Samstag, 17. August 2024

17.08.2024 - Zen & the supernatural and satori & a new attitude to life etc.

dali48 and private teaching and writing diary & books and cycling and photographing in Erkrath etc.

29.10.1997 - Interpretation of dali48
There is no birth nor death to be escaped, - nor is there any supreme knowledge to be striven for ... (unknown Zen-master)

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When the door opens at the moment of "Satori," the student does not go into trance, but in a new attitude to life - which is reflected in a picture of never-seen beauty. - We split the world between our self-assertion against the world, the effort to make us all things submissive - and, on the other hand, the total surrender to "destiny" - the renouncement of our ability to accomplish something ourselves. - For Zen the supernatural is natural, - for Christianity it is something that does not exist in any way (i.e. exploitation + destruction of nature in the Christian world, etc. - d.48). - In Zen, there is no duality of heaven and earth, natural and supernatural, human and "God", material and spiritual, mortal and immortal ...
Satori (悟り) is a Japanese Buddhist term for awakening, "comprehension; understanding". It is derived from the Japanese verb satoru. In the Zen Buddhist tradition, satori refers to the experience of kenshō, "seeing into one's true nature". 

Satori - Wikipedia

The Wanderling, Unknown Zen Master? - Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God - Actualized.org Forum The Wanderling, Unknown Zen Master? actualized.org/forum/topic/45 see dali48 and reading & writing about Zen etc.

17.08.2024 - Lao Tzu and Tao Te Ching and the path & extremely indeterminate etc.

dali48 and private teaching and writing diary & books and cycling and photographing in Erkrath etc.

01.11.1997 - Interpretation of dali48
In the "Tao Te Ching" we read:
Even if we try to see the path, it can not be seen. - So it can be described as "pale and shapeless." - Even if we try to hear it, it can not be heard. - We can describe it as "inaudibly quiet." - Even if we try to grasp it, it can not be touched. - So we can describe it as "subtle and tiny." - So the path is unfathomable, - and the 3 aspects end in one, - i.e. the path can only be represented as a pale, foggy and unfathomable deep "one." - The path is extremely indeterminate, extremely indistinct, and yet there is in it a sign of something, - and yet something is there ... (Lao Tzu)

Laozi - Wikipedia


Lao Tzu also rendered as Laozi (UK: /ˈlaʊˈzɪə/; US: /ˈlaʊˈtsiː/; Chinese: 老子 Mandarin pronunciation: [làu̯.tsɨ]; commonly translated as "Old Master") ...
Notable ideas‎: ‎Tao‎, ‎wu wei
Region‎: ‎Chinese philosophy
School‎: ‎Taoism
Born‎: ‎Unknown, 6th century – 4th century BC; ...
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Tao Te Ching - Wikipedia

The Tao Te Ching is a short text of around 5,000 Chinese characters in 81 brief chapters or sections (章).
Translation‎: ‎Tao Te Ching at ‎Wikisource
Original text‎: ‎道德經 at Chinese Wikisource
Published in English‎: ‎1868
Original title‎: ‎道德經
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