So good, Jenna. I’m reminded of Gary Snyder: “[Get] control of your own time; master the twenty-four hours. Do it well, without self-pity. It is as hard to get the children herded into the car pool and down the road to the bus as it is to chant sutras in the Buddha-hall on a cold morning. One move is not better than the other, each can be quite boring, and they both have the virtuous quality of repetition. Repetition and ritual and their good results come in many forms. Changing the filter, wiping noses, going to meetings, picking up around the house, washing the dishes, checking the dipstick — don’t let yourself think these are distracting you from your more serious pursuits. Such a round of chores is not a set of difficulties we hope to escape from so that we may ‘practice’ which will put us on a ‘path’— it is our path.”
Damn. Love that quote. Love that Sage man and don’t hate being near him in your thoughts - and the day after his birthday, too - I think he’s like 3000 years old and still living his life on his place. Thanks, Lou.
So good, Jenna. I’m reminded of Gary Snyder: “[Get] control of your own time; master the twenty-four hours. Do it well, without self-pity. It is as hard to get the children herded into the car pool and down the road to the bus as it is to chant sutras in the Buddha-hall on a cold morning. One move is not better than the other, each can be quite boring, and they both have the virtuous quality of repetition. Repetition and ritual and their good results come in many forms. Changing the filter, wiping noses, going to meetings, picking up around the house, washing the dishes, checking the dipstick — don’t let yourself think these are distracting you from your more serious pursuits. Such a round of chores is not a set of difficulties we hope to escape from so that we may ‘practice’ which will put us on a ‘path’— it is our path.”
Damn. Love that quote. Love that Sage man and don’t hate being near him in your thoughts - and the day after his birthday, too - I think he’s like 3000 years old and still living his life on his place. Thanks, Lou.
A bodhisattva, no doubt.
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If you were a country, I'd be longing to visit.
Am I not?;)