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Yoroi – Japanese Samurai Armor

aikijutsu — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:35:47 +0000

: Yoroi – Japanese Armor –

Samurai armor from the Aikijutsu Academy of Indianapolis Hombu Dojo

Seas and Mountians

aikijutsu — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:42:19 +0000

Water dripping ceaselessly
Will fill the four seas.
Specks of dust
Not wiped away
Will become the
Five mountains.

- Shih Wang Ming (6th c. AD)

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Buddha Under a Tree

aikijutsu — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:08:16 +0000

The Brahman Dona saw the Buddha sitting under a tree and was impressed by his peaceful air of alertness and his good demeanor. He asked the Buddha:

“Are you a god?”
“No, Brahman, I am not a god.”
“Then an angel?”
“No, indeed, Brahman.”
“A spirit then?”
“No, I am not a spirit.”
“Then what are you?”
“I am awake.”

- Anguttara Nikaya

Nirvana

aikijutsu — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:13:04 +0000

I’ve traveled eight thousand miles
To a foreign country for this
Audience with the master.
Please teach me the core of the
Samadhi so I can reach nirvana.

- Baekoon Kyunghan (1299-1375)

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Looking for Buddha

aikijutsu — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:07:44 +0000

Look for Buddha outside your own mind,
and Buddha becomes the devil.

-Dogen

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Song of T’aego Hermitage

aikijutsu — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:53:42 +0000

I’ve lived in this hermitage
How long I don’t know
Deep and secret and
Without obstructions
Heaven and earth meet
Like box and cover:
There’s no turning toward
Or turning away.
I do not stay in the east, west,
South or north
The jewel tower and the jade palace
Do not stand opposite me.
I do not take guidelines from
Bodhidharma as a model
As the light shines freely through
Eighty four thousand gates.

- T’aego (1301-1382)

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Heart and Soul

aikijutsu — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:21:18 +0000

One whose heart and soul
Are at one with the great Void
Steps into the mist
And suddenly thinks they
Are stepping right out of this world

- Saigyo

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Dazzling Pureness

aikijutsu — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:56:29 +0000

The monkey is reaching
For the moon in the water.
Until death overtakes him
He’ll never give up.
If he’d let go the branch and
Disappear in the deep pool,
The whole world would shine
With dazzling pureness.

Hakuin

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Dare to Linger

aikijutsu — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:47:24 +0000

Steeply Mt. Yunmen rises
Leaving the white clouds way below
Its streams rush so swiftly
That no fish dares to linger

- Yunmen (864-949)

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Tao is There

aikijutsu — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:23:36 +0000

Once the human mind goes astray,
Truth, the true pattern of the Tao,
Is lost.
Once the human mind is gathered in,
The true pattern of the Tao is there.

- Hu Juren (1434-1484)

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