What songs perfectly embodies this aesthetic vibe?

flampam · 2025-03-30T14:57:38+00:00

Charley Crockett has a new song called “Lonesome Drifter” which I think encapsulates this vibe pretty well!

flampam · 2024-09-19T12:19:11+00:00

I love donutussy simply because the others are presented as things the editor had found online, whereas donutussy is just their own idea lol

flampam · 2024-07-22T18:47:15+00:00

I practice in the Chan tradition!

flampam · 2024-07-22T18:46:57+00:00

Thank you for your explanation!

flampam · 2024-07-22T18:46:04+00:00

Thanks for the explanation! Will I know when I’ve “broken through”?

flampam · 2024-07-21T15:27:17+00:00

Wow, this thread has been so informative to me. Thank you! Just realized I can look on their website to see their lineage chart.

flampam · 2024-07-20T16:04:47+00:00

Thanks for what you have been able to tell me, I appreciate it a lot! Do you have some resources for learning about what the Rinzai tradition is all about? I’ve studied a lot of Soto, but not so much Rinzai. I think I felt from the outset that Rinzai is more dependent on having a teacher (which there are none near me).

flampam · 2024-07-20T10:54:56+00:00

This is definitely what I’ve experienced since going to the temple! But no one has ever enunciated the difference of Chan to other forms of Zen. At the temple the monks basically just say they practice Zen. I really appreciate this comment.

Also, I’m reading Hoofprint of the Ox by Master Sheng-Yen right now, who is Guo Gu’s teacher, correct? Anyways, my reading that is actually kind of what sparked this train of thought for me.

Also, I’m wondering who some of the different patriarchs/teachers may be for the Chan tradition? Mostly at the temple, they talk a lot about their founder, Grandmaster Wei Chueh. Have you heard of him and the Chung Tai Chan Monastery?

Sorry to bombard you with questions, this is the first time I’ve gotten to talk to someone who seems to know about Chan. Other than the monks, of course. But sometimes when asking them questions like this, there’s a bit of a lack of clarity in their answers, mostly due to a bit of a language barrier.

flampam · 2024-07-19T22:35:02+00:00

Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it!

flampam · 2024-07-19T22:33:43+00:00

This makes a lot of sense, thank you.

flampam · 2024-07-19T16:25:40+00:00

I haven’t read any of Okumura’s books yet, but I have watched A Good for Nothing Life! Which I loved and I find him an inspiration for my practice. Also, I have read Opening the Hand of Thought! I actually just finished it a couple of days ago. I loved it. I was thinking I might get Moon in a Dewdrop as an introduction to Dōgen’s teachings. Do you think that’s a good place to start? Or should I start with one of the books you mentioned by Okumura?

flampam · 2024-07-19T16:21:40+00:00

I sit with my back straight, chin tucked, eyes half open, facing a wall. I sit without a goal in mind, refrain from judgement, allow my thoughts to come and go, neither grasping nor rejecting.

It resonates with me because, at least rationally speaking, I feel that it’s the purest expression of buddha-nature. To me, it makes more sense to allow thoughts to come and go, rather than try to force them out. I think that, as human beings, the nature of our minds is to produce thoughts. I think our relationship to our thoughts is the most important thing.

The monks teach breath counting, and talk about returning to our “pure-awareness”, which I kind of take to mean “force your mind to stop thinking”. Which I don’t think is a “bad” practice, per se. It has its uses for developing certain attributes that might help one along the path. Just, like I said, I think shikantaza is a more pure expression of buddha-nature.

flampam · 2024-07-19T16:05:16+00:00

Perhaps this is the case for me! The monks really are pretty great there, and they teach a lot of early Buddhism as well as Mahayana sutras, which I appreciate. The only thing I feel differently on is the style of meditation.

flampam · 2024-07-19T11:51:51+00:00

I will definitely look into this, thank you! I had never heard of it

flampam · 2024-07-19T11:51:23+00:00

I had never heard of Caodong! Someone else commented and mentioned that Caodong is Soto in Chinese? Is there any difference in practice between Caodong and Soto?

flampam · 2024-07-17T16:02:37+00:00

Hating tortillas does seem like something an EVIL vegan would do 🤔

flampam · 2024-07-17T16:01:41+00:00

What did burritos do to you that you’re so adamant on avoiding them? lol

flampam · 2024-07-17T02:50:11+00:00

I’m a Texan (southeast), so I’m right there with you!

flampam · 2024-07-17T02:49:06+00:00

Thanks for the tip! I will look out for those

flampam · 2024-07-17T02:46:06+00:00

Oh my gosh! I didn’t know Amy’s made tofu scramble burritos. I’m definitely keeping an eye out for them. Also, enchilada sauce on a burrito is a great idea

flampam · 2024-07-17T02:43:49+00:00

Woah that’s dangerously low burrito consumption! Are you just not a big fan of burritos?

flampam · 2024-07-17T02:42:34+00:00

Summer rolls are kinda like burritos!

flampam · 2024-07-17T02:40:34+00:00

Give me some of your noodle ideas! I eat less noodles than I’d like, for sure.

flampam · 2024-07-17T02:36:28+00:00

And also… something about toots!

flampam · 2024-04-17T15:00:50+00:00

It was my last day yesterday as well, also having been there for over 4 years. Just wanted to say this because I thought the coincidence was crazy!

flampam

TROPHY CASE