After the Comma, Before the Word

[Kaiku]

To never have lost anything, is that to never have found something?

To never have found anything, is that never to have searched for something?

To never have searched for anything, is that to never have wanted something?

To never have wanted anything, is that to never have desired something?

To never have desired anything, is that to have never lost something?

I say that maybe the answer lies in the middle, after the commas in life, but before everything else?

After the , before the word.

, , , , ,

There is no comma, which is why there is a comma.

Now lets forget all this, lets go sit.

,Zazen,

Gassho
Bobby

[Juki]

Grammatically speaking, the comma is often indicative of a natural pause. That pause is vast emptiness. No answers. Just sit.

Gassho,
Juki

[Ryumon]

Actually, the comma first came into existence as a mark of where to breathe when reading a text aloud. So each comma is a breath.

Gassho,

Kirk

[Juki]

Actually, the comma first came into existence as a mark of where to breathe when reading a text aloud. So each comma is a breath.

Gassho,

Kirk

True. And, if I recall my history correctly, didn't it start out so that there was a system where the number and placement of marks told you how much breath you would need to read the next passage?

emptiness and breath. That is zazen.

gassho,
Juki

[Geika]

Reading and reading music wasn't so different then, I guess.

[Myosha]

Hey Bobby,

Nice moment.

Thank you.


Gassho,
Myosha

[Kaiku]

Grammatically speaking, the comma is often indicative of a natural pause. That pause is vast emptiness. No answers. Just sit.

Gassho,
Juki

[TimF]

Very nice, Bobby!

Gassho,
Tim

[Jundo]

Hmmm. I might put things another way ...

To never have lost anything, can one find that which is never lost nor ever found?

To never have found anything, beyond "losing" or "finding" do you know a finding without searchng?

To never have searched for anything, can one discover the freedom beyond wanting what is right in hand?

To never have wanted anything, do you know how to want and desire without want or desire?

To never have desired anything, do you know how to find that which can never be lost nor ever found?

The answer lies in the middle and boundless to the eight directions, beyond and right through words and punctuation, thoroughly before and after, up and down ...

... no subject or predicate or dependent clause.

Gassho, J

[Taikyo]

It´s the kind of speech no eye can see.
Kabir says: Listen to the word spoken in every body.

Gassho
Taikyo

[Shinzan]

Sweet pairing of poems.

Shinzan

[Myosha]

True. And, if I recall my history correctly, didn't it start out so that there was a system where the number and placement of marks told you how much breath you would need to read the next passage?

emptiness and breath. That is zazen.

gassho,
Juki

Hello,

Speaking of chanting. . .. . .commas. . .breathing. Anyone know where we breath when chanting the Heart Sutra?

It's never the same, twice. . .or maybe. . .since it's the first time. . .every time. . . .

Yours in ignorance,


Gassho,
Myosha

[Taigu]

Hi Myosha,

We don t know when to breathe in chanting the Heart Sutra. We breathe out until we breathe in. Part of the experience of chanting is not to have it all mapped out, a bit like sitting: you never know.

Gassho

T.

[Myosha]

Thank you.


Gassho,
Myosha

[Kaiku]

Hmmm. I might put things another way ...

To never have lost anything, can one find that which is never lost nor ever found?

To never have found anything, beyond "losing" or "finding" do you know a finding without searchng?

To never have searched for anything, can one discover the freedom beyond wanting what is right in hand?

To never have wanted anything, do you know how to want and desire without want or desire?

To never have desired anything, do you know how to find that which can never be lost nor ever found?

The answer lies in the middle and boundless to the eight directions, beyond and right through words and punctuation, thoroughly before and after, up and down ...

... no subject or predicate or dependent clause.

Gassho, J

Thank you Jundo

Gassho
Bobby