2013年12月20日
Dwelling in Phenomena
Dharma is the law of phenomena.
Thus seeing the phenomena and realizing its law is seeing the Dharma.
The ones who know the rule of phenomena is the one with the enlightened eyes, Buddhas.
The ones who together see the phenomena in order to see its law are the seekers, Sanghas.
Therefore, teachings of Buddha are never separable from the phenomena.
We dwell in the reality of phenomena and we learn the causality of phenomena.
And that is Buddhism.
Thus seeing the phenomena and realizing its law is seeing the Dharma.
The ones who know the rule of phenomena is the one with the enlightened eyes, Buddhas.
The ones who together see the phenomena in order to see its law are the seekers, Sanghas.
Therefore, teachings of Buddha are never separable from the phenomena.
We dwell in the reality of phenomena and we learn the causality of phenomena.
And that is Buddhism.
Posted by Gyokei Yokoyama at
10:07
2013年12月20日
Dwelling in Phenomena
Dharma is the law of phenomena.
Thus seeing the phenomena and realizing its law is seeing the Dharma.
The ones who know the rule of phenomena is the one with the enlightened eyes, Buddhas.
The ones who together see the phenomena in order to see its law are the seekers, Sanghas.
Therefore, teachings of Buddha are never separable from the phenomena.
We dwell in the reality of phenomena and we learn the causality of phenomena.
And that is Buddhism.
Thus seeing the phenomena and realizing its law is seeing the Dharma.
The ones who know the rule of phenomena is the one with the enlightened eyes, Buddhas.
The ones who together see the phenomena in order to see its law are the seekers, Sanghas.
Therefore, teachings of Buddha are never separable from the phenomena.
We dwell in the reality of phenomena and we learn the causality of phenomena.
And that is Buddhism.
Posted by Gyokei Yokoyama at
10:07
2013年12月19日
Cessation: from doing to being
All the sorts of greed that arise out of your instinctive nature show how we are designed to function as thus. If you have a thirst, fulfill it in a way that causes the least harm to other and you yourself and do not let that thirst bother you with a bitter sense of sinfulness or wrong-doing. You are quite OK to be who you are and how you are.
Being what you are is just as fine as the rain falling or sun shining, but doing something to what you are can cause lots of nuisance. Stop the doing and just enjoy the being.
Within from that being, you will see the way of doing.
Only cessation of doing will cause the deep voice of yours arise and move your in accordance with the flow of the great river or the great entity of the universe called GOD.
Being what you are is just as fine as the rain falling or sun shining, but doing something to what you are can cause lots of nuisance. Stop the doing and just enjoy the being.
Within from that being, you will see the way of doing.
Only cessation of doing will cause the deep voice of yours arise and move your in accordance with the flow of the great river or the great entity of the universe called GOD.
Posted by Gyokei Yokoyama at
01:22
2013年12月18日
Voiceless voice from the within
What differentiates Buddhism from Christianity in its fundamental sense is the self-nullifying quality of words or formation of criteria based on intellectual reasoning. While Christianity clearly states its teaching using words of which interpretation left to the readers and their depth of understanding of God, Buddhism only leads people to the point where there is a guidance which is so fluid, organic, and spontaneous and intuitive that blackening or whitening of reality by stating what is right and what is wrong does not fulfill the need of the world where duality of goodness and badness does not apply any single aspect of our daily life.
This fluidity is the great virtue of Buddhism and that's what makes it possible to shut up the chattering-monkey of our mind and heed our deep attention to the voiceless voice that comes from the within. That voice is described by some Catholic priests as the voice from the God or the manifestation of Buddha-nature by Zen priests.
This very moment of life does not bear fruit if it stays subject to any reasoning. It shines rather if it is to left to be as it is and then resonate with the voice from the within. Then, you will see the great sense of direction and empowerment to walk like a migratory bird fly with no confusion where to go but simply knows what to do.
This fluidity is the great virtue of Buddhism and that's what makes it possible to shut up the chattering-monkey of our mind and heed our deep attention to the voiceless voice that comes from the within. That voice is described by some Catholic priests as the voice from the God or the manifestation of Buddha-nature by Zen priests.
This very moment of life does not bear fruit if it stays subject to any reasoning. It shines rather if it is to left to be as it is and then resonate with the voice from the within. Then, you will see the great sense of direction and empowerment to walk like a migratory bird fly with no confusion where to go but simply knows what to do.
Posted by Gyokei Yokoyama at
10:38
2013年12月17日
Oneness
One of the most significant features of Buddhism that has been well explored and discussed and practiced by its practitioners is called Oneness, interdependence, or interconnectedness of life / universe. All beings and incidence come about and create waves and waves of causality which in itself constitute our life and world. Your being is simultaneously responding to the being of others whether you are aware of it or not. Thus, it is not just important but essential to know that we are all part of one another and they are all part of you in so many ways.
You wake up and wash your hand and brush your teeth. When this simple daily action takes place with full acknowledgement of oneness. You can see how you are related to the water, the brush, the fresh morning air, and freshly brushed teeth and people in the house who will follow. When you are ready, then, that means your family have someone ready to start his day. It may help them to get up or it may relax them so they can sleep in a bit longer. The result of your action, we never know nor do we wish to know.
Still, when you take a simple action knowing it is resonating and creating a wave of causality, you are in accordance with the great entity of causality or flow of the great river.
Oneness of Buddhism is always manifesting itself just as you are always in this great river of causality. You are fragments of the flow but not just a separate fragment. You are an extended causation of all that have happened in the past and all that will happen in the future.
Thus, you must remember always that your simple remark or action always change the world in this great resonating world of causality.
Posted by Gyokei Yokoyama at
00:56
2013年12月01日
Bodhi
Bodhi (Sanskrit, Pāli) literally means "to have woken up and understood" and refers to the particular form of understanding or knowledge that the Buddha attained upon his awakening.
This knowledge is an understanding into the
Causality by which sentient beings come into existence
Operations of the mind which keep sentient beings imprisoned in craving, suffering and rebirth
The way to liberate oneself from this imprisonment.
Returning into its original state of purity, to its original condition of non-attachment, non-discrimination and non-duality that observer and observed are not distinct entities
After destroying the disturbances of the mind, and attaining concentration of the mind, he attained three knowledges (vidhya)
Past lives
Karma and Reincarnation
Four Noble Truths
http://www.buddhanet.net/4noble.htm
This knowledge is an understanding into the
Causality by which sentient beings come into existence
Operations of the mind which keep sentient beings imprisoned in craving, suffering and rebirth
The way to liberate oneself from this imprisonment.
Returning into its original state of purity, to its original condition of non-attachment, non-discrimination and non-duality that observer and observed are not distinct entities
After destroying the disturbances of the mind, and attaining concentration of the mind, he attained three knowledges (vidhya)
Past lives
Karma and Reincarnation
Four Noble Truths
http://www.buddhanet.net/4noble.htm
Posted by Gyokei Yokoyama at
11:35