The Tao/Zen Discipline/Karma/things of that nature

[vaudevillevillain]

Came across this Alan Watts speech & I was intrigued.

Wanted to know what else is known on this topic, thoughts, the whole 9




I've also read books like 'Be Here Now' & 'Tao Te Ching' and have yet to speak to anyone up on these types of subjects. Let's discuss some shyt

 

[He Who Posts Well]

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[thekingsmen]

I-Ching is a book to check out.

 

[vaudevillevillain]

I-Ching is a book to check out.

I've looked into this before but I was a bit confused with the whole hexagram thing, what did you get from the book?

 

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[thekingsmen]

I've looked into this before but I was a bit confused with the whole hexagram thing, what did you get from the book?

Moods and Seasons. Here maybe be a better breakdown of the Hexagram....

Hexagrams ....look to the right and click the hexagram bars and they go into detail.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

the more of the tao u speak the less you know, friends

 

[vaudevillevillain]

the more of the tao u speak the less you know, friends

i tried understanding this when i heard it before, i didnt get it... the way i see the tao is, it is, and always will be, whether speaking on it or not.

how else would i be sure i understand the tao fully without speaking on it?

 

[vaudevillevillain]

and what about karma? no thoughts on that youtube lecture?

 

[Juno]

Pursuing books on the so-called topic, opinions of others and listening to audio will not help in understanding 'Zen' or 'Tao.' (Although Alan Aatts is always brilliant at his talks & books ) It starts with, as far as i understand, with 'ourselves' - to understand the nature and 'ways' of who we 'think' we actually are. From there... you can go on studying what others have said... perhaps.

Zen master Bassu was quoted as saying -> To benefit from reading the sutras you must first awaken the mind that reads them (that is know yourself). Formal study is ultimately unhelpful. The wounderful nature of your own mind, unchanging through countless ages, is the essence of all the sutras (teachings, scriptures and so on.)

 

[Shogun]

I could never buy into the whole reincarnation thing

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

shyt is confusing as fukk

 

[vaudevillevillain]

I could never buy into the whole reincarnation thing

what do you think happens after you die?

 

[Shogun]

what do you think happens after you die?

I can't even pretend to know

What I can say that I don't think a super-natural being takes stock of my good/bad deeds and then reincarnates me accordingly (and I'm not an atheist).