—Kotatsu Roko as quoted by John High in his new and soon to be published book of poetry: you are everything you are not
Thursday, September 6, 2012
The silence of speaking and hearing...
Humongous Rhetorical Deluge
Bloc 11
Humongous Rhetorical Deluge
Breezy Ineloquent
Redolent of Schlock!
The things that make life unbearable:
No orange poppy seed scones @ Bloc 11 and
settling for an Almond Croissant
with my coffee -->
too sweet!
John Bailes
Kotatsu Roko
Saturday, 1 September 2012
Bloc 11, Somerville
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
for the person of no rank
Zazen for Ordinary People:
The act of concentration by which
every being gathers itself within itself
– our very being – stretches across
an abyss fading into bottomlessness.
From somewhere deep beneath the
ground of all being the Form of things - falling apart and scattering – floats
up to the surface.
It matters not how gigantic the
mountain, how robust the man, nor how sturdy the personality, the question of
nothingness, our own, that of the entire world, this very universe, touches the
essential quality of all things.
This nothingness is nothing more
than a display of illusory appearance essential to all beings. When all beings
return to nothing, we leave not a trace behind.
From ancient times people have
spoken of the impermanence of things, the nothing that allows not a trace to be
left behind lies at the base of all things from the very start.
This is the meaning of
impermanence.
As my dear friend Norman Fischer
has said, “Only Love.”
I hope to see you in this floating
world.
Kotatsu Roko
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Somerville
Each of us is the...
Primary Point
This is not a flying away.
This is a coming to be,
a bringing to one point
that which already is,
including flying away.
This is not flying away.
This is allowing to be
one point which is already
including flying away.
Kotatsu
Roko
Wednesday,
5 September 2012
Somerville
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