WISDOM

Knowing others is wisdom;
Knowing the self is enlightenment.
Mastering others requires force;
Mastering the self needs strength.
He who knows he has enough is rich.
Perseverance is a sign of willpower.
He who stays where he is endures.
To die but not to perish 

is to be eternally present.

photo of a Hiroki Murata Sumi-e painting.

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SHO-CHU-RAI

The Coming from within the Real

Within nothingness there is a path Leading away from the dusts of the world. Even if you observe the taboo On the present emperors name, 
You will surpass that eloquent one of yore Who silenced every tongue.

Tozan Ryokai

SANDOKAI

In the light there is darkness,
but don't take it as darkness;
In the dark there is light,
but don't see it as light.
 

Light and darkness oppose one another
like front and back foot in walking.
 

Each of the myriad things has its merit,
expressed according to function and place.
 

Phenomena exist; box and lid fit.
Principle responds; arrow points meet.
 

Hearing the words, understand the meaning;
don't set up standards of your own.
If you don't understand the Way right before you,
how will you know the path as you walk?
Progress is not a matter of far or near,
but if you are confused, mountains and rivers block your way.
 

I respectfully urge your who study the mystery,
do not pass your days and nights in vain.

 

 

Sekito Kisen Daiosho

GÉNESIS 6

A Terra estava corrompida diante de Deus e cheia de violência. 

Deus olhou para a Terra e viu que ela estava corrompida, 

pois toda a humanidade seguia, 

na Terra, 

os caminhos da corrupção.

GYA TEI GYA TEI HA RA GYA TEI

O Sariputra, form is no other than emptiness,
    Emptiness no other than form,
    Form is precisely emptiness,
    Emptiness precisely form.
    Sensation, perception, reaction and consciousness are also like this.
    O Sariputra, all things are expressions of emptiness,

Gate, gate, paragate, parasamgate, bodhi svaha!

Gone, gone, gone to the other shore beyond.

Hannya Shingyo 

TAO

To nourish the vital energy, keep watch in silence;
In order to subdue the mind, act with non-action.

Of movement and stillness, be aware of their origin;
There is no work to do, much less someone to seek.

The true and constant must respond to phenomena;
Responding to phenomena, you must be unconfused.

When unconfused, the nature will stabilize by itself;
When the nature stabilizes, energy returns by itself.

When energy returns, the elixir crystallizes by itself;
Within the pot, the trigrams of kǎn and lí are joined.

Yīn and yáng arise, alternating over and over again;
Every transformation comes like a clap of thunder.

White clouds form and come to assemble at the peak;
The sweet nectar sprinkles down Mount Sumeru.

Swallow for yourself this wine of immortality;
You wander so freely—who is able to know you?

Sit and listen to the tune played without strings;
Clearly understand the mechanism of creation.

It comes entirely from these twenty lines;
A true ladder going straight to Heaven.

Bǎi Zì Bēi

 

Senta-te e ouve música que se não tocou em instrumento 

Entenderás então a mecânica da criação

 

Sem visibilidade

Serás visível em luz

Sem tempo

Serás eterno

Não tu

Tudo

TAO

Vanished

Both the man and the animal have disappeared, 
no traces are left,
The bright moon-light is empty and shadowless with all the ten-thousand objects in it;
If anyone should ask the meaning of this,
Behold the lilies of the field and its fresh sweet-scented verdure.

Images by Kuo-an Shih-yuan or ShuBun ?

Zen

 

Manhã

Som

A lentidão

do voo

Shakuhashi 

The Great Way

When
in Silence

Oneness

The Great Way has no gate;
there are a thousand paths to it.
If you pass through the barrier,
you walk the universe alone.

Create Higgs Bosons 

 

Afonso Couto

És de novo

Anjo

As minhas condolências à família de Afonso Couto

Mahler Kindertotenlieder 

Edge of Time

Se

apenas se vive

 Agora

Afinal

onde

está

o

Tempo

de

Ontem
 

No Limite

estará no Futuro

(quando me lembrar dele)
 

E quando se morre

?

Eternamente

sem Tempo

Presente

 nem Memória

Horizonte

Pain