Moments

Karen Maezan Miller linked to this very nice little film on life's ... moments ...

https://vimeo.com/8189067

... at least in the modern suburban West anyway ...

Gassho, J

Beautiful, thank you :)

Gassho

Ditto, like he said!! [claps]

Yes, this was wonderful, thank you. :)

Gassho
Shingen

This just brought tears to my eyes... in a very present way. Thank you.

Gassho
Yugen

Thank you. :)

Gassho, John

Thank you. it's nice to see things like that sometimes. it gives some perspective

Gassho, Dojin.

Thank you for this moment.

Gassho
Heishu

All moments, all perfect. I love it. Thanks for sharing it.

Gassho
Seimyo

Very beautiful. C-section scene made me squirm, I've had two.

permanent impermanence

Neat!


Gassho,
Edward

Indeed Beautiful, tears and all.
Thank You.
Gassho

Wow, love it!

Gassho,

Timo

I love the way it was put together. It showed each moment as an individual snapshot in time forming a whole, but at the same time a whole in the individual snapshots. It reminds me of a book I read Sophie's World. it said that all time is, are moments, like photos, linked together to form a whole movie, such as in old films.

The video put things into perspective. Shows how insignificant I and we all are.

Gassho,
Alex

Dogen said "because flowing is a characteristic of time, moments of past or present do not overlap or line up side by side"
he goes on and on in a nonsensical way saying this and that and everything is time. Then he says 'when timelessness is realized, you are alive.'

Beautiful, Gassho, David

Lovely. Thank you, Jundo.

Gassho,

Glow

Wow. I love this. It got me on the thought that life is truly in the transitions. As a theatre director, I always had the hardest times in staging transitions between scenes. Perhaps these are quite difficult because life is just one big, wonderful transition--ever changing. Thank you for this! --Anzan

Thank you Jundo for this gentle reminder.

Gassho,

Dokan

An un-obstructing dharmabody is so magnificent; beyond profound.

Not to detract from this lovely film, I am reminded of a segment from the movie "American Beauty" in which a simple, mundane plastic bag, spent leaves, a brick wall and a gentle breeze create a dance that is momentarily "complete'. I had originally written "beautifully complete", and then felt that the adjective is also just a concept. Thich Nhat Han Hanh gives it all equanimity by calling it "inter being", beyond defiled and immaculate.

Thanks, Jundo. This has stuck with me for a few days.

[morehappy]

Gassho,
Dosho

How many have we missed?