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then does nothing have Buddha-nature?
then does nothing have Buddha-nature?
Hmmm. Maybe start by dropping such little words as "every thing" "no thing" "this thing" "that thing" and "thing".
Maybe even drop "Buddha-nature", all to find each and all and none and you and me and every as Buddha-nature.
Have a look over here, then go sit ...
I thought, before opening the thread, that you were going to ask the old question "If everything has Buddha Nature already, why bother to Practice?" That is the question which is said to have sent Dogen on his search to China. The story goes that Dogen, who was originally a monk in the Tendai School of Buddhism, was so puzzled in his youth by the traditional Tendai Buddhist teaching that we are all "originally Buddha from the get go" that Dogen wondered why, then, the need to Practice. He went to China in search of an answer to that question.
The answer he found is what we discuss here all the time: Although we are already "Buddha", one needs both to realize that fact (understand it in and as one's bones) and to realize that fact (make it real through our practice, bring it to life in all of life by how we behave, free of Greed, Anger and Ignorance).
Gassho, J
Still think it is puzzling, Jundo. What is missing? When deluded be fully deluded, when enlightened be fully enlightened. Genjokoan life as it is. Fully there.
Drop everything? Everything? Pretty attached to sitting and practice you know. Feel bad if I don't sit everyday at least once but something is missing. What is missing?
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Missing is not missing. Missing is full of life.
Drop everything, thus filled with everything.
Gassho, J
Give everything away so nothing to want remains? Like that? Stop searching so nothing is lost?
Reading that book "Zen Questions" I came across a passage from Dogen that struck me deeply and is on my mind a lot:
When Dharma does NOT fill your whole body and mind, you think it is already sufficient.
When Dharma DOES fill your whole body and mind, you understand something is missing."
I don't understand this. Seems that missing something is just fine and maybe even a good sign? Formulating what is missing however is SO very difficult. It is a wordless thing. When sitting shikantaza sure, there is nothing lacking and nothing to drop. In a way I think I maybe caught a glimpse of that wholeness at times. But OFF the cushion, there sure is something missing. Maybe because there is too much searching going on?
Here is the problem: I have been so cocky on this forum in the past. Having an answer to everything. Since of late I am losing my taste for all of that. A question that won't let itself be asked or formulated, has nestled itself in my practice. Decided to drop all of that and start with the right questions but if I can't formulate it how can I answer it? I suppose this missing should be accepted and done fully too. If you don't have anything, you have nothing to loose either. Is that what you mean by "missing is not missing"? It is very difficult.
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The way I look at it is that the only way something can be missing is when we compare experience against some conceptual idea of how things are. Experience on its own has nothing missing (what is the sound of one hand clapping?). Missed a sit - no problem, you have just missed a sit. If the mind starts to come up with ideas that the day would not be complete without a sit or a good Buddhist would have sat, suddenly there is comparison and missing.
For me, if you feel something is missing it is good to feel that as it is part of experience. Then drop it.
Regarding the Dogen passage, it strikes me deeply too but I would be lying if I said 'I get it'. Something missing? Maybe ;-)
Dropping being cocky is a very good place to start from. Understanding how foolish we are is the very core of practice. Do you think guys like a Dogen, Ryokan, Sawaki did think they were great? They could see through the field of their delusion, once you sit on Buddha s seat, you see the culprit right in the face ( something is missing) as long as you sit in the culprit s sit , you are drunk with Buddhas and ancestors ( it is already sufficient ).
Dogen goes about this in a Genjokoan.
In many other important bits of Shobogenzo.
Far from the mountain, you see it. It is like an object within your reach. Once on the mountain, it vanishes, all is but clouds, mists. Something is missing.
Our path is to cut through on the spot. Neither mountain nor pile of shit.
As you sit with the mountain, this only remains and you don't give a f... about being awake or not, being Buddha or not.
All the games and expectations drop like a castle made of cards, the water goes through the bucket.
You cannot make it. Trying to make it is like adding another card.
Kicking the castle like a child having a tandrum does not work.
Nothing works.
That's how "it" works.
Part of the problem is the way people imagine Buddha to be like: a kind is superman with instant knowledge, visions and freedom.
Buddha is absolutely not for your eyes to see or your ears to hear.
You would not notice it.
That's Buddha s true faceless face.
It lives in the here- beyond-with- without self and others.
Oh, I feel that you have hit on precisely the appropriate Dogen Zenji quote from the Genjo Koan, but in your interpretation you are missing Dogen's point on "missing". I believe this Teaching is one of Master Dogen's expressions of vibrant Enlightenment worth the whole price of a ticket to his Teachings. Here is how I express the point:
In our Practice, we may enter in Zazen some timeless moments where all is Peaceful, Boundless, Pure, Complete, Never Missing, Nothing to Lack ... the Boundless Sky without a Cloud to be seen. The small "self" and the "subject-object" split might be fully evaporated. One might feel, "Eureka! Such is Enlightenment!" One might try to stay such and never "come back".
But such is only 80%
For Master Dogen's brilliant vision is that this organic, unpredictable, vibrant, often confusing, frustrating, sometimes clean and sometimes dirty, often beautiful but often so ugly world, frequently lacking and painful .... -- IS ALSO, NO LESS PRECISELY -- ... the Peaceful, Boundless, Pure, Complete, Never Missing, Nothing to Lack when correctly perceived as such. Thus, when truly Enlightenment fills one's body and mind ... one realizes that the incomplete is complete in&as its very incompleteness, that "something lacking" has nothing lacking whether lacking or not ... that there is a certain Beauty which embodies both the human eye's judging of "beautiful" and of "ugly" ... that imperfect things are Perfectly-Just-Imperfect-As-They-PerfectlyImperfectly-Are (ATTENTION: Such is not to be confused with "actually complete though appearing incomplete" or "ultimately perfect though appearing imperfect", which is not the point here).
Maybe an example I just read from Master Hsu Yun, the great Chinese Rinzai Chan Hua'tou Teacher, will give a feeling for this:
The mind, life, this world is something like a room with light shining through a window, revealing all kinds of dust particles floating and swirling through the air. The dust represents all the dirt and schmutz of life ... the confusion, greed and anger, the whole catastrophe of life, sickness and health and birth and death, a mind cluttered like an old dusty attic. Often this mind-life-world is clogged with so much dust we may choke! Sometimes we can't see or breath for all the choking dust of thoughts! (This represent suffering sentient beings before Buddhist Practice).
The clear, open light between the dust ... free of all that ... represents the wide open Dharmakhaya, free of all that mess. Pure Crystal Light. So, we might feel that the purpose of Zen Practice is to so thoroughly clean the room that not a speck of mental dust remains, down to surgical sterility ... leaving only the wide boundless light shining, the open air totally open.
Well, no ... that is so sterile that such is robbed of life.
True Enlightenment is finally to see that the clear open light AND the dance of twirling dust particles are One beyond One. Be at home in the real life room where dust is kicked up because that is what happens when life is lived. Light and Dust are not one, not two. Do not seek some barren "white room" where all is too pure. Of course, one should keep the dust reasonably down to a healthy level (please don't live in a mental pig sty), and avoid the truly toxic dust of greed, anger, jealousy and all the rest. Do not live as a prisoner trapped in unhealthy air pollution! The pure and impure is Thoroughly Pure, yet we seek to keep the impure thoughts in healthy check so to realize such.
But, in true Enlightenment one encounters that each swirling grain of dust holds Buddha, is Buddha, Countless Buddhas.
Something like that.
Savor the often unpredictable, frequently ambiguous, quite often unsatisfying, filled with delusion, feeling sometimes like "somethings missing", sometimes messy "Whole Catastrophe" of Samsara as Nirvana (even as we try to keep the truly toxic poisons of greed, anger and delusion to a minimum).
As Dogen also writes in the Genjo ...
Those who have great realization of delusion are buddhas; those who are greatly deluded about realization are sentient beings.
Gassho, J
PS -What Taigu wrote above is So Lovely!
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I don't know anything about Buddha nature, really.
It's a concept that flows all over round us.
So now I sit.
Please remember I am only a priest in training. I could be wrong in everything I say. Slap me if needed.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. Mr. Spock
Thank you both Jundo and Taigu for your explanations and for demonstrating why you are the teachers and we are students. It is good to know that those moments of clarity during Zazen are not the whole story although they can seem to be what we are aiming at.
This thread has been very helpful.
Thank you Taigu, Jundo and all who contribute. I really think these discussion are going to cause me to buy aspirin. I was tempted to add to this discussion by asking the question:
Exactly where is this nothing? I can't find it.
But then I thought I had better... oh darn it.. I had to go and ask it anyway.
倫道 真現
As a trainee priest, please take any commentary by me on matters of the Dharma with a pinch of salt.
Horribly deluded, cannot put it a better way and yet, like all of you...
You guys! Wanted to give a sensible and balanced reply. Here it is:
Nine bows
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Some know -
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift. . .the rational mind is a faithful servant. Society honors the servant and has forgotten the the gift."
Big Al Jones ( aka Albert Einstein )
this saying was derived from the words of Bob Samples who was presenting his individual analysis of Albert Einstein. The phrasing evolved over time, and by 1997 someone had placed quotation marks around the descendant expression and had assigned the words to Albert Einstein. However, the ascription to Einstein is spurious.
Thank you Jundo.
What I MEANT was the intuitive mind is a gift so don't honor. . .uhmm. . the rational because a gift horses' mouth is something not to be looked at. . .rationally.
Glad that's cleared up.
It's amazing what can be learned from asking one question. Thanks for everyone's response: especially our teachers!
This is an awesome post. To me, the magic of Dogen, and of Taigu and Jundo's teaching which are really pointing to the same "it non-itness" is that you think you've got it, but you don't have it. It's slippery; nothing to grab. When I try to intellectualize the teachings or add them to my Zen resume, they elude me and I can no longer remember what I've "gotten". But when I drop that grabbing, then it just is it and I see what it is... I don't know, now I've lost it. lol
Anyway, thank you for the question and teachings.. So many good topics here lately.
Yeah, thanks for asking that question. Had you not chosen to open this thread I would have not read this wonderful line.
Jundo said...Off the cushion or on the cushion life goes on. What we make of that life reveals our Buddha nature.[The answer he found is what we discuss here all the time: Although we are already "Buddha", one needs both to realize that fact (understand it in and as one's bones) and to realize that fact (make it real through our practice, bring it to life in all of life by how we behave, free of Greed, Anger and Ignorance).]
Blessed are the flexible, for they never get bent out of shape." Author Unknown
Jundo:once you sit on Buddha s seat, you see the culprit right in the face ( something is missing) as long as you sit in the culprit s sit , you are drunk with Buddhas and ancestors ( it is already sufficient ).
How could I ever leave the culprits seat? Being alive means kicking up dust for myself and others. We say not two, but if I hit my head you wont get a bump on your head. All we can do is trying to keep the dust in check but for whom sake? My own? What use is this to all of you out there?True Enlightenment is finally to see that the clear open light AND the dance of twirling dust particles are One beyond One. Be at home in the real life room where dust is kicked up because that is what happens when life is lived. Light and Dust are not one, not two. Do not seek some barren "white room" where all is too pure. Of course, one should keep the dust reasonably down to a healthy level (please don't live in a mental pig sty), and avoid the truly toxic dust of greed, anger, jealousy and all the rest. Do not live as a prisoner trapped in unhealthy air pollution! The pure and impure is Thoroughly Pure, yet we seek to keep the impure thoughts in healthy check so to realize such.
That just may be what is bothering me. We sit, work hard and talk Dharma but I'm missing THE GETTING IT OUT THERE! Do we really only sit for ourselves, for our own enlightenment and training/ learning ourselves in how WE deal with this world for the short while we are actually here? Maybe some of the more talented ones in our sangha will reach that certain point someday. Great! But to what end? What use?
What do I tell that hungry homeless guy at the street corner or that orphan girl dying of cancer all alone in the hospital? What do I effectively do for them, when sitting hours and hours working on "me, myself and I" in my little shed in the back of my garden?
That's what is missing. Self sacrifice, compassion and love for all other beings IN ACTION. Living Zen, out there in the the trenches of Samsara for the sake of you without thinking of "me".
Saying they are not two but one is too easy. I'm lacking and found the question:
Please be gentle, this is now keeping me awake at night ( not kidding)
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Before sitting Zazen. there are hungry homeless dudes and cancer kids.
Sitting Zazen, there are no hungry homeless dudes or cancer kids.
After sitting Zazen, there are hungry homeless dudes and cancer kids again.
All the bowing and sitting won't do a damn thing to get a hungry man a sandwich or to cure cancer, not any more than choosing to spend the time watching TV or walking on the beach will feed the hungry or heal the diseases. What the heck do you feel that your Zazen will do for them, or for you? If it bothers you so much, start handing out tuna melts and writing checks to charity.
The most that Zazen might do is let you also taste a realm where there is no lack and no disease, but that does not mean that we don't live in a world filled with lack and disease (for both Truths are True At Once). The most Zazen can do in that case is as described in the essays at the following link ... a bit of care for the caregivers, and a taste of "Saying Yes" even as our heart cries No No NO! So, in that way Zazen does help our work to feed the hungry and cure the disease.
You seem to feel disappointed that sitting has not turned you into a saint yet. Buddhist Practice might make one somewhat softer hearted and more compassionate, but it is unlikely to make someone a saint who doesn't have the makings of one. You seem kind of confused as if you expected it to do so. Even the Buddha did not spend much time feeding the poor (nor did Dogen for that matter). I did not see either of them start soup kitchens, or open public health clinics. They seemed most directly concerned with keeping their own monks fed each day from donations. Next, they seemed most concerned with finding a cure for Dukkha, not a cure for poverty or death. A cure for Dukkha is not a cure for poverty, old age and death ... just a way to see through it all, be one with it all, allow it all. (Oh, they both made some statements about charity, as we saw during this week's Teisho ... but also knew that they really were limited in their power to fix Samsara). ++
The Buddha never found a cure for disease, death, hunger, poverty. He knew that Samsara was kinda hopeless. That is why Buddhists talk a lot about getting the heck out of Samsara to the Pure Land, making the escape to Nirvana or some such. The most Buddha did was let us see a bit through the lack and death to a realm without lack or death. However, some of us believe that, maybe someday, we can bring a bit of the Pure Land/Kingdom of Heaven right down here to earth.
Kannon becomes real when we use our own hands and eyes to make her move and see.
Saying "not two" is not saying that we are one and the same! Well, it is ... but it is not. I think you misunderstand.We say not two, but if I hit my head you wont get a bump on your head.
There is an old Koan that goes ... "When Jundo catches cold, Enkyo sneezes". That's a fact.
But of course, when Jundo catches cold, Jundo sneezes ... not Enkyo (unless he caught it from sitting to close to Jundo's sneeze). Both Truths are True At Once. The most Enkyo can do in practical terms is get off his butt and offer Jundo a tissue.
Gassho, J
++ I recently heard of Theravada Practitioners who actually oppose engaging in charitable work in this world (not all Theravada Buddhists, of course, just some). Their reasoning? Anything that makes Samsara easier and more pleasant for people makes their desire to escape the world and reach Nirvana less likely. I can't buy such thinking. One can sit or not sit ... do charitable work or not do it. Up to you, but I recommend doing it.
PS - Please give a listen to the Talk during this week's Zazenkai, which was on the topic of charity ...
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If you stop bumping your head at least the medical bills won't be paid by me. . Since I have started my practice in "just sitting" I have stopped using caffeine, I have stopped drinking in excess, I have stopped wasting time on the internet, I have become a better father, husband, professional. In returning to my original nature again and again I take that self/ nonself out into the world . It does make a difference all around me. Also I don't think our teachers would ever say, NOT to take your practice out to the trenches. I have donated 5 large boxes of food and what will be about 400$ to local charity because of my participation here. I don't think anyone is suggesting to hide from other's suffering. Someone keeps insisting we get dirty.
Hi Enkyo,
I don't know if I totally get what you want to say, communication is a tricky thing, so please excuse me if I get something wrong what you said:
IMHO Zazen is the home from which we act.
Our practice almost naturally leads us to outreach and to help.
However, you still have to act and make decisions in this world of samsara - we cannot say "I practice, everything else will go alone from there."
It's up to you to come up with a way to "get it out there" as you said.
You and I are not zen, we just practice zen.
If a butterfly's flapping wings can create a storm elsewhere, guess what even a simple act of kindness and love can do. Think about the chain reaction this can create.
Sitting won't solve the problems of the world, but as Camus said: "One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
It never ends, but putting our heads in the sand is too easy.
Look at what people like Bernie Glassman do! He is truly inspiring. And there are others out there.
BTW: What do you mean by "the more talented ones in our sangha"? This practice is not about being talented if you ask me.
no thing needs to be added
Thank you.
Hi Enkyo,
I think Jundo's response is ripe full of gems for contemplation. I will be revisiting his comment daily.
Your comment is so timely. Many of my less, for lack of better words, "spiritual friends", joke with me at times about the act of zazen. What use is sitting there when strife surrounds us, they ask? You're not "doing" anything, they say! Go out and help others!
I tell you, Enkyo, I may have not learned much. But through personal experience, sitting and our practice brings us to our original nature. It really does. The mental chatter, the junk, the desires, the hatred, the jealousy, the anger. We learn to recognize them as thoughts, perhaps roaring waves, and instead of surfing on the waves, we choose to sit on the shore and observe and allow them to dissipate. And that to me is so powerful. With regards to the essence of your post, it has made me much more "raw". I am much more in-tune with my surroundings, my own suffering and those around me. It's much easier to help others when you recognize your own delusions.
Many want zazen to reveal an earth-shattering revelation. They presume it will enable them to be a mystic or a sage, of some sort. They endeavor for the big, "E"-ENLIGHTENMENT. Why seek for what we already are?
Dogen said that enlightenment is just intimacy with all things. My personal issue is that I tend to create constructs of what and how things should be. Zazen needs to be a certain way..compassion needs to look a certain way. When I drop the constructs, everything (including the bad stuff), is just the way it is supposed to be.
Timo and Sam,
Thank you for saying so, shorter and sweeter than I managed.
Gassho, J
"First you have to give up." Tyler Durden
Thanks everyone, Enkyo, Taigu, Jundo, others, for this thread. What a great thread!
Wow, William. Wow, Sam.
I love that Dogen quote, Enkyo. And I've felt many of the things you've felt about why practicing - what does it do for others? What about this: a small touch, a smile, some warmth, or thoughtfulness, or listening, or attention - that's it. Or this: knowing one is angry, sad, frustrated, knowing that, recognizing it, not taking it out on anyone else. That. It doesn't have to be big charity or pity or world-changing-anything, but just being there with yourself honestly makes the world better for others, even if it seems totally imperceptible. Or that's my take. And it's my take only sometimes, when I'm not busy beating myself up or being self-pitying or thinking how can I change the world or thinking how great I am or thinking how bad I am - when I drop all that crap and just go, Man, I'm lonely today, or Man, so glad to be around people today, or Man, so glad to be sitting in front of this wall, thank you, thank you. That's all. Not easy. David Foster Wallace would call it real freedom: "sacrificing for others in myriad petty, little unsexy ways every day," and if we choose not to do that, okay, but then we're just part of the "rat race...with the constant gnawing sense of having had and lost some infinite thing." It's that rat race that is problem: never truly being happy, never truly being depressed or sad, whatever, stuck in our "skull-sized kingdoms," tricking ourselves, getting ourselves into our little traps, because our little traps feel just so important and precious - I know because that's how they feel to me.
Anyway, hope you're well.
Thank you all for you response and I now get the feeling my post has been poorly formulated. Can't do anything about that and I promised someone never to try to safe face afterwards. All your comments are true and reflect all that we share in our wonderful practice. So wonderful, I often wonder how to bring it even further.
LimoLama: With talented people I mean some of us will someday will become great teachers ( and already are) and that at least is a clear and visible way of how to take the teachings out there and benefit all who want to join us on our journey of discovery.
Clark: Good to hear you too see and feel the fruits of practice in our daily lives. At some point you may feel there is even more we can do with the insights and teachings we have so readily available to us at any time at our sangha.
Sittingzen: You are quite right. There is no earth shattering experience and if one goes in search of it, chances are ones mind is just not ready yet and it fades after a wile. A memory that leaves someone craving for more. Gradually learning to see the beauty and greatness, the sacred in our daily lives and the potential that is within us, is all one can wish for.
Not looking to become a saint and no, don't have the makings of one. But I truly want to one day be able to say sitting made me a more mature human. Gentle, slow to anger and quick to forgive.
My questioning was not an attack or an attempt to belittle in a frustrated way. Our practice is awesome, this sangha is awesome and you know me well enough by now to know that kind of talk or intention would never be heard from me.
I was talking about teaching someone how to fish or give someone a fishing rod instead of that one time fish. The acidic reaction to an honest question however, leaves me with a few pebbles to chew on.
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As I hope folks know, I am a big supporter of "engaged" projects and charity work as a way to help our fellow Sentient Beings.
But Buddhism really was not focused on charitable work for much of its history. That "compassion" and "saving sentient beings" = "social programs" and such is a popular misconception among many modern Western Buddhists. There were always people during its history who engaged in various civic and charitable projects, but the interest in charitable work really first began in the 19th century because of inspiration from and competition with Christian missionaries who came to many Asian countries then and (for their own reasons) engaged in charitable work such as building schools and hospitals. The Buddhists suddenly felt that they should do the same. Other modernizers of Buddhism continued the trend.
However, the fact is that, for most of its history. Buddhists believed that Samsara was truly a lost cause, to be turned from and escaped (into the Pure Land of the next life, Nirvana or at least into a monastery). One could cure "Dukkha", but not really the underlining grittiness of Samsara that was the cause of Dukkha (e.g., one can transcend the Dukkha of sickness and death, but not sickness and death themselves). One "saved Sentient Beings" by helping them attain Enlightenment or to reach the Pure Land, rather than by feeding them (and even "Enlightenment" was not for everybody, because some folks' Karma was just that they had to have a hard life and that was their lot, maybe hoping for a better opportunity in a life to come). "Engaged Buddhism", with folks like Bernie Glassman, is really a pretty modern idea. Buddha and Dogen never opened a soup kitchen or a clinic as their central focus. Life was pretty hard and gritty in ancient societies like India, China, Korea and Japan ... and the monks tended to live in their monasteries without much they could do (even if they wanted to) to solve the gross social inequalities and famines and wars and sickness outside their doors.
There were many exceptions however, such as these noted fellows.
Gassho, JMaster Fajing:
Anytime and anywhere there was a disaster
or famine, Venerable Master Fajing was present
to provide food and relief supplies. One time the
famine was so bad that thousands were dying
from hunger. The situation was desperate and
miserable. With great compassion, he went
every place seeking donations and help, convincing
the government to release the emergency
grain reserve to feed the people. Unfortunately,
the number of hunger victims far exceeded the
quantity of food supplies. In the end, Venerable
Master Fajing decided to let the hungry people
consume parts of his body to survive. What an
incomparably fearless and compassionate spirit
he displayed!
Master Zhiyi "The Wise Man":
Venerable Master Zhiyi was known for
releasing fish and turtles into many "rescue
ponds" he had built. He was also known to be a
devoted philanthropist.
In his biography, the following was noted:
"One time he received sixty types of different
offerings. Out of compassion and respect, he
immediately gave them away to the needy in the
hope that their happiness and welfare could be
enhanced and that the country and society as a
whole could prosper."
Master Fachun:
During a famine, Venerable Master Fachun,
disguising himself in lay clothes, worked as a
laborer in villages and towns, and donated all his
wages to the poor and needy. He frequently
volunteered to clean the toilets and remove feces
and excrement. When the road was damaged, he
himself would undertake the reconstruction work.
He also encouraged neighbors and residents to
level and smooth out bumpy and dangerous
roads for the convenience of travelers.
Zen Master Tetsugan Doko:
During the Tokugawa Shogunate period in
Japan, Zen Master Tetsugan discovered that one of
the main reasons why Buddhism was not as
prevalent as it should have been was the shortage
of comprehensive collections of Buddhist
Tripitaka (Sutras). He vowed to raise funds to print volumes
of Buddhist sutras. After years of effort,
the amount of funds raised was close to the point
where the printing of the sutras could have been
started. Unfortunately, various disasters and calamities
hit the area and people were dying or
struggling to survive. Master Tetsugan immediately
donated his entire sutra-printing fund for
relief purposes. Later, he resumed his fundraising
activities for sutra printing. After all kinds of
difficulties and hardships, he was reaching his
goal again. But then a major flood came. Many
people were homeless and struck by diseases.
Again, he immediately donated all the money to
relieve for the flood victims. His unshakable
determination motivated him to continue his
fundraising activities despite all these setbacks.
On his third attempt, he finally accomplished his
wish to print the complete volume of Buddhist
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The more we practice and sit, the more the universe benefits.
If I cut myself while cooking you won't get the blood nor the pain. But I become aware and mindful that there is pain and that there are people having harder times than me.
So I go out and do as much as I can for people.
Granted, no matter how hard I try, I won't end hunger or wars. But just making an old lady smile is enough. Sending help for victims of natural events and knowing that at least they will have a meal, it's enough to keep me going and doing more.
We sit and we get our heads cleared of crap so we can focus on service. We don't sit for our selfish selves. We sit for the universe.
Or at least that's how I see it.
I may be wrong, of course.
Please remember I am only a priest in training. I could be wrong in everything I say. Slap me if needed.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. Mr. Spock
Enkyo - sometimes words get a bit snagged up here. You mentioned 'teaching someone how to fish'. I'm not sure I understand the meaning of this? Would you feel able to say a bit more. I think there may be some misunderstanding in what you were asking?
I'm not sure you were only asking about compassionate action - engaged buddhism - but you were perhaps asking about compassion in another/ but related sense? I wondered if your 'question' came from a space of questioning how we can convey to others, who are in pain, the rewards of practice? You asked what you could tell the hungry guy on the street corner.
But - I'm full of cold just now, so possibly not absorbing the many thoughts in this thread (there should be a symbol for head colds at this time of year)
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I think the foundation of Enkyo's question is the distinction between self and other. When we sit, we sit for all, whether we intend to or not. When we help someone, no matter the scale, we help all. When we harm ourself, we harm all. Etc. So, do good in the world, but don't hang any Buddhism on it, that's extra.
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[size=150:m8cet5u6]??[/size:m8cet5u6] We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life---John Cage
We don t sit in remote places and hermitages anymore, we sit in the midst of this life, embracing people s sufferings and joys, we are in this joyous participation, playing the game with all our energy. Yes illness and fate will have us all AND let s enjoy this, let s fight cancers and diseases, let s work for people out there who are just another form of ourselves. Let s forget ourselves and let the ten thousand things shine forth. Leaping into this, joy , joy, joy ( it is hard sometimes, and it is not meant to be easy anyway).
Ah, Taigu and Eika and Willow and Kyonin say things so beautifully, while my words are so clumsy in this thread ...
I feel that the main reason that large scale charity and socially engaged work were not more heavily emphasized in centuries past was because some flavors of Buddhism were focused primarily on freedom by escape from a harsh Samsara world were there was little that anyone could do to improve things on a large scale even if they wished to do so. Now, things are quite different.
I think that most Buddhists of the past certainly would have wanted to do more to fix social ills if they could have, but in feudal, traditional, rigid, military run societies without modern ways, technical means, modern knowledge and understanding, social freedom of action, with violent political forces fighting anyone who protested ... well, there was little that could be done in the face of war, violence, poverty, slavery, social inequality, disease and all the rest.
Now, times have changed: We can be free of Samsara all while fixing Samsara in many ways. We can seek the Pure Land while bringing a bit of the Pure Land here. We can realize Nirvana all while knowing that Samsara and Nirvana are one.
The Buddhists of the past would have done more if they could.
Pardon the musical metaphor, but the universe is like One Great Symphony in which all our individual Practice and Playing merges into One. Your Practice, your harmony or discord helps make the Sound of the Whole. Your Practice and Teaching is for all of us.
I feel that the Buddhists of old, even if they knew that it would not then be possible to change society on a large scale, always knew the preciousness of taking loving and helpful action in the situation right at hand ... the smile to an old lady, the single act of charity to one suffering individual ... that the small can often have great effects.
Thank you all for saying it so much better than me.
Gassho, J
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This was a nice thread to stumble upon before bed time. I can go to sleep with a smile on my face. Right now in my practice, it seems that there is so much to this zen thing that I couldn't explain it in a million years, and yet there is so little to it that it seems very silly when I try.
Much metta to all my fellow crazy wanderers/Bodhisattvas tonight as we roll around in buddha nature
I am a latecomer to this wonderful discussion, and plenty has been said regarding the notion of Engaged Buddhism - I would like as a lowly novice priest of no rank to hone a jewel of statement made by Enkyo:
This, my dear Enkyo, this point, the lack of formulated questions, is the wonderful, agonizing, delicious precipice of our practice. This is the beginning of prajna - not knowing - not knowing which question to ask - and being open to not knowing.Here is the problem: I have been so cocky on this forum in the past. Having an answer to everything. Since of late I am losing my taste for all of that. A question that won't let itself be asked or formulated, has nestled itself in my practice. Decided to drop all of that and start with the right questions but if I can't formulate it how can I answer it?
Linji sat for three years under Huangbo's tutelage without once asking him about the Dharma. He sat for three years and never approached Huangbo with a question. The Head Monk finally pressed him to approach Huangbo and ask about the Dharma and Linji's reply was "I don't know what to ask - what should I ask him?" Linji's many doubts became one great doubt, one great question - the fundamental question - or in our Soto Zen, the Great Matter. And all of a sudden all our questions, our worries, our anxieties about the utility bills, our jobs, our ready answers to everything, fall away to expose one great question. Glimpsing the great matter of life and death all of a sudden becomes so clear that we wonder why we spent years tying up our minds so.... but that is our nature as deluded beings.
Welcome to a wonderful new chapter of your practice - the precipice, groundlessness.
Deep bows to you,
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Thank you Taigu, Willow and Yugen for at least considering `why would he ask that kind of question in this thread?"
I know I should just shut up about this but here goes nothing:
Yugen, that is precisely it my dear brother. That is precisely it. Deep bow for you patiently looking past my clumsiness and awkward way of putting it. I was just starting to think..... Oh well never mind. Seeing my words are a poor attempt to express something quite wonderful, your words cleared a very nasty fog for me. Thank youGlimpsing the great matter of life and death all of a sudden becomes so clear that we wonder why we spent years tying up our minds so.... but that is our nature as deluded beings.
Trying to answer this great question for now in: "How?" feels like a first direction to me.
Not "how do I fix the world?" Come on, everyone knows that that is not the point. Jundo and Taigu just spoke of both light And specks of dust.
Not "How do I fix myself?" That is taking the way backwards.
No, just : HOW? But, like Yugen said that is not the right question either. It can't be expressed! It's like the very precise moment you realize you forgot something. "OH! Wait a minute......"
My exploring or rather presenting that question, seems to have offended many in this thread. How can this be?
Lately my eyes are opening more and more to the suffering in this world. The world is dying again and again and again. So much misery and pain. So much injustice. Beautiful things seem to go first and great people always die too early. Yes, it does make me cry at times. Not a saint, just a sensitive human becoming more sensitive because of sitting.
I go to the hospital sometimes and also serve coffee to old people once a week. My heart fills with pain and helplessness and this very question is there. HOW? WHY? WHAT? FROM WHERE? all compacted into one, into a silent boundless open space that is tight like a rubber band, ready to jump at any time. Well something like that. I'm not a poet.
So again the question: HOW does sitting benefit all others beyond the ever so important little things we can do for each other? Is there more we can do? How does one take this new found space and make it move within the precepts? Or the precepts within this space? HOW?
Willow: We give a man a fish and that is wonderful but we must keep looking to find a way to alleviate things in a more fundamental way even though we never can cure it all? Asking this already is compassion I think? I vow to save all sentient beings does not mean we pack our bags, go on the road and search for EVERY single one of them? That's hopeless and ridiculous! Trying and aspiring to do so however, to always have this wish and intention is what is in my heart always. Even though there is no real answer, since when can we NOT ask the question?You mentioned 'teaching someone how to fish'. I'm not sure I understand the meaning of this? Would you feel able to say a bit more. I think there may be some misunderstanding in what you were asking?
Saying: "OH well, that's all samsara you know. Can't be helped, sorry about that. Have to go sit now, bye!" For me and I expect all others here can honestly say THAT JUST WON'T DO! So........HOW? The answer most probably is, There is no way. Good, I think you are definitely right, so again.... HOW?
What the heck did I deserve a whack on the head like that for? Yes I question and will continue to do so because I want to bring it in close NOT because I want to reject or ridicule it!
I think I'm going to sit outside that Starbucks soon and let the Buddha take care of Dharma business, outside the view and control of little old deluded me. It's all I can think of anyway.
Thank you all for caring and replying all in your very own way AWESOMENESS!
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Tech news sites like
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have offered their insights on the new PS4 console, and the overall reviews seem to range from "worth it, go buy it" to "Maybe you should wait for Xbox One reviews." But many agreed that the design of the hardware (both console and controller) was done just right, and that it has an extremely friendly user interface.
Let's dive right in.
The Specs
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Pricing & Availability
The PS4 launched today in the U.S., and will hit Europe on
November 29. The console is priced at $399.
Hardware - Console
Reviewers had nothing but great things to say about the PS4 console's hardware.
Ars Technica
called it a "beautiful" and "unique" case design while
The Verge
dubbed it "handsome."
Here's what
Ben Gilbert had to say:
"Think of it this way: If E3 was a beauty pageant, and Sony's and Microsoft's next-gen console designs were the contestants, then the PS4 was basically crowned Miss World that day in LA. Sony's black gaming box is a return to form for the global electronics giant; it's the type of living room hardware that evokes signature Sony style, not celebrity-endorsed kitchenware."
Richard Mitchell,
"The PlayStation 4 itself is an attractive device. The unit is close in size to the "slim" PlayStation 3 that launched back in 2009. Not taking the PS4's angled sides into account, the two consoles have nearly the same square footprint...The only troubling physical quality of the PS4 is that the plastic casing has a good amount of flex to it. Squeeze or prod the console and you'll be able to see and feel the plastic bending under your fingers."
Hardware - Controller
The PS4's DualShock 4 controller is one feature that grabbed rave reviews all around (minus one comment about the controller only getting about seven hours of battery life).
Ars Technica
even claimed it's "one of the best we've ever used" while
The Verge
called it a "fantastic controller."
Gilbert seems to feel the same way:
"There's no doubt in our minds: Sony's DualShock 4 is the best game controller that the company's ever created. It's not quite perfect, but it's damn close. For the most part, the DualShock 4 is a carefully refined version of the DualShock 3. The standard two parallel thumbsticks, the d-pad on the left face, a four-button layout on the right, two triggers and two shoulder buttons up top continue to be the main forms of input. The DualShock 3's tilt sensor and rumble motor are also back with minor tweaks, offering tighter precision and more detailed vibration (respectively)."
"The DualShock 4 is one of the most comfortable controllers I've ever held. It abandons the long-maintained DualShock design for something much more ergonomic. Specifically, the DualShock 3's tapered prongs have been replaced by more bulbous and natural handles. Even better, the back of the controller is made of a textured, but not rubberized plastic that offers great grip. The D-pad directions are spaced more closely together, and there's a nice divot in the middle that gives the thumb a natural place to rest. The analog sticks are spaced slightly further apart, and they now feature concave bowls on top, preventing the slippage common with the DualShock 3. Speaking of slippage, the DualShock 3's convex triggers are gone, and in their place are delightfully concave triggers that do a much better job of cradling your all-important shooting fingers."
Software - UI
The user interface (called the PlayStation Dynamic Menu) was touted as clean and simple, making it more user friendly. The PlayStation Store also received a lot of compliments. But reviewers had issues with system UI performance in some cases, such as the interface not scaling well for power users.
Gilbert describes the UI as an improvement:
"The user interface on the PlayStation 4's new desktop is a massive improvement over the often confusing PlayStation 3 XMB (cross-media bar). It's essentially a set of square tiles that expand out with rich content when selected. Select a game and you'll see options for the developer-fed overview tab (screens, video, et cetera), recent social activity involving that piece of content and related items available in the Store."
And he's also fond of the PlayStation Store:
"Finally -- finally! -- a digital store from a Sony PlayStation game console that is navigable! The PlayStation Store on PlayStation 4 is far and away the best iteration of the store yet, offering a single, simple left rail for navigation between film, TV and games offerings."
The Verge
warns that you must download the day-one update before you can really do anything on the console, and also thinks the notifications could use improvement:
"Practically everything the system does, even the built-in web browser, requires you to log in to PlayStation Network, and most of the console's highly touted features aren't available until you install a 300MB day-one update as soon as you turn on the console — all you can do is pop a disk in and play a game otherwise...but even after you do update, the PS4's interface still revolves entirely around games. Where the PlayStation 3 was designed as a media hub where your pictures, music, and videos were neatly arranged in a scrolling two-column interface, Sony has stripped the vast majority of that away.
"But the real problem with the PS4's interface is that Sony hasn't been paying attention. Sony hasn't learned something smartphones and social networks mastered years ago: making notifications actionable."
Ars Technica's
Kyle Orland said the new PlayStation Store UI is "great," but also mentioned that the flat system interface gets cluttered and can be hard to use.
Mitchell even found a couple hiccups in the UI:
"The Dynamic Menu in general isn't without a few hiccups of its own. I encountered one moment when it became unresponsive for several seconds, notably when installingKillzone: Shadow Fall. Upon installation, the game required an additional update to be downloaded. At this point Shadow Fall's tile briefly displayed two different "start" buttons. One of these had a disc icon indicating I could start the game. The other was unlabeled, though clicking it appeared to start installing the update. Updates are supposed to be applied automatically, so something seems to have gone awry, though it did eventually right itself."
A few other favorites are the "What's New" section, which provides a look at friends' activities, and the automatic download of system and game updates. But there were complaints about the iOS PlayStation App being of limited use and the Music Unlimited being "clunky."
Software - Games
Gilbert will tell you "Battlefield 4" is the prettiest launch-day title for the PS4, but
The Verge
will say there aren't enough great games yet.
Here's Gilbert's guide to PS4 games:
"If you're looking for bombast and bullets, 'Killzone: Shadow Fall' is your launch title of choice...'Resogun' is both an excellent game and a graphics showcase...Ten minutes with 'Knack' is all you need to realize this title is basically 'Crash Bandicoot' for the next gen...Thanks to the power of EA's Frostbite 3 engine, DICE's 'Battlefield 4' is easily one of the prettiest PS4 launch day titles. Amazingly, it's going to be third-party titles that keep early adopters afloat this holiday --'Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag' is no exception. The game features a beautiful Caribbean world, which shines on the PlayStation 4, and it's actually a fun game to play."
The Verge
has a different perspective on the PS4 launch titles:
"The two dozen or so launch titles for the console are unlikely to satisfy the exact gamer Sony's trying so desperately to court — and that may be disappointed with what's available for the console they pre-ordered...It's not that any of the games we've played are bad — quite the opposite, in fact — it's just that they're almost exactly what you'd expect. Aside from visual enhancements, the games played largely identically to their current-generation versions."
To Buy or Not to Buy?
Ben Gilbert,
"After a marathon week with the PlayStation 4, we feel confident in saying it will be worth your hard-earned money when it goes on sale tomorrow. For $400, you're getting a speedy, powerful little PC with an extremely friendly user interface -- and it doesn't look like a PC, which is a nice bonus. We may not review game consoles every day, but we know a good one when we see it. This is just the beginning with PlayStation 4, and it's a hell of a start."
The Verge
"For right now, though, there's little incentive to spend $399 on a PlayStation 4. Not only are there few games worth the price of admission, the vast library of PS3 games is more compelling than anything the PS4 currently offers. If you're desperate for a new console, rest assured that eventually the PS4 will be one; it has plenty of power, a great controller, and a lot of good ideas about how we can play games better and how we can play them together. But for right now, they're mostly still just ideas."
Kyle Orland,
Ars Technica
"The PlayStation 4 has an excellent controller, decently powerful hardware, some intriguing, well-executed new features, and an interface that shows belated acknowledgement of some of Sony's most user-unfriendly past designs. It also has a lot of features that are half-assed, missing, or downright bewildering at this point. Still, overall, it's a good starting point for a system that's meant to last a long time. Wait for the Xbox One review to compare and contrast."
For the DT readers who picked up a PS4 today, what are your reviews?
The Verge
Ars Technica
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Serious. These medicines may interact and cause very harmful effects. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
Your medicine may slow down how quickly your intestine and liver process colchicine.
What might happen:
The amount of colchicine in your blood may increase and cause toxic side effects. Deaths have been reported.
What you should do about this interaction:
Let your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know right away that you are taking these medicines together or if you have taken your other medicine in the previous 14 days. Make sure your doctor knows if you have any kidney or liver problems, which may make the interaction worse. Your doctor may need to change your medicine or the dose of your colchicine. Let your doctor know right away if you have any unexplained muscle weakness or pain, numbness or tingling in the fingers or toes; unusual bleeding or bruising; abdominal pain; nausea; severe diarrhea or vomiting; feeling weak or tired; increased infections; or pale or gray color of the lips, tongue, or palms of hands.Your healthcare professionals may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
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Bitbake Cheat Sheet
Here are some quick notes on bitbake syntax and rules. For an exhaustive list of functionality, and longer descriptions, see the bitbake manual at: http://docs.openembedded.org/bitbake/html/ (note that this link goes to the OpenEmbedded version of the bitbake manual, which is a version from 2006 as of this writing. A separate bitbake manual is included in source form in the yocto project source directory, under bitbake/doc.)
Command Line options
Here are a few commonly-used command line options.
|-c <task>
|execute <task> for the image or recipe being built. ex: bitbake -c fetch busybox.
Some of the possible tasks are: fetch, configure, compile, package, clean
|force execution of the operation, even if not required
|show verbose output
|show lots of debug information
|show recipe version information
|get usage help
|-c listtasks <image-or-recipe-name>
|show the tasks associated with an image or individual recipe
|-g <recipe>
|output dependency tree in graphviz format
User interfaces
Bitbake can be used with several different user interfaces. Here are some options:
|User interface
|bitbake <recipe-or-image> or
"bitbake -u knotty <recipe-or-image>"
|scrolling text interface
|This is the default user interface
|bitbake -u ncurses <recipe-or-image>
|text-window based interface
|I couldn't figure out how to control or exit this interface
|bitbake -u hob
|graphical interface
|This is a full graphical interface which includes selecting machine, distro, etc. and performing a build
|bitbake -u goggle <recipe-or-image>
|simple graphical interface
|This is a simple graphical wrapper over the streaming text output of bitbake. It's nice in that it shows collapsible trees for the logs for sub-tasks for each recipe.
.bb file syntax
This table lists some of the syntax found in recipe (.bb) files.
|VAR = "foo"
|simple assignment
|VAR ?= "foo"
|assign if no other value is already assigned (default assignment)
|VAR ??=foo
|weak default assignment
|takes lower precedence than ?=
|VAR = "stuff ${OTHER_VAR} more"
|variable expansion
|OTHER_VAR expanded at time of reference to VAR
|VAR := "stuff ${OTHER_VAR} more"
|immediate variable expansion
|OTHER_VAR expanded at time of parsing this line
|VAR += "foo"
|append with space
|VAR =+ "foo"
|prepend with space
|VAR .= "foo"
|append without space
|VAR =. "foo"
|prepend without space
|VAR_append = "foo"
|append without space
VAR = "foo"
|alternate/override value
|if string1 is listed in OVERRIDES, use "bar" for value of VAR, otherwise use "foo"
VAR = "foo"
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|if string1 is in OVERRIDES, then append " bar" to the value of VAR
|BBVERSIONS="1.0 1.8 string"
|range-specific conditional
|If the version of the package is in the specified range (1.0-1.8 in this example), then perform an override on the indicated variable
|VAR = "foo ${@<line-of-python-code>}"
|python code expansion
|ex: VAR = "the date is: ${@time.strftime('%Y%m%d',time.gmtime())}"
|include foo
|include file
|include file named "foo", search BBPATH
|require [<path>]foo
|require file
|include file named "foo", failing if not found exactly where specified
|inherit foo
|inherit classes
|include definitions from foo.bbclass
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<python code>
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Trip to Burma and Kathina offering - October 25th - November 11th 2012
Trip to Burma
of Burma, Buddhism and
Kathina offering at Paṇḍitārāma Maymyo
October 25th - November 11th 2012
Burma (or Myanmar) is the Land of Dhamma.
Indeed, according to the legend, 49 days after his Enlightenment, while the Buddha was sitting at the foot of the Rājāyatana tree (Buchanania Latifolia), two merchants brothers Tapussa et Bhallika, travelling from Ukkalāpa to the Majjhima aera, approach the Blessed One. They offered him honey rice cakes and then took refuge in the Buddha and the Dhamma. Complying to their request, the Buddha offered them some of his hair. The two brothers, who were overwhelmed with joy brought them back in their native town named Pokkharavatī. Then, they had a stupa built on the Singuttara hill, where the hair of the Buddha was enshrined. This stupa is the Shwedagon Pagoda, which at night illuminates Yangon with golden rays.
Nowadays, Burma is a country where Theravāda Buddhism is still flourishing. With 300 000 to 500 000 monks and 75 000 nuns, and a people much devoted to the Buddha sāsana, the Wheel of the Dhamma is still turning. According to some monks, there are still fully enlightened beings, Arahants to be found there.
Life over there is more and more difficult.
Thus, we are very much honored and happy to be able to offer support to our Dhamma brothers and sisters in Burma. This year, with some Dhamma friends, we will be the main donors for the Kathinarobe offering at the monastery of Paṇḍitārāma Maymyo in upper Burma. This celebration traditionally takes place at the end of the vassa, the rain retreat. We will also make offerings of the 4 requisites in different monasteries and nunneries in Burma.
Besides, we will go and pay homage to Buddha relics, visit some important spiritual places, have some meditation, meet monks and nuns, have some Dhamma discussion with them, and discover the beauty of Burma's landscape and recharge our batteries in its nature.
And this opportunity to go and discover Burma and Buddhism in its traditional aspects, to practice dāna and contribute to support the saṁgha and thus, sow great wholesome deeds in this incomparable field of merits… this rare and precious opportunity, we would like to share it with all of you.
You are welcome to join us to sow the seeds of generosity, sharing, loving-kindness and peace in Burma.
With mettā
Sayagyi Daw Sobhanā and Sayalay Ma Candasobhā
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KATHINA 2012 offering
Offering of the 4 requisites
Here are the many fields of merits where to sow our dana seeds:
* Offering of
the 4 requisites to Sayadawgyi U Pandita (Abbot of Paṇḍitārāma Shwe
Taung Gon (Yangon)
* Offering of meal (breakfast and lunch) at Paṇḍitārāma Shwe Taung Gon
* Offering of meal (breakfast and lunch) au centre de méditation Paṇḍitārāma Hse Main Gon (Bago)
* Offering for Kathina at Paṇḍitārāma Maymyo
* Offering of medicine to the studying nuns at Paṇḍitārāma Shwe Taung Gon
* Offering of lunch and the 4 requisites at Myasekkya studying monastery (Sagaing)
* Offering of the 4 requisites to Sayadaw U Insadiri (Shwetaung)
* Offering of breakfast and the 4 requisites at Yo Sayadaw (Tipitakadhara)'s studying monastery (Yangon)
* Offering of the 4 requisites to a studying nunnery (Yangon)
* Dāna to support the volunteers helping at Paṇḍitārāma Yangon, Bago and Maymyo
* Offering for the Buddhist Culture Course in Summer: the purpose of this summer course is to nurture and raise a new generation for the sāsana. During this course, students are to ordain as novices and nuns and they are trained in Buddhist culture from both practical and theoretical aspects. Each year about 500 students participated in Panditarama Forest Center.
* Offering of light at Shwedagon Pagagoda…
You can join and participate to this rare and great dāna, offering with joy, according to your possibilities.
May all donors, departed ones, all beings.
Be always well, happy and at peace.
We share our merits with all beings.
May we be able to attain Nibbāna in the near furture.
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5.Cipralex (escitalopram oxalate) Canadian prescribing information. Lundbeck August 13, 2012.
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SCB: Sussex Cricket Board's 'Big Smash' a success26-Sep-2012
Last Saturday saw Middleton Cricket Club win the inaugural Sussex Cricket Board 'Big Smash' competition, after defeating Portslade Cricket Club in the final by 47 runs at Middleton Cricket Club.
In the 3rd/4th playoff match which took place before the final, Broadbridge Heath Cricket Club comfortably beat West Wittering Cricket Club by 126 runs.
The tournament ran over three weekends in September and unlike traditional cricket, the format played was a fast paced version called 'Last Man Stands'. This format is making an emergence in West Sussex and more clubs are starting to see the benefits of playing a shortened version of the game.
Cricket Development Manager Steve Feazey said, "This season has been one of the most challenging known to cricket clubs. The weather has been inconsistent and caused a record amount of cancelled matches. We wanted to provide a competition for our clubs to participate in which would give the season a good send off and we felt the best way of doing this was to incorporate the Last Man Stands format.
"Last Man Stands is a quick and exciting version of cricket. It's 8-a-side with some quirky rules and the teams get to wear coloured clothing. Once you've played you also receive a world ranking position against players in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia which gives you the incentive to try and improve your ranking over the season.
"The great thing about the format is that the game only lasts two hours, so it can fit in with the busy lifestyles that people lead today."
Ian Burrows from Middleton Cricket Club commented, "Everyone involved at Middleton CC thoroughly enjoyed the Big Smash tournament organised by the Sussex Cricket Board, and look forward to the organisation of similar events in the future.
"The imposed time limits for each innings, the field placings that 8 a-side require and free hits for all no balls, when combined with the double play rule where two players can be dismissed from the same delivery leave players and spectators with plenty to think about!
"All the players that took part and spectators that came along to watch enjoyed the tournament, which extended the Saturday cricket on offer in September by three weeks, with the added bonus that the games were played in some of the best weather of the summer."
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Emporia State's Boertman Lecture looks at the ruins left behind by warApril 5, 2012
Looking at one soldier's perspective of four different kinds of ruins left behind from the U.S. Civil War is the topic of this year's Boertman Lecture.
Dr. Megan Kate Nelson, a lecturer at Harvard University, will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in Webb Hall at Emporia State University.
"Nelson will tackle the wartime experiences, writings and sketches of Charles F. Morse, an officer in the 2nd Massachusetts," said Dr. Brian Craig Miller, assistant professor and associate chair of Emporia State's social sciences department as well as book review editor for Civil War History.
Nelson's lecture is based on her new book, "Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War," published by University of Georgia Press. In the book, Nelson examines the narratives and images that citizens on both sides of the conflict discovered they had in common — crumbling buildings, ruined landscapes and lives.
The lecture will include time for questions and copies of "Ruin Nation" will be available for purchase and signing.
The Boertman Lecture, endowed in honor of C. Stewart Boertman who taught at Emporia State for 41 years, is free. Nelson's appearance is co-sponsored by Emporia State's Department of Social Sciences and the Lyon County Historical Society.
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EPP: Abu Dhabi trip a success12-Apr-2013
Over the Easter break, a group of nine players joined Sussex Cricket Performance Manager Keith Greenfield and EPP Head Coach Andy Cornford on a 8-day training camp to Abu Dhabi.
Based at the Zayed International Stadium, this is the fifth time this camp has taken place, and the partnership between the two organisations is going from strength to strength. Sussex will host two players and a coach from the Zayed Academy, for a training week at Hove during August 2013.
Nine players took part in the Camp, with three coming from the link with Guernsey Cricket. The camp focused on all cricket skills but also enables time to be spent in a classroom environment enabling us to maximise to time available, and to cover specific areas and topics in depth away from the training ground that are essential to a players develop.
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ESU presidential flnalists selectedOctober 26, 2011
The ESU Presidential Search Committee announced four individuals have been selected as presidential finalists for Emporia State University and will interview on the ESU campus in the next two to three weeks.
During the interview, candidates will tour the campus and interact with various ESU constituent groups. A portion of each campus interview will be open to the public. ESU will announce the name of each finalist and the public portion of the interview one day prior to their visit.
The Search Committee will submit to the Board of Regents its candidate recommendations at the conclusion of the campus interviews. The Board hopes to name the 16th ESU president in December 2011.
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All these Art Emperors live based on the death Artist's Legacies with no doubt. While the Artist is alive, even they don't accept his/her call in any time. Please don't give me wrong. you can test them yourselves. Mail them for a review or exhibition of your artworks, you will find your applications in a trashcan quite soon. They live in nice mansions or a House of Art with proudly call Art Galleries/Museums and the artists are suffering of poverty and struggling to pay the bills to live. Well. That kind of artist will be very lucky if he/she sells some paintings to those Emperors/Art Collectors, and they call him/her back in 5 to ten years if he/she is still alive or death. The good news will be if he/she is death to make some money but tons of money. They take your paintings and make their own stories about them and make them as an iconic painting and that is the time that their lottery matches for a jackpot. Basically, we all work for them for free. When they call their selves the Emperors, another meaning of that is the Slavery Masters. We create works of art until we are alive with no respect or appreciation and the end, they take advantage of them mercilessly. I am not venge it to discuss deeply but reality is the word of Lord. In the whole history of art, Mark Rothko was realized the exact meaning of Art Emperors which I am talking about.
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UNIVERSITY - Match Drawn07-Apr-2013
MATCH DRAWN - Ed Joyce shook hands with his opposite number at 5pm today after a day of mixed fortunes for the home side.
Loughborough resumed on 59-3 but soon lost wickets in quick succession, with 5 Sussex bowlers (Magoffin, Anyon, Liddle, Jordan and Nash) picking up a pair each to end the Loughborough innings on 155 with Gavin Baker top scoring with 44 before becoming Nash's first victim.
Sussex's top order batsmen had a second chance for runs, but after a solid start Wells fell for 8 with the score on 31 giving an opportunity for Yardy to join the already free-flowing Nash. Sadly he edged a delivery from the impressive Soilleux to keeper Mathew Cross without scoring. Ed Joyce 29 not out and Nash 60 not out saw Sussex out to the end of play without further loss.
Sussex now look forward to the start of the LV= County Championship Division 1 with a visit to Headingley which starts on Wednesday 10th April at 11am. You can follow all the action via our Facebook and Twitter feeds plus online ball-by-ball coverage from BBC Radio Sussex.
Ed Joyce shakes hands at hands with Devon Endersby, Jack Cornick and Anish Patel at 5pm today.


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HIGHLIGHTS: Day One at Hove05-Sep-2012
Sussex were bowled out for 221 on Day One of their LV=County Championship Division One clash with Somerset at The PROBIZ County Ground, Hove yesterday and you can see the highlights of the day courtesy of Sussex TV.
Ed Joyce's 65 (pictured) was the mainstay of the innings whilst the visitors closed on 30 for 1 at Stumps.
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The woman was weaving in and out of traffic in Yuzhou when her 18-month-old son started crying, according to the Huffington Post.
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ESU president to present findings from Middle East tripMay 10, 2011
One Middle Eastern country that does not have enough higher-education classroom spots for its high school graduates. And another country wanting to create a national research agenda to focus on national issues. These are just some of the needs that Emporia State President Michael R. Lane discovered during a 10-day trip to the Middle East.
Lane will present his findings to the ESU community and general public at 5:30 p.m. May 16 in Bruder Theatre in King Hall. Part information and part travelogue, Lane's talk will be followed by a question-and-answer period and conclude with light refreshments.
During his trip, Lane discovered not only opportunities for Middle Eastern students to come to Emporia State University but also situations in which ESU faculty and researchers could help their counterparts in Oman and Jordan.
Lane was one of seven college and university presidents and senior chief executive officers selected for the 2011 Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program. He was the only delegate from Kansas.
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