My name's Justin, and I'm a Buddhist. I take bits from Hindu, and Taoist philosophy as well though. I blog about religion, politics, philosophy, and whatever else I feel like blogging about. I've grown a lot over the years, but I'm still far from where I want to be. If you have any questions then ask away! Don't be shy.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Alan Watts changed my life. Such a profound thinker. My favorite of his is Become What You Are, a short essay collection. Check it out on Amazon.
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Alison Wright *
Western Tibet
Circumambulating Mount Kailash
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Where would I find enough leather
To cover the entire surface of the earth?
But with leather soles beneath my feet,
It’s as if the whole world has been covered.
— Shantideva *
or
Who doesn’t want to hurt his feet walking the rough and brambly earth has two choices; either cover the earth with leather or make himself a pair of sandals.
Osho ॐ
Life should be a dance. And everybody’s life can be a dance. It should be a music - and then you can share; you will have to share. I don’t have to say it, because this is one of the fundamental laws of existence: the more you share your bliss, the more it grows.
Osho (via carpe-aevitas)
Lucid Synchronized Dimensionalism (~justinbonnet)
Open Building Research - The two faces of the Milanofiori residential complex, Milan 2010. Via.
12. Happy Chinaman
Anyone walking about Chinatowns in America will observe statues of a stout fellow carrying a linen sack. Chinese merchants call him Happy Chinaman or Laughing Buddha.
This Hotei lived in the T’ang dynasty. He had no desire to call himself a Zen master or to gather many disciples about him. Instead he walked the streets with a big sack into which he would put gifts of candy, fruit, or doughnuts. These he
would give to children who gathered around him in play. He established a kindergarten of the streets.
Whenever he met a Zen devotee he would extend his hand and say: ‘Give me one penny.’ And if anyone asked him to return to a temple to teach others, again he would reply: ‘Give me one penny.’
Once as he was about his play work another Zen master happened along and inquired: ‘What is the significance of Zen?’
Hotei immediately plopped his sack down on the ground in silent answer.
‘Then,’ asked the other, ‘what is the actualization of Zen?’
At once the Happy Chinaman swung the sack over his shoulder and continued on his way.101 Zen Stories.
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Namaste.
Padmasabhava
Rant on Rand.
Reading the “Virtue of Selfishness” by Ayn Rand with essays by Nathaniel Braden. I love Rand’s fictional work, and some of her philosophy, but I can not stand her and Braden’s interpretation of mysticism. They are both incredibly arrogant and obviously haven’t read any mystic literature or if they did they were too ignorant to understand it. Braden brought up Zen Buddhists “no-mind” and treated it as some sort of mental handicap. What has Rand accomplished in life? All Rand had going for her were four good novels, her biased opinion on religion made her laughable. She makes many good points in her philosophy, but many outlandish atrocious comments as well. Not to mention the fact that she was a total hypocrite and couldn’t even live up to her own philosophy. I am actually disgusted by her character and her ignorance of mysticism and morality. Rand willingly smoked cigarettes knowing it was killing her, and signed up for social security and medicare. It’s sad that she fought for a philosophy she thought was so great and mighty, but in the end she couldn’t even live up to her own standards and died a heartless monster and was nothing like her ideal man Roark or woman Dominique.
However Braden on the other hand, after splitting with Rand finally got his head on straight and reconciled with mysticism and Buddhism and actually started practicing Buddhism and started to understand the concepts instead of just spouting out random filth. However while he is still a rigid individualist who can’t seem to see the futility of the ego, he’s a lot better off then Rand. Rand could easily corrupt people, and twist their thinking into a heap of garbage, people just have to remember to be very selective on her teachings and have a good source of background information so one doesn’t get sucked into the abyss. Site that explains Braden’s time with Rand and after with his introduction to Buddhism.
