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W buddyźmie chodzi o to, aby się cieszyć.

Loose awareness of mind and body: In the Chinese monasteries the main type of spiritual practice was the chanting and repetition of Koans. (Koans are short phrases which help to focus the mind) However Dogen was rather disappointed with this type of practise. Dogen wanted to return to Japan but under the guidance of a senior priest Rujing , he learnt the art of silent meditation. In this practise the goal was to silence the mind and loose awareness of mind and body. In this type of meditation the goal is to still the mind, thinking of neither good things or bad things. SOURCE: Dogen Biography

W najwcześniejszych pismach buddyjskich nie ma bezpośrednich zaleceń aby nie jeść mięsa. Mnisi mają żyć z tego, co wpadnie do ich miski. Są zachęcani, aby nie wybrzydzać i wolno im przyjmować mięso, za wyjątkiem tego, które pochodziłoby z uboju mającego na celu nakarmić wyłącznie ich. Poza tym, z mnisiej diety całkowicie wykluczone jest mięso ludzkie [...] SOURCE: Buddyzm a Wegetarianizm (autor: Tomek)

"In my tradition we don't exorcise demons, we invite them for tea." ( be gentle? ) SOURCES: - NamelessRiver comment under 'Antidote for Aversion' - 'Inviting the Demons'

One of the first stumbling blocks that Westerners often encounter when they learn about Buddhism is the teaching on anatta, often translated as no-self. This teaching is a stumbling block for two reasons. First, the idea of there being no self doesn't fit well with other Buddhist teachings, such as the doctrine of kamma and rebirth: If there's no self, what experiences the results of kamma and takes rebirth? Second, it doesn't fit well with our own Judeo-Christian background, which assumes the existence of an eternal soul or self as a basic presupposition: If there's no self, what's the purpose of a spiritual life? Many books try to answer these questions, but if you look at the Pali canon — the earliest extant record of the Buddha's teachings — you won't find them addressed at all. In fact, the one place where the Buddha was asked point-blank whether or not there was a self, he refused to answer. When later asked why, he said that to hold either that there...

Pragnienie i niechęć powodują cierpienie. Cierpienie powoduje pragnienie i niechęć. Lekarstwem na pragnienie jest umiar. Niechęci nie da się pokonać niechęcią, jedynie "zaproszeniem jej na herbatę".

Dlatego powinieneś odejść od praktyki [medytacji zazen] opartej na rozumieniu intelektualnym, odrzucić słowa i to, co za nimi idzie, nauczyć się kroku wstecz, który odwróci światło do wewnątrz aby oświetlało twoją jaźń. SOURCE: Dogen - "Fukan Zazengi"