Zen and fighting
Well, this has to do with:
who many believe lived in the area of the Shaolin monastery .
as you see in the above link of the life of Bodhidharma.
So, we find an interesting correlation between the concept
of " fighting ", and what is considered by many to be
"spirituality".
Well, tomorrow is a a big day for Baha'i's throughout the world.
the celebration of the ascension , 100 anniversary, Abdul' Baha .
Interesting connection, hard to spell both names.
Anyway, to me, Zen translates to practice and not necessarily
" achievement ", which to my mind is more like a goal, and
goals change based on achievements. Goals are a whole
'nother thing.
So back to fighting and Zen, I think it's not hard to
put this together. Back to Bodhidharma and Abdul'-Baha,
one difference is you can spell check Bodhidharma. Also
there is a major confluence of these ideas, fighting, struggle,
practice, service, and teaching. All these things relate on
a pretty deep level within us. Most important, it is something
that is going on with in us, almost constantly. Fighting
with ourselves, who ever ourselves may turn out to be.
Fortunately, for us, there are many ways to view that.
More than that, tomorrow, I am going to speak about this
day: Day 182 , and if you follow the link you will see
an image of a battlefield. This allows me to mention another
extraordinary organization: Battlefield Band ,
And so tomorrow, as an intro to my thoughts on what happened
at Stanford, I might talk a little about. maybe, connections, between
these too figures. Of course Bodhidharma is legendary while
Abdul' Baha is a great deal more historical.
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