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My Rinzai friends say I'm Soto, while my Soto friends call me Rinzai, so Buddha knows where my lineage got misplaced today?

Keep up the good work.

Have you considered using nitrogen dioxide, prancing about Bhagwan style and being extra charismatic? You get a Rolls-Royce for each day of the year. You might call yourself 'Howard OSHO the Zenith' or similar and... befuddle children and the weak-minded...

Count me in!

May all lobsters benefit.
https://thetattooedbuddha.com/2016/02/09/in-darshan-when-zen-becomes-cult/

@Lostie
The 5 laws of the universe from one Buddhist Mahayana perspective are...

(1) The laws of the physical world. The world is not answerable to one's personal will.
(2) The laws of the organic world - That all things flow. Anicca
(3) The laws of morality - That karma is inexorable.
(4) The laws of the Dharma- That ultimately, evil is vanquished and good prevails.
(5) The laws of the mind - Intuitive knowledge of Buddha Nature occurs to all.

One of the more helpful teachings offered by these 5 laws, is that Karma, while being inexorable, is not the entire arbiter for Buddhists as to why things happen. The 5 laws teaching can soften much of the judgementalism or extremism that can occur whenever students look towards karma for the entire explanation of everything.

Good call @person

but what Chan schools don't claim the 5th patriarch as one of their own?
Is a lineage one of those games where one person gives a message to another who then tell another and the comedy of it all is how different it becomes the more times the story is retold?
Yes, this is all heretical if you're in a devotional practice, and a simple joke when meditation itself is your teacher.

My Rinzai friends say I'm Soto, while my Soto friends call me Rinzai, so Buddha knows where my lineage got misplaced today?

@Jeroen said:

@DagobahZen said:
I am Captain Mundane . I don't think they'll be making the movie anytime soon. 😂

Ah but maybe they will. Remember during the COVID epidemic, when people would stand outside hospitals and applaud the nurses and doctors within? That was an act of heroism.

Anyway maybe they will make a movie about the heroism in ordinary life, the wives-slash-fulltime-carers who look after husbands with Alzheimer’s, the good neighbours who make a pan of soup for you, the volunteers who look after the sports society for the neighbourhood kids.

I hope so. I'd gladly watch such a movie. 👍

“As Adam wandered about the Garden of Eden he noticed two birds up in the tree. They were snuggled up together, billing and cooing. Adam called to the Lord, "What are the two birds doing in the trees?" The Lord said, "They are making love, Adam."
A little while later he wandered into the fields and saw a bull and cow going at it. He called to the Lord, "Lord, what is going on with that bull and cow?"
And the Lord said, "They are making love, Adam."
And Adam said, "How come I don't have anyone to make love with?"
So the Lord said, "We will change that. When you awake tomorrow morning things will be different."
So Adam lay down beneath the olive tree and fell asleep. When he awoke, there was Eve next to him. Adam jumped up, grabbed her hand, and said, "Come with me. Let's go into the bushes." And so they went. But a few moments later Adam stumbled out, looking very dejected, and called to the Lord, "Lord, what is a headache?"”
— Osho

@Lionduck said:
Ah, heroes are not so much the valiant the warrior standing alone against the horde. Rather, the hero is performing the mundane tasks of daily life. The greatest heroes give their children or their elderly parent a bath. a hero helps a friend or neighbor or stranger with a needed task or a simple helping hand.
A hero is one who does simple things, as simple as a smile, making another's day or evening just a little brighter.
We may not notice that are surrounded by heroes and that we ourselves may be the very heroes - without capes, titles or fanfare.
Be a hero - just smile, care, say "hello" and "thank you".
There is nothing special about being a hero. But a hero is special to someone.

Hello Heroes!

}Peace to all.

I am Captain Mundane . I don't think they'll be making the movie anytime soon. 😂