Whereas a foolish person holds willfully to facts and details,
To drown in subtle differences of words and lines,
From Songs of Ryokan, Chinese Poems #103
Contemplation – Four
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Contemplation – Three
A wise person learns the mystery of existence in a flash
And climbs in a leap beyond the world of hollow phenomena,
From Songs of Ryokan, Chinese Poems #103
Contemplation – Two
Had we wisdom deep enough to know ourselves, single-handed,
No benefits would result from the works of ancient saints.
From Songs of Ryokan, Chinese Poems #103
Contemplations – One
Ancient sages left their works behind, not to let us know
About themselves, but to help us understand our own stamp.
From Songs of Ryokan, Chinese Poems #103
Screen Time?
I will be pre-publishing nine posts to cover the period while we at Throssel are in retreat. During that time I’m going to do my best to deliberately limit my ‘screen time’ which will include not publishing or responding to any comments that you might leave. Do respond though, I’ll publish them when I’m back on-line.
In 1998 I signed up for email and was possibly the first monk to have an email address in the Order. At the time I had an inkling of how this means of communication would change my way of working, I hadn’t anticipated just how much and that the Internet (and thus screen time) would come to dominate my days. Not a complaint by any means and it will be interesting to see how I do these next days. Back to posting ‘live’ on the 16th, or thereabouts.