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Introduction to the Ten Ox Chart

Oct 30, 20238 min read

[Zenji Kakuan - [Ten Bulls (ten signs of the Chinese zodiac)

  • [Northern Song dynasty

Consciousness-Only Thought - yoga - [Zen (Buddhism) is also a form of yoga.

  • There exists only knowledge
    • [There is only the mind, so if you do yoga and purify your mind, you will go from being lost to being enlightened.
    • ↔ all are empty.
  • brought to China by Xuanzang Sanzang.
    • Introduced to Japan during the Nara period (710-794)

[Araya-sense = “all-knowledge”.

The author is the originator of Kantou Jyugyuzu.

Interrogation cow

Sightseeing trail.

  • [The light of the lamp is the light of the lamp itself.
  • Self=new self
  • Law = Elements of Existence → Teachings → Truth Transform the self from the deepest level
  • [Shomon kunju p.77
  • Indiscriminate Wisdom.

[Non-owner-occupied] p.80 - False dichotomy - middle way

  • the hardest thing about being dead is being extremely ruthless

    • The Great Sutra says, “The Buddha nature is non-possessive, non-existent, non-causal, non-existent, non-inside, non-external, non-extreme, non-negligent, etc.” (p. 44, a4-6. Choi p. 339). The original text is Nanpon Nirvana Sutra, Vol. 25, Shikhang Bodhisattvahin, “The Buddha-natured one is also non-colorful, also non-phase, also non-phase, also non-unity, also non-unity, also non-existence, also non-exhaustion, also cause and effect, also righteousness, also non-righteousness, also character, also non-character, also non-character, also non-character. (T12, no. 375, p. 770, b20-25). --- PDF

  • ↔ Relative thinking with and without

[The “Shogitai” and the “Sezoku Taisetsu” are the two most important principles of the “Shogitai” and the “Sezoku Taisetsu”.

GETSUYU

  • class=Note
  • Clearly stated and unforgettable
    • Obviously, write it down and don’t forget it.
  • awareness - attention っぽさnishio.icon

cattle ranching

cavalry returning to home

forgetting cow survivor

  • flow
    • Denial of false self
      • Acquisition of a new self
      • cattle (Bos taurus)
    • Denial of a new self
    • Denial of one’s true self
      • [The same as the above.
  • [If you don’t want to die, die now. Once you die, you will never die again.
  • [When the time is right to meet with misfortune, meet with misfortune; when the time is right to die, die.
  • [Immortality
    • narrowing the gap between life and death
  • If you are in a state of forgetfulness, if you are in a state of ecstasy, you are going backwards.
    • I saw a well-written story in another book that said
    • It says the same thing.
  • We must burn out those egos.

[The same as the above.

Returned by…

[Irimin-dakutei - relief for others practice line - The child is lost ordinary man. - The pastor is a bodhisattva. - The phase where the Buddha was saving others before he became enlightened. - Entering into the philosophy of “consciousness”, “bodhisattva way” and “bodhisattva conduct”. - bodhisattva - Enlightenment Seekers - Kamigyubodhi, lower incarnation of sentient beings. - A way of life that seeks to gain wisdom. - > Jogu Bodhi Kamigu Bodhi. - > The Bodhisattva is a person who seeks a higher level of enlightenment. In Buddhist terminology, it is the path that a bodhisattva should take. Kami-gu” means to seek a higher state of being. Bodhi” refers to the state of wisdom and enlightenment, having renounced worldly desires. - What is [jogu bodhi? Meaning, reading and usage - List of four-character compounds - goo dictionary https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E4%B8%8A%E6%B1%82%E8%8F%A9%E6%8F%90_%28%E5%9B%9B%E5%AD%97%E7%86%9F%E8%AA %9E%29/]] - A way of life that seeks to practice compassion. - > Lower sentient beings. - > To teach and save all beings that are born. It is performed by Bodhisattvas as an act of altruism. - What is geke shujo? Meaning and usage - Kotobank []](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%8B%E5%8C%96%E8%A1%86%E7%94%9F-59331) - Gaining wisdom and developing compassionate deeds - rain ni mo makezu - All things without accounting for myself - that’s the kind of thing I want to be.

  • Parable of the Candles
    • The candle itself is ego.
    • Light is wisdom, warmth is compassion.
    • Burn up your ego so that it is gone and you die.

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