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Edmond Dantes
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Seeking Balance
User ID: 1149355 Canada 11/08/2010 07:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thank you for the link to the koans here's another to multiple Buddhist texts (and those of other ideologies) [link to www.sacred-texts.com] "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it." Siddhartha Gautama former prince Everything is Energy |
Seeking Balance
User ID: 1149355 Canada 11/08/2010 08:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" Shunryu Suzuki "Tao te Ching" Lao-tzu (Stephen Addiss + Stanley Lombardo translation- the most accurate translation I've found) "Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior" Chogyam Trungpa (any book he wrote is very good) "Bushido: the Spirit of the Samurai" Inazo Nitobe (tough but interesting read, written in the 1800s) Dantes, do you do zazen? Since I've moved back to Canada, I find it harder to find the time, and my spiritual life has suffered after living in Asia and practicing meditation. Everything is Energy |
bishamonten
User ID: 1093212 United States 11/08/2010 08:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is the Way for men who want to learn my strategy: Do not think dishonestly. The Way is in training. Become acquainted with every art. Know the Ways of all professions. Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters. Develop intuitive judgment and understanding for everything. Perceive those things which cannot be seen. Pay attention even to trifles. Do nothing which is of no use. from a master of budo, Musashi Miyamoto "Gentlemen! I despise each and every one of you. The people who have supported this worthless nation, this system is YOU! To be precise, The majority of the people who are watching this are my Sworn Enemies! I am calling upon the minority among you people." Two thousand years ago, a Roman Senator suggested that all slaves wear white armbands to better identify them. -"No," said a wiser Senator. "If they see how many of them there are, they may revolt." |