Random Dharma

From a Terry Eagleton article on Bono:

Bertolt Brecht tells the tale of a king in the East who was pained by all the suffering in the world. So he called his wise men together and asked them to inquire into its cause. The wise men duly looked into the matter, and returned with the news that the cause of the world's suffering was the king.

Accidental latte Enso.

Ocean pulls me close
And whispers in my ear
The destiny I've chose
All becoming clear
The currents have their say
The time is drawing near
Washes me away
Makes me disappear
I descend from grace
In arms of undertow
I will take my place
In the great below

This song made me cry like a little baby today.

yay, another member of the weeping club!

Music-- a lot of it, anyhow-- seems aimed at just that result. A shot to the heart.

MANY of the songs on "All the Roadrunning" just destroy me, especially these two:

Ohh...If you guys only knew my music quote was from Nine Inch Nails

I love this website: www.fakebuddhaquotes.com/

Tagline: "Nope, I didn't say that." — The Buddha

Russell wrote: Ohh...If you guys only knew my music quote was from Nine Inch Nails

(I caught the NIN quote right away ) edit, adding on: You'll appreciate this... I said to myself, oh shit, the guy is listening to NIN... hmm, but I think that's actually a fairly beautiful song, as far as things go. I better listen to it before I reply.

shargrol wrote:

Russell wrote: Ohh...If you guys only knew my music quote was from Nine Inch Nails

(I caught the NIN quote right away )

Awesome!!

see add on above. Normally NIN is not a good sign!

Pretty Hate Machine and Downward Spiral had some great moments but haven't done much with them since then... in the meantime, on the music and weeping note there's a few Nick Cave songs I get in my head at the moment including "Do You Love Me?" but more immediately relevant... this one's going out to Ona

Simpsons dharma:

"Listen, you! When you gave me that money, you said I wouldn't have to repay it 'til the future! This isn't the future! It's the lousy stinking now!"

After growing up in a family of ministers and missionaries, never ran into this remarkable bible verse before. Doesn't get cited very often I guess:
"Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?" Isaiah 43:18-19

"Think less, fart more" - Mike LaTorra

(overheard while talking to Rod this morning)

By the way, when Mike said this, he wasn't giving me advice.....

Dunno if this is really "random"-- it may be canonical by now: The Big Lebowski.
" In the closing scenes of that film, Jeff Bridges as The Dude is talking to Sam Elliot as The Stranger in the bowling alley. As the Dude departs, clutching two beers, the Stranger says "take it easy, Dude. I know that you will." The Dude turns back, smiles, and says to the Stranger, "the Dude abides". Elliot turns to the camera and says "The Dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowing he's out there, the Dude, takin' 'er easy for all us sinners."

Ahh yes... The Dude abides.

My attention was called to this by a group email that went on to explore the meaning of "abide." And I was remembering that some translators have rendered "shamatha" as "calm abiding."

So shamatha = dude abiding

and the Stranger is suggesting that he's doing it for the benefit of sentient beings, as bodhisattva activity: DEEP!

This is a very complicated case, "Kate". You know, a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-you's. And, uh, lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head. Luckily I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, "meditation" regimen to keep my mind limber.

(sorry couldn't help it. i love this movie.)

6. Riding the ox home
The struggle is over. The ox and herder move in one direction effortlessly but the illusion of the subject and object still persists.



Wait..., what?

ROFL. Thank you.

“By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.” - yukio mishima