see dali48 and demand for the repayment of 300 euros of self-approved inflation compensation for politicians at the taxpayer's expense etc.
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 ... (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 (this cat - see 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 (see Einstein: "Everything is relative" etc. - d.48) a false doctrine, 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)
