A light - to which people were wandering, then shepherds and kings, pilgrims and tourists today... (Rhenish Mercury, 12/24/1999)
"Tertio Millenio Adveniente - justitia et pax" - "year of forgiveness of sins" in 2000, year of jubilee (see ram's horn, all 49 years (7 x 7)...
Extreme poverty is the source of violence, etc. - The situation can only be changed through active commitment to justice - and therefore for peace... (JPII)
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26.03.2014 - Zen-Buddhism and Religion etc. by dali48
dali48 and private teaching & writing diary3 and cycling and photographing in Erkrath, 8/1983 - 5/2010 Interpretation of dali48
If you can give up what you fear to lose, then the fear will disappear... (V. F. Birkenbihl)
I can not prove it, but I feel that it is so... (T. de Chardin)
This religion would be born from an evolution of the Christian substance that goes beyond it... Teilhard is beyond expression of dogmatic church, from which he takes but again his intuition and his strength. So also is Zen on the other side of Buddhism, from whose roots, it grew out... Zen and with it the mystics of all currents and of all time, including the Christian part, draw their joy from the faith of the universal, of which we are a part and which we are... (Viallet)
This other religion must be in accordance with the scientific-technological civilization. In addition, it must be able to give the perfect peace of mind... Split trouble doubles. Anti-Anger-Management Strategies: 60 sec smiling, diary writing, etc. - Writing is more therapeutic than talking... (V.F. Birkenbihl)
The West sees itself faced for the first time as civilization to the problem to live without objectively convincing absolute values, in a word, without dogma - by the collapse of metaphysics, natural theology, and the revelation of the objective... Our selfish "ego" passes away (see memory - intellect - feeling)... Zen harbors a deep mistrust towards all external and internal perceptions - whose continuity is denied... (F. A. Viallet)
The realization of a "God-experience" means conversion to a humanistic, “religious confession” - or a religion without dogmas and institutions... (C. Kolbe)
Irrational authority is seeking to develop the superior position of power at the expense of the other party - with the goal of total dependence, and by increasing the distance... In contrast to life in European countries, which was exclusively determined by Christianity until recently - influence is exerted in Japan by Shintoism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Christianity... (H. Weidenfels)
One can also say that the essential characteristic of Buddhism is - that it is the religion of the absolute “here and now”... (Nishitani)
Our mental state and our state of mind are closely connected with our abdominal muscles - more precisely, with the tension in the lower abdomen. If we dominate the tension of these muscles - then we control the muscles of the body... When I breathe in, then I breathe deep inside, in the open center of gravity which swings deep in the abdomen. I breathe out - and I fill the same focus with renewed vigor... Then as now, life is an open space - nothing is sacred... (Bodhidharma, 6th century)
Zen gives a new feeling of life. - It frees from anxiety and depression... Heart attacks, nervous breakdowns are shortages - and because you are not in your mind and soul... (L. Groening)
So far the intellect has been mainly used - while the development of the heart has been neglected... The material development brings only the physical comfort - and not the peace of mind... It cannot be bought with money or produced machine-made... (Dalai Lama)
“Za-zen” is a business of relaxation - without loss of activity. It is a negation, unique of its kind - both the activity as the passivity. Herein Zen - differs significantly from Yoga... (F.A. Viallet)
In Zen it is the body which makes the spirit - and not the spirit that builds up the body... "A flower does not talk"… (Zenkai Shibayama Roshi)
Zen underlies all religion and philosophy. It brings about a revival of every religion and philosophy... The world of Jesus' time amounted to only a few square cm, whereas it explains the religious forms and ideas of the time. Today, however, we see science in an infinite space and infinite time. In this new infinity must now be projected the image of Christ... (T. de Chardin)
Complete renunciation and total dedication to the smallest details of daily life... Problems of life will not simply be solved logically - but intuitively, gradually. They are absorbed in ourselves, processed inside - and thus disappear at the end… (Dogen)
Golden Snow
“My thoughts ... Zen is a life style ... to live one’s life in harmony ... accepting ... it is totally amazing when one can relate to Zen ... it all comes down to accepting life as it occurs around and within us ... to learn to breathe ... accept ... it frees us ... only we can find that inner peace ... and outer peace”...
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