ΧΙΟΝΙ ΣΤΗ ΒΟΣΤΩΝΗ

Πως έγινε κι αυτό! Ο μικρός γιός του Σάχη, ο πρίγκηπας της Περσίας Αλιρεζά έβαλε τέλος στη ζωή του και πέθανε κάτω από Τρία 4. Μου το είχαν πει: Είσαι σε όλα τα περί Ζεν εντάξει, αλλά ο Ιησούς αναστήθηκε.

HARA

The Japanese speak of Hara no aru (nai) hito, ' the man with (or without) belly' ; of the Hara no dekeita (dekite inai) hito, " the man who has managed (not managed) his belly'.

None of these implies a visible physiological difference but a difference in character, a psychological disposition.

What then is Hara no aru hito ? The answer comprising all meaning is: a man with 'Centre'. Hara no nai hito is accordingly a man who lacks centre. The man who lacks centre easily loses his balance. Conversely, he who has it is always balanced.

( From Karlfried Graf Von Durckheim's book " Hara, The Vital Centre of Man")

A GODHEAD EXPERIENCE

It is impossible to describe the experience accurately. I felt the point of consciousness that was myself growing wider, surrounded by waves of light. It grew wider and wider, spreading outward while the body, normally the immediate object of its perception, appeared to have receded into the distance until I became entirely unconscious of it.

I was no longer myself, or to be more accurate, no longer as I knew myself to be, a small point of awareness confined in a body, but instead was a vast circle of consciousness in which the body was but a point, bathed in light and in a state of exaltation and happiness impossible to describe.

After some time, the duration of which I could not judge, the circle began to narrow down. I became suddenly aware of the noises in the street, felt again my arms and legs and head, and once more became my narrow self in touch with body and surroundings.

( From the book "Living with Kundalini, the Autobiogaphy of Gopi Krishna")

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Δημιουργός τεχνητών παραισθήσεων

Πτυχιούχος του εφήμερου

Πωλητής του κενού

Ιππότης δικής του έμπνευσης

Ασκητής σε τάγμα φλου

Αστρολόγος στο έλεος του ζωδίου του

Τυχοδιώκτης στα ίχνη του άλλου του Εαυτού.

PHALLOS PROTOS

"Time was first reckoned by lunations, and every important ceremony took place at a certain phase of the moon; the solstices and equinoxes not being exactly determined but approximated to the nearest new or full moon. The number seven acquired peculiar sanctity, because the king died at the seventh full moon after the shortest day. Even when, after careful astronomical observation, the solar year proved to have 364 days, with a few hours left over, it had to be divided into months - that is, moon cycles- rather than into fractions of the solar cycle.These months later became what the English-speaking still calls 'common-law months', each of twenty eight days; which was a sacred number, in the sense that the moon could be worshipped as a woman, whose menstrual cycle is normally twenty-eight days, and that this is also the true period of the moon's revolutions in terms of the sun."

(Except for the title, the quote was taken from Robert Graves' book "The Greek Myths")

Emptiness

Dimitri's question: " You said something about the negative side of Enlightenment or the negative approach of many people to it. What does this mean exactly?"

The Guru's answer: "As you know the goal in Zen is Emptiness. Can you experience it? Sure you can. Does it bring you instant joy? Not necessarily."

"When the going gets tough, write a poem..."

This body is the Bodhi-tree;

The soul is like the mirror bright;

Take heed to keep it always clean,

And let no dust collect upon it.

Με αυτό το ποιήμα, ένας μοναχός, υψηλόβαθμο στέλεχος μοναστηριού του Ζεν και πρώτος υποψήφιος για τη θέση του έκτου Πατριάρχη του Ζέν Βουδισμού στην Κίνα νόμισε ότι συμπύκνωσε την ουσία της πίστης του. Το παρουσίασε λοιπόν στον πέμπτο Πατριάρχη Gunin (Hung-jen, πέθανε το 675) και εκείνος περίμενε υπομονετικά από τους άλλους μοναχούς μια απάντηση. Εδώ εμφανίζεται ο Yeno (σύμφωνα με την παράδοση από τα μαγειρεία του μονασtηριού) και ο νεαρός μοναχός-μάγειρας κάνει τη δική του πρόταση για την αληθινή εκφραση του Ζεν:

The Bodhi (True Wisdom) is not like the tree;

The mirror bright is nowhere shining:

As there is nothing from the first,

Where does the dust itself collect?

Ο Yeno (Hui-neng, 638 -713) στέφθηκε ο έκτος Πατριάρχης του Ζεν στην Κίνα.

(Τα ποιήματα και τα ονόματα στα Αγγλικά, από το βιβλίο του D.T. Suzuki " An Introduction to Zen Buddhism")