It seems to me that many people leave few traces in the world. A couple may spend a lot of time and money on their house and furnishings, and the next occupant sends everything to the recycling and remodels. An aircraft engineer spends months measuring out vibration loads in an aircraft, only to say, it’s ok. A Zen monk spends hours sitting zazen and then stands up and there is no trace.
Like a dream, a mirage, a wave in the ocean or clouds in the sky.
We leave no traces because we are not that.
Form is like a glob of foam;
feeling, a bubble;
perception, a mirage;
fabrications, a banana tree;
consciousness, a magic trick —
this has been taught
by the Kinsman of the Sun.
However you observe them,
appropriately examine them,
they're empty, void
to whoever sees them
appropriately.Beginning with the body
as taught by the One
with profound discernment:
when abandoned by three things
— life, warmth, & consciousness —
form is rejected, cast aside.
When bereft of these
it lies thrown away,
senseless,
a meal for others.
That's the way it goes:
it's a magic trick,
an idiot's babbling.
It's said to be
a murderer.[1]
No substance here
is found.Thus a monk, persistence aroused,
should view the aggregates
by day & by night,
mindful,
alert;
should discard all fetters;
should make himself
his own refuge;
should live as if
his head were on fire —
in hopes of the state
with no falling away.https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.095.than.html
@Fosdick said:
I always wonder, seeing your pictures, how the air feels, how it smells, in your part of the world - and all the things that the dimension of photography cannot capture.
The Six Sense Bases (indriya or āyatana)
The eye & seeing (cakkhu)
The ear & hearing (sota)
The nose & smelling (ghāna)
The tongue & tasting (jivhā)
The body & sensing (kāya)
The heart/mind & cognizing (mana)
Yes, it seems that only four of our senses/consciousnesses actually comes into play when watching something on our screens...in a sense (pun intended) the other two do through imagination...but I guess it's all kind of imagination
Imagination is the production of sensations, feelings and thoughts informing oneself. These experiences can be re-creations of past experiences, such as vivid memories with imagined changes, or completely invented and possibly fantastic scenes.
What one sees, what one hears how it makes one feel (sensations) , what is seen and heard forms the stories of what it must feel like, what it must smell like, as one's mind flicks through the memory bank to find/imagine similar sense experiences one may have had ...The salty smell of the ocean, the warm sun's rays, the cool ocean breeze and so on...
@how said:
These Seals are often the measuring tool used for determining if a particular teaching is considered to be in accord with Buddha Dharma or not.
Yes, if a particular teaching agrees with those four seals, then it can be considered Buddhadarma.
@person said:
Just started 3 Body Problem on Netflix and I'm instantly hooked, it hits all my buttons. Its a sciency-supernatural-mystery-thriller. A similar sort of genre to Dark if anyone is familiar with that one. On top of that the Chinese Cultural Revolution plays a part in the story, an intense part of history on the sort of scale of the holocaust but scarcely portrayed in popular media.
I’m watching it too… slowly in 20-minute segments…
Did a podcast on Dzogchen and going beyond deity in Tantra (just over 5 minutes)
https://audio.com/lobster/audio/beyonddeities
In other good news I assume ...
and also my assumptions as a podcast with AI generated text
"The speaker gives examples of historical figures like Newton and Galileo who faced opposition from religious institutions when presenting their scientific findings. The speaker also talks about how some people in religion and spirituality can have rigid beliefs, but that change and adaptation are important."
https://audio.com/lobster/audio/naturalphilosophy
... whilst we wait for the spiritual awakening that is already here ... here is a short lobster rant on using your existing gadgets and devices as shrines and to help Dharma unfolding ...
https://audio.com/lobster/audio/technospirituality
Today I may have provided this podcast on my morning (not sure)
https://audio.com/lobster/audio/exercise-1