Comments for 108zenbooks http://108zenbooks.com Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on playing fetch with the black dog: buddhism & depression by Genju http://108zenbooks.com/2013/05/21/playing-fetch-with-the-black-dog/#comment-5186 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:46:35 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=6493#comment-5186 Thank you, dear friends, all! It takes time to greet the black dog as a gift, a messenger, a chance to reconnect with what is true for us in the moment. I love that it is also a call to community.

]]> Comment on playing fetch with the black dog: buddhism & depression by Tam http://108zenbooks.com/2013/05/21/playing-fetch-with-the-black-dog/#comment-5174 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:37:46 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=6493#comment-5174 Ah yes. I know about black dogs. Sometimes, if we listen carefully, the black dog brings us messages and helps us cut through the bullshit.

]]> Comment on playing fetch with the black dog: buddhism & depression by dominic724 http://108zenbooks.com/2013/05/21/playing-fetch-with-the-black-dog/#comment-5173 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:17:40 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=6493#comment-5173 The black dog in this memory – a wolfhound with glowering red eyes- wildly shook this body like a rag doll. Nothing with less power could have torn attention from the selfish prison of thought long enough to notice the breadth of suffering – here or elsewhere.

The dog’s ravages landed this character at the Buddha’s feet, and hung around just long enough to ensure there would be no straying from the new path.

How many things once so hated have led to heart-opening maturation ?

Today, I wonder if the black dog was one of Mahakala’s minions, a demon enlisted to help teach about suffering, compassion, and ultimately, emptiness.

Thank you for this exquisitely evocative post, Genju.
Love,
d

]]> Comment on playing fetch with the black dog: buddhism & depression by Kate Edwards http://108zenbooks.com/2013/05/21/playing-fetch-with-the-black-dog/#comment-5172 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:59:28 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=6493#comment-5172 Thank you so much for this, dear one. On this spring day in Wisconsin, your words speak to me and soften my turning to my own heart and the struggles and regrets that seem to be washing over me of late. May we all take good, good care of our precious selves………so that we may take the same care with each other. Love to you.

]]> Comment on playing fetch with the black dog: buddhism & depression by Christine http://108zenbooks.com/2013/05/21/playing-fetch-with-the-black-dog/#comment-5171 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:03 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=6493#comment-5171 Very touching, as I too have danced with the black dog on many occasions, and always love to hear another’s perspective. I also love your new header banner with the balance of the rocks – that seems quite fitting too. I will be back to re-read, and Justin’s link…

]]> Comment on playing fetch with the black dog: buddhism & depression by Zen Doe http://108zenbooks.com/2013/05/21/playing-fetch-with-the-black-dog/#comment-5170 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:57:48 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=6493#comment-5170 Beautifully said, Genju.

]]> Comment on being a time being: dogen, katagiri & the flight of vultures by What is Zen Cooking? | Gaia Cooking http://108zenbooks.com/2013/04/13/being-a-time-being-dogen-katagiri-the-flight-of-vultures/#comment-5168 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:42:43 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=6474#comment-5168 […] being a time being: dogen, katagiri & the flight of vultures (108zenbooks.com) […]

]]> Comment on the calligraphy of leashes by Genju http://108zenbooks.com/2013/03/18/the-calligraphy-of-leashes/#comment-5167 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:30:33 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=6447#comment-5167 Thanks for visiting, Sherry! Dogs are amazing teachers and would probably put Joshu in his place easily. ;-)

]]> Comment on the unborn by Genju http://108zenbooks.com/2013/04/27/the-unborn/#comment-5166 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:28:54 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=6481#comment-5166 Keep laughing!

]]> Comment on the unborn by dave(Tao) http://108zenbooks.com/2013/04/27/the-unborn/#comment-5164 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:16:51 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=6481#comment-5164 still a great challenge for me: when to engage in active and/or passive participation. is there a difference between ‘what i cause’ and ‘what happens to me’? is it pointless to set goals? is life really this absurd? am i the only one who sees this? my stomach hurts from laughing so hard about it all.

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