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__ 守破离Shuhari [1] Shu (守):Guard and abideby traditional wisdomwith learning of fundamentals [2] Ha (破):Detach and break awayfrom traditionsto discover…
__ 亦有亦无Also With, Also Without 有构无构Have a structure that is without structure 有色无色Have forms that are without forms
_ Reel Experience Had forgottenthat IMAX movie-goingis about maxing outboth sight AND sound,that the resounding soundscan be felt morefully in…
_ From ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’: ‘All you can take with youis that whichyou’ve given away.’ Give your generosity,give your…
_ Me[mento] Mori Reminders Latin: Memento MoriEnglish: Remember you must die. Spanish: Me MoriEnglish: I died / I die / I’m…
_ Reply For Kuchisake-onnaTo the slit-mouthed woman(Kuchisake-onna, if real),to whom saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’ is unwise,just say ‘Āmítuófó’(for protection and…
_ Just Keep Waking Up (Further) To know if youhave already awakened fully,keep trying to awaken further. (Pic from ‘1899’)
_ Strength Let go of all the thoughtsthat don’t make you strong. (Realising your weaknessesdoesn’t make you weak –if you…
The following few posts are with thoughts inspired by ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee (as adapted and illustrated…
Force: Dharmagram #323 ‘Rogue Ones’ are those not one with the force and others harmoniously.
Fist: Dharmagram #255 The fist and Zen are alike as one. (From ‘The Empty Hands’)
Homage: Dharmagram #234 Screenshot from ‘Icarus’. (Homage to truth, truth-sayers, truthseekers and the truthful.)
Darkness: Dharmagram #233 Screenshot from ‘Icarus’. (Yes, in the Pure Land of the Buddha of Immeasurable Light. Amituofo.)
Here: Dharmagram #222 Not here either, ultimately; just here relatively.
When do worldly thieves become enlightened saints? When their gang name gets dramatically mistranslated into Chinese (which says ’11 Arhats’)!
Interesting line from Pacino’s cop character in ‘Heat’. If we are nothing other than our shifting tendencies, may we aspire…
A screenshot from ‘Okja’! ‘Translations are sacred.’ A line I agree entirely with due to sutra translation work. To know…
Danny Rand of ‘Iron Fist’ sharing a Zen saying (in episode 1), so he claims. The closest Chinese equivalent I…
Weak twisted reasoning in a liner in ‘The Magnificent Seven (2016)’, when the robber baron said of those he bullied…
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