Avastha

Vanuit het traditioneel Boeddhisme kennen we ‘de Vijf leefregels’. De vijf leefregels dienen niet als geboden te worden gezien maar als richtlijn, als aandachtspunten om mee te oefenen. Ze worden daarom ook wel de ‘Boeddhistische Morele Voorschriften’ genoemd. Onderzoek de leefregels telkens weer met wijsheid en bedenk of iets heilzaam (bevordelijk) is of niet. 1. Vermijd te doden en handel met re...

Last picture of the ox and the …

Too many steps have been taken returning to the root and the source. Better to have been blind and deaf from the beginning! Dwelling in one's true abode, unconcerned with and without - The river flows tranquilly on and the flowers are red.

Whip, rope, person, and Ox - all merge in No Thing. This heaven is so vast, no message can stain it. How may a snowflake exist in a raging fire. Here are the footprints of the Ancestors.

Astride the Ox, I reach home. I am serene. The Ox too can rest. The dawn has come. In blissful repose, Within my thatched dwelling I have abandoned the whip and ropes.

This struggle is over; gain and loss are assimilated. I sing the song of the village woodsman, and play the tunes of the children. Astride the bull, I observe the clouds above. Onward I go, no matter who may wish to call me back. 

When one thought arises, another thought follows. When the first thought springs from enlightenment, all subsequent thoughts are true. Through delusion, one makes everything untrue. Delusion is not caused by objectivity; it is the result of subjectivity. Hold the nose-ring tight and do not allow even a doubt.

Na grootste inspanning heeft de herder de os gevangen. Te heftig nog diens luimen, zijn kracht nog te razend, om gemakkelijk zijn wildheid te temmen. Nu eens gaat hij ervandoor en klimt naar hoge vlakten, dan weer dringt hij ver door in diepe, nevelige, bewolkte plaatsen en wil zich verbergen.

In het derde schilderij beweegt hij en ziet de achterkant van de stier – want hij staat naast een boom, en de man staat achter hem – dus hij kijkt… en alleen de achterkant is te zien op het schilderij. (Vrienden van Osho) De Tien Stieren van Zen zijn uniek in de geschiedenis van het menselijk bewustzijn. Waarheid is op vele manieren uitgedrukt, en het is altijd gebleken dat het on-uitgedrukt blijf...

Along the riverbank under the trees, I discover footprints. Even under the fragrant grass, I see his prints. Deep in remote mountains they are found. These traces can no more be hidden than one's nose, looking heavenward.

In the pasture of the world, I endlessly push aside the tall grasses in search of the Ox. Following unnamed rivers, lost upon the interpenetrating paths of distant mountains, My strength failing and my vitality exhausted, I cannot find the Ox.

The Buddhist teaching of Zen Ox Herding, or “Taming the Ox,” surveys the 10 stages of Enlightenment as it unfolds in a human life. In this teaching, the ox is a symbol for Enlightenment — the goal of Buddhist studies. A serie of 10 casts.

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The second time exploring life and death.

A first glance around the corner.

What factors make you getting older and older?

How your body remembers drugs.

A pure, guileless, or naive person. Or a state of being? A difficult expression of a spiritual meaning.

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A continuation of the last podcast about the connection of the inner and outerworld. Engergy, what else.