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) Aikijutsu Academy of Indianapolis Read Full Story
…The position after the arrow is released is called Zanshin. The shooting is not yet completed at the release ( Hanare), as there is still something remaining . Expressed as spirit, it is the remaining spiritual energy, and expressed as for, it is the remaining action.
Sunday the final day of the Kyudo Season. Seminars are over and it is my in a way my first real class of training with S. Sensei it was to be a full class day. We start at 11:00 am and run until 4 or 5. Half of the class is... Read Full Story
…When the conditions of the full draw have been fulfilled, the release will be its results
Today was sunny, cool as is expected in Dec but still comfortable. I had a early morning Tai Chi/Kung Fu class to teach. I was a bit more picky today about the students performance, or expression of the movement perhaps is a better term. I wonder how much of an influence the last weekend of Kyudo practice had to do with that, or just my general state of mind. Hard to believe it was a full week ago... Read Full Story
And what is mind And how is it recognized? If I clearly draw In sumi ink, the sound Of breezes drifting through pine Is all that is seen. - Ikkyu Sojun (1394-1481) Aikijutsu Academy of Indianapolis Read Full Story
This morning I came from the expanse of reality. Tonight I'll go into the expanse of reality. I have the master's oral instructions For a friend when I’m sad. I spread out great bliss as a seat. I wear the natural warmth Of the primordial for clothing. I use great equanimity for a pillow. I'm friendly with intrinsic self-awareness As a close companion. I eat pure meditative concentration for food. I drink continuity for a drink. The food is eaten in nonduality, The taste experienced as great... Read Full Story
When people think of self defense, they usually think of martial arts. There is another kind, it is call common sense. A lot of the situations could be avoided all together just using our heads. People put themselves in harms way everyday without even realizing it. Here a few ideas to combat this problem. Cellphones Cellphone are one of the greatest inventions of the last century, and over the last 10 years it seems everyone has one. They can be very useful in calling for help, etc... Read Full Story
The moon illuminates a thousand peaks with the brilliance of daylight, The sound of the bell falls on my pillow of old friend's poems; In my thin monk's robes, unafraid of the frost's harshness, I rise, roll up the thin blinds, sit in the depths of the night. - Tesshu Tokusai (?–1366) Aikijutsu Academy of Indianapolis Read Full Story
Whatever you are doing, twenty-four hours a day, in all your various activities, there is something that transcends the Buddhas and Zen Masters; but as soon as you want to understand it, it's not there. As soon as you try to gather your attention on it, you have already turned away from it. That is why I say you see but cannot do anything about it. - Foyan (1067–1120) Aikijutsu Academy of Indianapolis Read Full Story
It has been asked, "How should those who enter the path apply their minds?" All things are originally uncreated And presently undying. Just let your mind be free; You don't have to restrain it. See directly and hear directly; Come directly and go directly. When you must go, Then go. When you must stay, Then stay. This is the true path. A scripture says, "Conditional existence is the site of enlightenment, insofar as you know it as it really is." - Niu-t'ou Hui-chung (683-769) Aikijutsu... Read Full Story
