FUKAN: For Universal Release
a big fish
released
into the vast, vast ocean of moonfulness
is what?
posted by Mike Cross at 8:01 AM
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
a big fish
released
into the vast, vast ocean of moonfulness
is what?
About Me
- Name: Mike Cross
- Location: Aylesbury, Bucks, United Kingdom
From 1982 to 1997 I worked on the translation of Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, and understood the primary importance in the Buddha's teaching of full lotus sitting. Until 1994 my attitude to this sitting practice could be summed up in the words: "Don't think. Just do it!" Then in 1994 I returned from Japan to England to train to be a teacher of the FM Alexander Technique, and experiences with Alexander work woke me up to the opposite standpoint of "Don't just do. Think it!" Far from smoothing my path, however, Alexander insights (or reactions to them) caused a lot of trouble between me and my aging teacher in Japan. Then in 2008, seeking clearer water further upstream, I found a new lease of life in the extant Sanskrit works of the 12th ancestor in Dogen's lineage -- the great Indian teacher Ashvaghosha.
Previous Posts
- MOZO (4): Doing Zazen
- MOZO (3): Not Meeting the Criterion
- MOZO (2): Lying to Myself
- MOZO: [To Meet] The Fake Elephant
- All Together Now (One by One)
- SHONEN, JO: True Consciousness, Stillness
- SHOSHIN-TANZA (4): Just Sit Upright
- SHOSHIN-TANZA (3): Cowardly Backtracking
- SHOSHIN-TANZA (2): Resurrection by Sitting
- SHOSHIN-TANZA: Not Self-Manipulation
6 Comments:
The Real McKoi?
Regards,
H.
alive
An insignificant speck of nothing. And yet, carrying within its heart all the possibilities of the universe.
Hey Mike, I just wanted to stop by to say hi. I hope all is well with you and yours.
All the best,
Michael
a big fish
Caught
in a vast, ocean of moonfulness.
Nobody ever thinks of asking the fish!?
Regards,
H.
Noble school of big and little fishes (SANGAKU NO KORU), I thank you all -- surface ripplers and onlookers from murky depths -- for your attention; and please keep watching out for any elephant with grim face and stiff neck who might come trumpeting bodhi, as fullness of the half mindmoon....
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