Comments on: Sundays with Uncle-God Momma: wash your bowl http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/01/sundays-with-uncle-god-momma-wash-your-bowl/ Think. It ain't illegal yet... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:16:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marissa http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/01/sundays-with-uncle-god-momma-wash-your-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-66731 Marissa Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:45:02 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7352#comment-66731 Nice tree analogy Lex. This reminds me, I am putting together a guided hike about the coniferous forest ecosystem: nurse logs, soil compostions, fungi, undergrowth species, etc, etc... Thanks for the enlightenment. Nice tree analogy Lex. This reminds me, I am putting together a guided hike about the coniferous forest ecosystem: nurse logs, soil compostions, fungi, undergrowth species, etc, etc… Thanks for the enlightenment.

]]> By: Russ Wellen http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/01/sundays-with-uncle-god-momma-wash-your-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-61613 Russ Wellen Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:40:06 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7352#comment-61613 Yeah, I'm a sucker for that stuff. Even if it's advertising art, the artist dashed it off nicely in the spirit of Zen. Yeah, I’m a sucker for that stuff. Even if it’s advertising art, the artist dashed it off nicely in the spirit of Zen.

]]> By: Lex http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/01/sundays-with-uncle-god-momma-wash-your-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-61567 Lex Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:15:33 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7352#comment-61567 I guess that one could call me a secular Zen student too...after a fashion. In school we were told that the definition of religion is a system of a beliefs that informs behavior in this world. But there isn't much to "believe" in Zen; even a lot of the mahayana doctrine that it's based on is almost superfluous. I totally forgot to credit the art, but i got it from some person running an internet ad agency who liked it because it was so zen and it looked the first letter of the person's name. It is a nice circle though, isn't it? I guess that one could call me a secular Zen student too…after a fashion. In school we were told that the definition of religion is a system of a beliefs that informs behavior in this world. But there isn’t much to “believe” in Zen; even a lot of the mahayana doctrine that it’s based on is almost superfluous.

I totally forgot to credit the art, but i got it from some person running an internet ad agency who liked it because it was so zen and it looked the first letter of the person’s name. It is a nice circle though, isn’t it?

]]> By: Russ Wellen http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/01/sundays-with-uncle-god-momma-wash-your-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-61533 Russ Wellen Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:01:10 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7352#comment-61533 Yes, it's hard to reconcile work of the mind, including writing, with Zen. (I'm a secular Zen student.) The brushstroke art you chose is one of the best I've seen and I love that stuff. Yes, it’s hard to reconcile work of the mind, including writing, with Zen. (I’m a secular Zen student.) The brushstroke art you chose is one of the best I’ve seen and I love that stuff.

]]> By: Lex http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/01/sundays-with-uncle-god-momma-wash-your-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-61532 Lex Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:11:11 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7352#comment-61532 Russ, like getting smacked with a sandal, no? (That's a great statement, thanks.) As a personal addendum: i've been criticized once or twice for generally choosing jobs that do not utilize my brain as much as my body. A fair criticism except that making brain work into prayer is difficult. If one must think then it is hard to abide in the spaces between thoughts. Russ, like getting smacked with a sandal, no? (That’s a great statement, thanks.)

As a personal addendum: i’ve been criticized once or twice for generally choosing jobs that do not utilize my brain as much as my body. A fair criticism except that making brain work into prayer is difficult. If one must think then it is hard to abide in the spaces between thoughts.

]]> By: Russ Wellen http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/01/sundays-with-uncle-god-momma-wash-your-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-61531 Russ Wellen Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:57:08 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7352#comment-61531 A favorite statement of mine, translated, I think, from the Japanese:<BLOCKQUOTE>From the standpoint of Buddhism, experience presents itself directly.</BLOCKQUOTE> A favorite statement of mine, translated, I think, from the Japanese:
From the standpoint of Buddhism, experience presents itself directly.

]]> By: Dawn http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/01/sundays-with-uncle-god-momma-wash-your-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-61523 Dawn Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:24:33 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7352#comment-61523 <em>It finds you when you’re lost in the moment.</em> The best place to be. It finds you when you’re lost in the moment.

The best place to be.

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