June 2010
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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...
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...
February 2010
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“Leave the body at rest, like an unmovable mountain.
Leave the speech at rest,...”
January 2010
9 posts
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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,...
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“Wait, wait,” a follower once cried after the Buddha as he disappeared into the...”
– Buddhist tale
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“Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, practicing deep prajna paramita
Clearly saw that...”
– The Heart Sutra
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.”
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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.
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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
December 2009
5 posts
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“‘Discipline’ is a difficult word for most of us. It conjures up...”
– Ven. Henepola Gunaratana
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“Activities are endless, like ripples on a stream.
They end only when you drop...”
– Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche
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“To tell others that
It is a rumor
Will not do.
When your own heart asks,
How...”
– Hagakure, Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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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.
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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...
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...
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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...
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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...
July 2009
6 posts
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Ed Harrison - Imbrium, Neotokyo OST
Michiru Oshima - You Were There (feat. S....
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Hajime Mizoguchi - Blue Clouds, Jin-Roh OST
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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.
...
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Nubuo Uematsu - Eyes on Me, Final Fantasy VIII OST...
June 2009
4 posts
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“Summer Sun” by Jan Pieter Blank and...
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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...
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Nubuo Uematsu, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children...
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“I Dreamt Music” from Blade Runner OST...
May 2009
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Kenji Kawai, Avalon OST - Voyage To Avalon...
March 2009
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Sound Of Silence. This song (originally...
February 2009
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Blade Runner Trilogy 25th Anniversary Edition -...