The art of letting things happen, action through non-action, letting go of oneself as taught by Master Eckhart, became for me the key that opens the door to the way. We must be able to let things happen in the psyche.
Carl Jung
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Before enlightenment, Chop wood
Carry water.
After enlightenment, Chop wood
Carry water.
Zen saying
Before enlightenment, Chop wood
Carry water.
After enlightenment, Chop wood
Carry water.
Zen saying
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Carl Jung was instrumental in introducing Zen to the West.
Carl Jung was instrumental in introducing Zen to the West.
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He brought Richard Wilhelm (translator of the I Ching) to the West, wrote the introduction to Wilhelm's Secret of the Golden Flower, wrote the thirty page in introduction to D.T. Suzuki's Introduction to Zen Buddhism.
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There is amazing amount of material both about Buddhism and Zen on the Web. One of the more popular ones is http://www.zenhabits.net/; it has an e-mail subscription list of over 80,000 subscribers.
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According to this website, this are twelve habits of Zen monks:
. .He brought Richard Wilhelm (translator of the I Ching) to the West, wrote the introduction to Wilhelm's Secret of the Golden Flower, wrote the thirty page in introduction to D.T. Suzuki's Introduction to Zen Buddhism.
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There is amazing amount of material both about Buddhism and Zen on the Web. One of the more popular ones is http://www.zenhabits.net/; it has an e-mail subscription list of over 80,000 subscribers.
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According to this website, this are twelve habits of Zen monks:
1. Do one thing at a time.
2. Do it slowly and deliberately.
3. Do it completely.
4. Do less.
5. Put space between things
6. Develop rituals .
7. Designate time for certain things.
8. Devote time to sitting.
9. Smile and serve others.
2. Do it slowly and deliberately.
3. Do it completely.
4. Do less.
5. Put space between things
6. Develop rituals .
7. Designate time for certain things.
8. Devote time to sitting.
9. Smile and serve others.
10. Make cleaning and cooking become meditation.
11. Think about what is necessary.
12. Live simply.
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(See the website for further elaboaration.)
.11. Think about what is necessary.
12. Live simply.
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(See the website for further elaboaration.)
I do wonder just where the Internet fits into a zen approach to life. The interntetr is frequently is associated with multi-tasking. It does not seem to simplify one's life. (It certainly can become a ritual, though.)
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For some, providing the information (like www.wikipedia.com) can be a way of helping others, although since pornography is the number one use of the web, helping others does not seem to be the primary use of the internet.
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All the humor on the web and brilliant photographs do help one smile.
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However, no matter how you parse it, being present on the Web is not quite the same as being present chopping wood.
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Perhap the new Zen internet saying could be
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Perhap the new Zen internet saying could be
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.Query Google, be enlightened, query Google.
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Source of Jung quotation
C. G. Jung, Psychology and Religion: West and East, Bollingen Series XX, Collected Works, XI, trans. R. F. C. Hull. 2d ed., rev. ed. (Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1969), p. 7.
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Zenhabits
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http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/12-essential-rules-to-live-more-like-a-zen-monk/
C. G. Jung, Psychology and Religion: West and East, Bollingen Series XX, Collected Works, XI, trans. R. F. C. Hull. 2d ed., rev. ed. (Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1969), p. 7.
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Zenhabits
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http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/12-essential-rules-to-live-more-like-a-zen-monk/
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