- コピー機欲しい
well ali baba had them
forty thieves
scheherezad-ie had
a thousand tales
but master you in
luck 'cause up your sleeves
you got a brand of
magic never fails
you got some power in
your corner now
some heavy ammunition
in your camp you got
some punch, pizzazz,
yahoo and how
see all you gotta do is rub
that lamp
and i'll say
- 瀉瓶無遺
we tend to think that repeating something over and over is monotonous, boring, and dull, and so often neglect to continue. but that which looks easy to do is actually the hardest to continue. we must remember that every discovery and every leap forward have been the result of perseverance. buddhism regards repetition as particularly important and teaches us that we can only absorb things by doing them over and over again. when we get up in the morning we make our devotions by chanting the sutras before the family altar. this has nothing to do with where we happen to be, however, it is important to make our devotions without any alteration whether we are in rome or kenya or wherever. during the vietnam war i once stayed with a family on a farm near
hue, an area that was then experiencing numerous guerrilla raids.to the sound nearby gunfire, i made my daily devotions as usual. some people may have thought i was praying not to be hit by a bullet, but that was not so. i did it because it was my duty as a buddhist. perhaps there are some people who laugh at such behavior as being formalistic. however, i believe it is by performing my religious duties unfailingly that i can live simply and honestly and feel no shame before the gaze of deities. some may say this is taking honesty to foolish lengths, but for me it would be a real pleasure to be a great fool in the cause of the dharma.
by the dharma world mar./apr.1999 vol 26 p4
- カッコイイと思ったジャケット集
ultra / youthful pleasures
- The Time is coming?
what i hear from many of you is that you understand about the mer-ka-ba, the beams of light and the intricate relationship between the sacred place of the heart and the tip of the tongue and the glands in the brain. you intellectually understand what to do, but you struggle to bring this into your daily lives and live and breathe it. i have focused in on the differences between those of you who live and breathe this work as part your daily ritual and those of you who are challenged by the outside world that pulls at all of us.what i hear is that when you get home from the workshop your everyday-life takes over and you can t hold the power of your inner space that you discovered in the workshop. your friends, family, and co-workers may have different understandings than you and there are so many distractions. weeks go by and many of you have completely forgotten the mer-ka-ba and the sacred space of your heart.
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