14.02.2014 - Zen and Life etc. by dali48
01.10.2000 – Interpretation of 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 d.48 as a student in Tübingen, 1974 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 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 raging in front of his eyes, war, starving children and dogs
that are beaten up, etc... If an honest man teaches a false doctrine, false doctrine is true, if a dishonest person submits a true doctrine, it is wrong (see Einstein: "Everything is relative", etc. - d.48)... (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)
Van de Wetering (1931 - 2008) was born in Rotterdam - and died in Blue Hill, Maine, USA
Golden Snow
“Thanks for this wonderful information ... I firmly believe the longer we live the more we gain for the thoughts and feelings of other ... this was interesting and stood out in my mind "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 ...I think that the more we let go of that we cannot
cope with or hope to solve will bring us greater health...
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