June 2010
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antistatic
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Jun 12th
May 2010
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Like an elephant
К этому посту Ярослава. Сначала я хотел написать о том, что “призвание” - понятие весьма субьективное и эфемерное. Человек - это скорее процесс, чем сущность, и четкое осознание и понимание “призвания” - это все-таки большая редкость. Еще я хотел написать о том, что “уникальность” собственного мира - тоже крайне субьективна, и паттерн “Шерлок...
May 18th
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March 2010
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Non-attachment
Kitano Gempo, abbot of Eihei temple, was ninety-two years old when he passed away in the year 1933. He endeavored his whole life not to be attached to anything. As a wandering mendicant when he was twenty he happened to meet a traveler who smoked tobacco. As they walked together down a mountain road, they stopped under a tree to rest. The traveler offered Kitano a smoke, which he accepted, as...
Mar 16th
February 2010
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“Leave the body at rest, like an unmovable mountain. Leave the speech at rest,...”
Feb 28th
January 2010
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On monasteries
Another complication brought by modern way of life is monasteries. Still being a very respective institute, the differences between monastery life and worldly life are way bigger now than, let’s say, 1000 years ago. For that time, going to the monastery was not uncommon, good and respectable move. For our time, going to the monastery is something in between crazy and heroic. Ages ago,...
Jan 31st
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“Wait, wait,” a follower once cried after the Buddha as he disappeared into the...”
– Buddhist tale
Jan 6th
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“Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, practicing deep prajna paramita Clearly saw that...”
– The Heart Sutra
Jan 6th
Om Mani Pedmé Hung
“Om” is sound of the universe. “Mani” means jewel, “Pedmé” means lotus, so together its jewel in the lotus. And the funny part - “Hung” has no specific meaning here, its not for its meaning, but for the completeness of the vibrational tone. “Hung” is the consort of “Om.”
Jan 6th
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On honesty
Its very important to be honest to yourself. Being honest means paying attention to your own thoughts, feelings and beliefs. Awareness of self and honesty to self are interlinked, there’s no one thing without another. Being honest to self, you’re moving closer to the enlightenment.
Jan 6th
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On concentration
Concentration (attention, focus, whatever) is tricky. Its hard to practice properly. When meditation, I’m often falling into “possessing” kind of concentration. You can compare it with watching movie, when your mind moves with object of concentration. Proper way to concentrate is “observing”. Let everything go. No regrets, no worries. Do not care of anything at all....
Jan 6th
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On cold showers
My studies on Buddhism are like small pictures, clicking in their places. Its not like discovering something new, or proving theorems. Its more like gathering small pieces, making the whole picture. In Nov 09 I’ve stumbled upon cold showers. I’m practicing contrast shower in the morning (waking up at 0500) for, and despite being very helpful to wake up, for some reason it’s also...
Jan 6th
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On contexts
Attending at Vipassana retreat (in S.N.Goenka tradition), I saw a lot of ironic smiles when translator was speaking about “non-sectarian” nature of S.N. Goenka teachings. In Western monotheistic cultures, “sect” usually have a negative meaning - small group of people with their own religion, brainwashed and dangerous. At the East, though, “sect” means just a...
Jan 6th
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Some bookmarks for myself
Anapanasati Sutta (MN 118), Mindfulness of the breath Kayagata-sati Sutta (MN 119), Mindfulness of the Body Satipatthana Sutta (MN 10), the Four Paths of Mindfulness Maha-satipatthana Sutta (DN 22), the Larger Discourse on the Four Paths of Mindfulness
Jan 6th
December 2009
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“‘Discipline’ is a difficult word for most of us. It conjures up...”
– Ven. Henepola Gunaratana
Dec 12th
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“Activities are endless, like ripples on a stream. They end only when you drop...”
– Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche
Dec 10th
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“To tell others that It is a rumor Will not do. When your own heart asks, How...”
– Hagakure, Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Dec 10th
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“Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become...”
– This quote is on my homepage for almost 3 years by now. There’s a lot of wisdom here. Patience and discipline. There’s no patience without discipline - its laziness. Be disciplined. Be patient.
Dec 3rd
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I’ve made two wrong turns last time. First - reinventing the wheel. Clumsy “avoiding awareness” is simply “ignorance” - root of all evil, as specified in Buddhism. There’s some language barrier and my understanding of “ignorance” was a little bit different before, but still. And the second wrong turn is overlooking practical while searching for spiritual. (So...
Dec 3rd
November 2009
3 posts
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Despite initial relieving and positive GTD effect, people seems to avoid it, unless its a habit or forcing/motivating themselves somehow. Why is that? In 9 of 10 cases I’ve heard the answer “I’m scared”. People are writing down things not to deal with them, but actually to write and forget them. Turning point here is being aware, being consciousness about one’s...
Nov 30th
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Despite the fact there’s no Universal Truth cant be spoken with words, there is enlightening words for everyone. They’re not like a whole picture, but more like lacking piece of the puzzle. Clicking into missing slot of our mind, they’re making our life shine with sudden understanding and luminous clarity. Selfishly speaking of me, the most enlightening words, a great source of...
Nov 25th
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Its important to remember one thing: when working “in the flow” - there’s no motivations, no targets, no aims. There’s nothing holding you or pulling in any direction. With the flow, its not about “me doing something”, its about “me letting something happen”. There’s even no any sign of “me”, its the process, and “me” is...
Nov 24th
July 2009
6 posts
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ListenEd Harrison - Imbrium, Neotokyo OST
Jul 28th
ListenMichiru Oshima - You Were There (feat. S....
Jul 23rd
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ListenHajime Mizoguchi - Blue Clouds, Jin-Roh OST
Jul 17th
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Subhuti was Buddha’s disciple. He was able to understand the potency of emptiness, the viewpoint that nothing exists except in its relationship of subjectivity and objectivity. One day Subhuti, in a mood of sublime emptiness, was sitting under a tree. Flowers began to fall about him. “We are praising you for your discourse on emptiness,” the gods whispered to him. ...
Jul 13th
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ListenNubuo Uematsu - Eyes on Me, Final Fantasy VIII OST...
Jul 6th
June 2009
4 posts
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Listen“Summer Sun” by Jan Pieter Blank and...
Jun 18th
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There’s questions with answers known (and meaningful) only to those who’s asking. “What is happiness? What is love?” Answer of person, who’s asking will be most accurate for him. But among this kind of answers there is some, which can be answered only by stopping asking, because the very fact of asking denies knowledge of the answer. And absense of question is the...
Jun 17th
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ListenNubuo Uematsu, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children...
Jun 16th
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Listen“I Dreamt Music” from Blade Runner OST...
Jun 5th
May 2009
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ListenKenji Kawai, Avalon OST - Voyage To Avalon...
May 13th
March 2009
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ListenSound Of Silence. This song (originally...
Mar 17th
February 2009
1 post
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ListenBlade Runner Trilogy 25th Anniversary Edition -...
Feb 6th