his imaginary holiness the flying spaghetti monster
Just don’t seek from another
Or you’ll be far estranged from the Way.
I now go on alone
Meeting it everywhere
It now is just what I am
I now am one with it.
You must comprehend in this way
To merge with thusness.
…
Students as numerous as
sands in the Ganges but none are awakened.
They err by searching for the path in another person’s mouth.
If you wish to forget form and not leave any traces,
wholeheartedly strive to walk
in emptiness.
Nobody can set right
a mismanaged life with a few words.
But there is no pit you cannot climb out of provided
you make the right effort at the right place. When one is in a mess
like you are, one has no right any more to worry about the idiocy of one’s
own psychology, but must do the next thing with diligence and devotion
and earn the goodwill of others. In every littlest thing you do in this
way you will find yourself. Everyone has to do it the hard
way, and always with the next, the littlest,
and the hardest things.
To attain buddhahood we must
scatter this life’s aims and
objects to the wind.
direct the mind toward emptiness
Generally speaking,
practical application of zen requires
detachment from thoughts. This method of zen
saves the most energy. It just requires you to detach from
emotional thoughts, and understand that there is nothing concrete
in the realms of desire, form, and formlessness; only then
can you apply zen practically. If you try to practice it
otherwise, it will seem bitterly painful
by comparison.
