected by these vices, they may indeed achieve astonishing things - but they become increasingly incapable of solving the most elementary problems of everyday existence. What is needed is a "revolution of the mind - and the heart"... (J. Seifert)
10.01.2014 - Laughing Buddha and Buddhist masters ... by dali48
Buddha-nature and Nirvana etc.
01.10.2000 - Interpretation by dali48
His ability to cause and tolerate no surprises have meant that he was responsible for the timetable in a rather large Zen Center. And how are you? This I would even like to know ... "Stick to the doubt", said my wife. "I rather like a man like that" ... Who exercises true asceticism isn’t flying to Nirvana. The monk who breaks the commandments doesn’t slide in hell ... The verb "Buddhist" means "know" ... The heavy exam to see 60 saints out of control, had broken his spirit. He had a nervous breakdown (see dali48 in Tübingen in 1973 etc) ... (J.v.d. Wetering)
Madness helps us to find our true nature ... (C. G. Jung)
Bobbie-san had this little breakdown in the hotel in Tokyo, this happens to the best saints. Listen to your superior. Stay true to tradition. Carry your Zen Bib and shave your skull. Sing the sutras ... This dog (see our cat Niki, etc. - d.48) is really something of the Buddha-nature. The first understanding society in my life. Samsara (illusion) is Nirvana (beatific annihilation). I don't write this, and you can not read this. Nothing has happened. Nothing is important anymore. There is no tomorrow (illusion), yesterday has not occurred. Who understands this fundamental truth can sit and laugh at the roadside - as the Chinese "laughing Buddha" - during it is raging war in front of his eyes, and there are starving children and dogs that are beaten up, etc.
If an honest man teaches (see Einstein: "Everything is relative" etc. - d.48) a false doctrine, the false doctrine is true. - If a dishonest person submits a true doctrine, it is wrong ...
(Joshu = Chao-chou, 778 to 897)
Certainly we know now what's going on. How many times we have reincarnated us and haven’t still understood it? "Where is the mountain of enlightenment"? "Straight ahead, my dear." Let's stay in motion? Do we live our lives? - Let's make the best use of the particular circumstances that arise by chance? No, we're sitting there, encourage us to see us desperately looking for a confirmation to ensure that apart from going straight on, our ego-existence is of a considerable value. What value could be out of nothing? - How can we hope to accept the meaninglessness of our empty egos? We go straight on without taking care of "Tea Ladies" ...
Fear was foreign to Zen students. Not caring for career, future, possession, wife or sweetheart, young, old parents, spiritual status, Zen followers related all their energy doing the right things under all circumstances, and not worrying about the result. Nothing was sacred. - If it's a "shit" for you, it's not important. This does not mean that you need not do it ... I have also given up most things. The most realistic people have done it. That there is nothing that we should hold on, either we know that at our age - or we try to be crazy ... (J.v.d. Wetering)
Interpretation of dali48
Janwillem Lincoln van de Wetering (1931 - 2008) was the author of a number of works in English and Dutch... Van de Wetering was born and raised in Rotterdam, but in later years he lived in South Africa, Japan, London, Colombia, Peru, Australia, Amsterdam and most recently in Surry, Maine, the setting of two of his Grijpstra and de Gier novels and his children's series about the porcupine Hugh Pine ... Van de Wetering studied Zen under the guidance of Oda Sessō, together with Walter Nowick, at Daitoku-ji. Van de Wetering lived a year in Daitoku-Ji and half a year with Nowick and described these in The Empty Mirror. Van de Wetering describes a visit to the monastery by the highly respected Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, describing his own mixed thoughts about this representative of what he deemed an old-fashioned religion. Sōkō Morinaga, Walter Nowick's Dharma brother, wrote in Novice to Master about traditional practices at that time ... De Gier, younger and attractive with deep brown eyes and curly hair and most-often sporting a tasteful denim suit, is single, handsome, and very successful with women. Despite his womanizing, he is an avowed bachelor, and dedicated most to his Siamese cat Oliver (at least, in earlier novels). He is a dreamer and deep thinker, with discursive pondering about "the void," Zen, and life. A native of Rotterdam, he is, like Grijpstra, an amateur musician. He often carries a small flute, and in odd moments he and Grijpstra improvise together in their office ... (Wikipedia)
Interpretation of dali48
Zhàozhōu Cōngshěn (Chinese: Chao-chou Ts'ung-shen; Japanese: Jōshū Jūshin) (778–897), was a Chán (Zen) Buddhist master especially known for his "paradoxical statements and strange deeds"... Zhaozhou became ordained as a monk at an early age. At the age of 18, he met Nánquán Pǔyuàn (748–835; J: Nansen Fugan), a successor of Mǎzǔ Dàoyī (709–788; J. Baso Do-itsu), and eventually received the Dharma from him. When Nanquan asked Zhaozhou the koan "What is the Way?", the two had a dialogue, at the height of which Zhaozhou attained enlightenment. Zhaozhou continued to practice under Nanquan until the latter's death. Subsequently, Zhaozhou began to travel throughout China, visiting the prominent Chan masters of the time before finally, at the age of eighty, settling in Guānyīnyuàn, a ruined temple in northern China. Here, for the next 40 years, he taught a small group of monks ... Zhaozhou is sometimes touted as the greatest Chan master of Tang dynasty China during a time when its hegemony was disintegrating as more and more regional military governors (jiédùshǐ) began to assert their power. Zhaozhou's lineage died out quickly due to the many wars and frequent purges of Buddhism in China at the time, and cannot be documented beyond the year 1000 ...
Many koans in both the Blue Cliff Record and The Gateless Gate concern Zhaozhou, with twelve cases in the former and five in the latter being attributed to him. He is, however, probably best known for the first koan in The Gateless Gate. - A monk asked Chao-chou, "Has the dog Buddha-nature or not?" Chao-chou said, "Wu"... (Wikipedia)
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tonymac04 3 years ago from South Africa
Interesting Hub about Zen. I am exploring the Zen masters and like this info very much.
Love and peace, Tony