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Sunday, March 22, 2020
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Need Good Luck? Earn It!
No luck, good luck, or bad luck ... living involves dealing with the surprises and capriciousness of events in our lives.
"Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn, the connections you fail to build, the health you sacrifice along the path, your inability to generate ideas, the people around you who don't support and love your efforts, and whatever god you curse for your bad luck."
- James Altucher
"Diligence is the mother of good luck."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck."
- Channing Pollock
"Luck is the residue of design."
- Branch Rickey
"Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid."
- John Dewey
"Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn, the connections you fail to build, the health you sacrifice along the path, your inability to generate ideas, the people around you who don't support and love your efforts, and whatever god you curse for your bad luck."
- James Altucher
"Diligence is the mother of good luck."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck."
- Channing Pollock
"Luck is the residue of design."
- Branch Rickey
"Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid."
- John Dewey
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Reprogramming the Body and Brain
Change Your Age: Using Your Body and Brain to Feel Younger, Stronger, and More Fit. By Frank Wildman, Ph.D.. Certified Feldenkrais Trainer. Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2010. Index, 214 pages. ISBN: 978-0738213637. VSCL.
Karen and I have been doing many of the movement-awareness routines specified in this informative book.
Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984) Bibliography, Quotes, Biography
I attend a one hour class "Awareness Through Movement" on Wednesday conducted by Christine Toscano in Vancouver, Washington.
Monday, March 16, 2020
Tips for Living Longer
Ten Easy Tips for a
Happier and Healthier Life
"Tip 1. The importance of exercise
Tip 2. Time for recovery [relaxation, rest, quiet time, meditation]
Tip 3. Sleep Fortifies
Tip 4. Sunshine and fresh air
Tip 5. Eat yourself healthy
Tip 6. Choose the right drink
Tip 7. Keep your weight in check
Tip 8. Oral health provides general health
Tip 9. Be an optimist
Tip 10. We need each other; nourish friendships"
Tip 2. Time for recovery [relaxation, rest, quiet time, meditation]
Tip 3. Sleep Fortifies
Tip 4. Sunshine and fresh air
Tip 5. Eat yourself healthy
Tip 6. Choose the right drink
Tip 7. Keep your weight in check
Tip 8. Oral health provides general health
Tip 9. Be an optimist
Tip 10. We need each other; nourish friendships"
- Bertil Marklund, MD, Phd,
The Nordic Guide to Living 10 Years Longer, 2017
Lagom is a Swedish word that
means “just the right amount”, “just the right amount is best”. Lagom
implies moderation, balance, pared down simplicity, sufficient without excess,
reasonable amounts, what is enough.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
The Staff Turned Into a Dragon and Swallowed the Universe
Blue Cliff Record, Case 60
Yunmen's Staff Turns Into a Dragon
"Yúnmén Wényan (864–949 CE), (雲門文偃; Japanese: Ummon Bun'en; also known in English as "Unmon", "Ummon Daishi", "Ummon Zenji")
Introduction
"Engo's Introduction: Buddhas and sentient beings are not, by nature, different. Mountains, rivers, and your own self are all just the same. Why should they be separation and constitute two worlds? Even if you are well versed in Zen koans and know how to deal with them, if you stop then everything is spoiled. If you do not stop, the whole world will be dissolved, with not a particle of it left behind. Now tell me, what does it mean to be well versed in Zen koans? See the following.
MAIN SUBJECT: Ummon held out his staff and said to the assembled monks, "The staff has transformed itself into a dragon and swallowed up the universe! Where are the mountains, the rivers, and the great world?"
- Two Zen Classics: Mumonkan and Hekiganroku, Translated by Katsuki Sekida, 1977, p.
Commentary on Yunmen's Staff Turns Into a Dragon by Mike Garofalo
Zen Koans: Bibliography, Index, Links, Commentary, Information
The Blue Cliff Record.
Translated by Thomas Cleary and J. C. Cleary. Foreword by Taizan Maezumi
Roshi. Boston, Shambhala, 2005.
Glossary, biographies, bibliography, 648 pages. ISBN: 9781590302323.
Case 60, p. 341-346. "Yun Men's Staff Turns Into a Dragon."Way of the Staff
Setchō's Verse
"The staff has swallowed up the universe?
Don't say peach blossoms float on the waters.
The fish that gets it tail singed
May fail to grasp the mist and clouds.
The ones that lie with gills exposed
Need not loose heart.
My verse is done.
But do you really hear me?
Only be carefree! Stand unwavering!
Why so bewhildered?
Seventy-two blows are not enough
I want to give you a hundred and fifty.
Setchō descended from the rostrum waving his staff. The whole crowd ran away."
- Two Zen Classics: Mumonkan and Hekiganroku, Translated by Katsuki Sekida, 1977, p.
"A monk asked Kenpo, "The one road of Nirvana leads into the ten
quarters. But where does it begin?"
Kenpo raised his staff and traced a horizontal line in the air and said, "Here."
Disappointed, the monk went to Yunmen and asked him the same question.
Ummon held up his staff and said, "This staff leaps up to the 33rd heaven and hits the presiding deity on the nose,
then it dives down into the Eastern Sea where it hits the holy carp.
The carp becomes a dragon which then brings a flood of rain."
List of Koans by Yunmen Wenyan
Kenpo raised his staff and traced a horizontal line in the air and said, "Here."
Disappointed, the monk went to Yunmen and asked him the same question.
Ummon held up his staff and said, "This staff leaps up to the 33rd heaven and hits the presiding deity on the nose,
then it dives down into the Eastern Sea where it hits the holy carp.
The carp becomes a dragon which then brings a flood of rain."
List of Koans by Yunmen Wenyan
Yunmen said, "A true person
of the Way can speak fire without burning his mouth. He can speak all day with
moving his lips and teeth or uttering a word. The entire day he just wears his
clothes and eats his food, but never comes in contact with a single grain of
rice or thread of cloth.
When we speak in this fashion it is jut the manner of our school. It must be set forth like this to be realized. But if you meet a true patch-robed monk of our school and try to reveal the essence through words, it will be a waste of time and effort. Even if you get some great understanding by means of a single word you are still just dozing."
- Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings
.
By Andy
Ferguson, 2000, p. 262
When we speak in this fashion it is jut the manner of our school. It must be set forth like this to be realized. But if you meet a true patch-robed monk of our school and try to reveal the essence through words, it will be a waste of time and effort. Even if you get some great understanding by means of a single word you are still just dozing."
- Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings
.
By Andy
Ferguson, 2000, p. 262
Roshi Robert Baker Aitken
(1917-2010)
Roshi Aitken holds a ceremonial stick.
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Cold and Homeboud in Vancouver
All the schools and libraries are closed for four weeks in Vancouver to prevent the spread of the flu. All gatherings and sports events are cancelled.
This morning it is snowing. There are about 3 to 4 inches of snow everywhere.
We have our home stocked with provisions and emergeny supplies. Electricity and water are available.
Both Karen and I seem healthy and have a positive attitude.
May everyone stay healthy and weather this storm of a serious flu pandemic.
ZZ Top
A documentary about the band ZZ Top is now available on Netflix. This "Little Band from Texas" has been playing together for 5 decades.
I purchased the album Eliminator in Bishop, California, in September of 1984. I played it first while driving to Mammoth Mountain from Bishop. Ah, the memories.
Friday, March 13, 2020
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, Chapter 11
Daodejing by Laozi
Chapter 11
The potter kneads the clay as he works, with many a twist and rub,
But in the nothingness within, the vessel's use is found;
Doors and windows cut in the walls thereby a room will make,
But in its nothingness is found the room' s utility;
So the profit of existences is only for the sake
Of non-existences, where all the use is found to be."
"Thirty spokes share one hub.
Adapt the nothing therein to the purpose in hand, and you will have the use of the cart.
Knead clay in order to make a vessel.
Adapt the nothing therein to the purpose in hand, and you will have the use of the vessel.
Cut out doors and windows in order to make a room.
Adapt the nothing therein to the purpose in hand, and you will have the use of the room.
Thus what we gain is Something, yet it is by virtue of Nothing that this can be put to use."
- Translated by D. C. Lau, 1963, Chapter 11
"Thirty spokes surround one nave, the usefulness of the wheel is always in that empty innermost.
You fashion clay to make a bowl, the usefulness of the bowl is always in that empty innermost.
You cut out doors and windows to make a house, their usefulness to a house is always in their empty space.
Therefore profit comes from external form, but usefulness comes from the empty innermost."
- Translated by Isabella Mears, 1916, Chapter 11
"Although the wheel has thirty spokes its utility lies in the emptiness of the hub.
The jar is made by kneading clay, but its usefulness consists in its capacity.
A room is made by cutting out windows and doors through the walls, but the space the walls contain measures the room's value.
In the same way matter is necessary to form, but the value of reality lies in its immateriality.
Or thus: a material body is necessary to existence, but the value of a life is measured by its immaterial soul."
- Translated by Dwight Goddard and Henri Borel, 1919, Chapter 11
"Thirty spokes will converge
In the hub of a wheel;
But the use of the cart
Will depend on the part
Of the hub that is void.
With a wall all around
A clay bowl is molded;
But the use of the bowl
Will depend on the part
Of the bowl that is void.
Cut out windows and doors
In the house as you build;
But the use of the house
Will depend on the space
In the walls that is void.
So advantage is had
From whatever is there;
But usefulness rises
From whatever is not."
- Translated by Raymond Blackney, 1955, Chapter 11
"Though thirty spokes may be joined in one hub, the utility of the carriage lies in what is not there.
Though clay may be moulded into a vase, the utility of the vase lies in what is not there
Though doors and windows may be cut to make a house, the utility of the house lies in what is not there.
Therefore, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not."
- Translated by Jan J. L. Duyvendak, 1954, Chapter 11
"Thirty spokes share the hub of a wheel;
yet it is its center that makes it useful.
You can mould clay into a vessel;
yet, it is its emptiness that makes it useful.
Cut doors and windows from the walls of a house;
but the ultimate use of the house
will depend on that part where nothing exists.
Therefore, something is shaped into what is;
but its usefulness comes from what is not."
- Translated by Kari Hohne, 2009, Chapter 11
三十輻共一轂.
當其無, 有車之用.
埏埴以為器.
當其無有器之用.
鑿戶牖以為室.
當其無, 有室之用.
故有之以為利.
無之以為用.
- Chinese characters, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 11
san shih fu kung yi ku.
tang ch'i wu, yu ch'ê chih yung.
yen ch'ih yi wei ch'i.
tang ch'i wu yu ch'i chih yung.
tso hu yu yi wei shih.
tang ch'i wu, yu shih chih yung.
ku yu chih yi wei li.
wu chih yi wei yung.
- Wade-Giles Romanization, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 11
"Thirty spokes unite in one hub: on what in it is nothing
depends the usefulness of the cart.
Clay may be made into vessels: on what in them is nothing
depends the usefulness of the vessels.
We cut out doors and windows to make a house: on what in them
is nothing depends the usefulness of the house.
So the existent may be regarded as profitable; the non-existent
may be regarded as useful. The sage discards the outer life in favour of the inner."
- Translated by P. J. Maclagan, 1898, Chapter 11
A typical webpage created by Mike Garofalo for each one of the 81 Chapters (Verses, Sections) of the Tao Te Ching (Daodejing) by Lao Tzu (Laozi) includes 25 different English language translations or interpolations for that Chapter, 5 Spanish language translations for that Chapter, the Chinese characters for that Chapter, the Wade-Giles and Hanyu Pinyin transliterations (Romanization) of the Mandarin Chinese words for that Chapter, and 2 German and 1 French translation of that Chapter. Each webpage for each one of the 81 Chapters of the Tao Te Ching includes extensive indexing by key words, phrases, and terms for that Chapter in English, Spanish, and the Wade-Giles Romanization. Each webpage on a Chapter of the Daodejing includes recommended reading in books and websites, a detailed bibliography, some commentary, research leads, translation sources, a Google Translate drop down menu, and other resources for that Chapter.
Chapter 11, Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. Complied by Mike Garofalo.
Chapter and Thematic Index (Concordance) to the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
English Language Daodejing Translators' Source Index
Spanish Language Daodejing Translators' Source Index
Ripening Peaches: Taoist Studies and Practices
Taoism: A Selected Reading List
Chapter 11
"Thirty spokes unite in a nave, but the nothingness in the hub
Gives to the wheel its usefulness, for thereupon it goes round;The potter kneads the clay as he works, with many a twist and rub,
But in the nothingness within, the vessel's use is found;
Doors and windows cut in the walls thereby a room will make,
But in its nothingness is found the room' s utility;
So the profit of existences is only for the sake
Of non-existences, where all the use is found to be."
- Translated by Isaac Winter Heysinger, 1903, Chapter 11
"Thirty spokes share one hub.
Adapt the nothing therein to the purpose in hand, and you will have the use of the cart.
Knead clay in order to make a vessel.
Adapt the nothing therein to the purpose in hand, and you will have the use of the vessel.
Cut out doors and windows in order to make a room.
Adapt the nothing therein to the purpose in hand, and you will have the use of the room.
Thus what we gain is Something, yet it is by virtue of Nothing that this can be put to use."
- Translated by D. C. Lau, 1963, Chapter 11
"Thirty spokes share one hub.
It is just the space (the Nothingness) between them
That makes a cart function as a cart.
Knead clay to make a vessel
And you find within it the space
That makes a vessel as a vessel.
To build a house with doors and windows
And you find within them the space
That makes a house function as a house.
Hence the Being (substance) can provide a condition
Under which usefulness is found,
But the Nothingness (space) is the usefulness itself."
- Translated by Gu Zengkun, Chapter 11 It is just the space (the Nothingness) between them
That makes a cart function as a cart.
Knead clay to make a vessel
And you find within it the space
That makes a vessel as a vessel.
To build a house with doors and windows
And you find within them the space
That makes a house function as a house.
Hence the Being (substance) can provide a condition
Under which usefulness is found,
But the Nothingness (space) is the usefulness itself."
"Thirty spokes surround one nave, the usefulness of the wheel is always in that empty innermost.
You fashion clay to make a bowl, the usefulness of the bowl is always in that empty innermost.
You cut out doors and windows to make a house, their usefulness to a house is always in their empty space.
Therefore profit comes from external form, but usefulness comes from the empty innermost."
- Translated by Isabella Mears, 1916, Chapter 11
"Although the wheel has thirty spokes its utility lies in the emptiness of the hub.
The jar is made by kneading clay, but its usefulness consists in its capacity.
A room is made by cutting out windows and doors through the walls, but the space the walls contain measures the room's value.
In the same way matter is necessary to form, but the value of reality lies in its immateriality.
Or thus: a material body is necessary to existence, but the value of a life is measured by its immaterial soul."
- Translated by Dwight Goddard and Henri Borel, 1919, Chapter 11
"Thirty spokes will converge
In the hub of a wheel;
But the use of the cart
Will depend on the part
Of the hub that is void.
With a wall all around
A clay bowl is molded;
But the use of the bowl
Will depend on the part
Of the bowl that is void.
Cut out windows and doors
In the house as you build;
But the use of the house
Will depend on the space
In the walls that is void.
So advantage is had
From whatever is there;
But usefulness rises
From whatever is not."
- Translated by Raymond Blackney, 1955, Chapter 11
"Treinta rayos convergen en el medio,
pero el vacío mediano
hace andar al carro.
Se modela la arcilla para hacer jarrones con ella,pero el vacío mediano
hace andar al carro.
pero de su vacío interno
depende su utilización.
Una casa está abierta con puertas y ventanas,
otra vez el vacío
permite que se habite en ella.
El Ser da posibilidades,
sólo se utilizan a través del no-ser."
- Translated by Alba, 1998, Tao Te Ching, Capítulo 11
depende su utilización.
Una casa está abierta con puertas y ventanas,
otra vez el vacío
permite que se habite en ella.
El Ser da posibilidades,
sólo se utilizan a través del no-ser."
- Translated by Alba, 1998, Tao Te Ching, Capítulo 11
"Though thirty spokes may be joined in one hub, the utility of the carriage lies in what is not there.
Though clay may be moulded into a vase, the utility of the vase lies in what is not there
Though doors and windows may be cut to make a house, the utility of the house lies in what is not there.
Therefore, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not."
- Translated by Jan J. L. Duyvendak, 1954, Chapter 11
"Thirty spokes share the hub of a wheel;
yet it is its center that makes it useful.
You can mould clay into a vessel;
yet, it is its emptiness that makes it useful.
Cut doors and windows from the walls of a house;
but the ultimate use of the house
will depend on that part where nothing exists.
Therefore, something is shaped into what is;
but its usefulness comes from what is not."
- Translated by Kari Hohne, 2009, Chapter 11
三十輻共一轂.
當其無, 有車之用.
埏埴以為器.
當其無有器之用.
鑿戶牖以為室.
當其無, 有室之用.
故有之以為利.
無之以為用.
- Chinese characters, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 11
san shih fu kung yi ku.
tang ch'i wu, yu ch'ê chih yung.
yen ch'ih yi wei ch'i.
tang ch'i wu yu ch'i chih yung.
tso hu yu yi wei shih.
tang ch'i wu, yu shih chih yung.
ku yu chih yi wei li.
wu chih yi wei yung.
- Wade-Giles Romanization, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 11
"Thirty spokes unite in one hub: on what in it is nothing
depends the usefulness of the cart.
Clay may be made into vessels: on what in them is nothing
depends the usefulness of the vessels.
We cut out doors and windows to make a house: on what in them
is nothing depends the usefulness of the house.
So the existent may be regarded as profitable; the non-existent
may be regarded as useful. The sage discards the outer life in favour of the inner."
- Translated by P. J. Maclagan, 1898, Chapter 11
"Thirty
Spokes converge
upon a single hub;
It is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges.
We make a bowl or cup from a lump of clay;
It is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
We make doors and windows for a room;
It is the empty spaces that make the room livable.
Thus, take advantage of what is visible, by making use of what is not visible."
- Translated by J. L. Trottier, 1994, Chapter 11
It is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges.
We make a bowl or cup from a lump of clay;
It is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
We make doors and windows for a room;
It is the empty spaces that make the room livable.
Thus, take advantage of what is visible, by making use of what is not visible."
- Translated by J. L. Trottier, 1994, Chapter 11
A typical webpage created by Mike Garofalo for each one of the 81 Chapters (Verses, Sections) of the Tao Te Ching (Daodejing) by Lao Tzu (Laozi) includes 25 different English language translations or interpolations for that Chapter, 5 Spanish language translations for that Chapter, the Chinese characters for that Chapter, the Wade-Giles and Hanyu Pinyin transliterations (Romanization) of the Mandarin Chinese words for that Chapter, and 2 German and 1 French translation of that Chapter. Each webpage for each one of the 81 Chapters of the Tao Te Ching includes extensive indexing by key words, phrases, and terms for that Chapter in English, Spanish, and the Wade-Giles Romanization. Each webpage on a Chapter of the Daodejing includes recommended reading in books and websites, a detailed bibliography, some commentary, research leads, translation sources, a Google Translate drop down menu, and other resources for that Chapter.
Chapter 11, Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. Complied by Mike Garofalo.
Chapter and Thematic Index (Concordance) to the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
English Language Daodejing Translators' Source Index
Spanish Language Daodejing Translators' Source Index
Ripening Peaches: Taoist Studies and Practices
Taoism: A Selected Reading List
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