Om devaganapatoyam Priyasurasya. - Homage & divine offerings to Ganesha as the Highest Spirit.
Namo arahato Buddhassanam. - Homage to the Spiritual Awakening.
Namo arahato Dhammassanam. - Homage to the Way to Awakening.
Namo arahato Sanghassanam. - Homage to the Community of Awakening.
Today, we have a listing of Zen Master Shido Bunan's poetry and Zen stories about him.
Google listing of hits on Shido Bunan
The Blotch - how does a blotch stop a plague of misfortune for a family of local lords? Probably a little psychology: if one is takes it easy and relaxes, misfortunes will go away because one is not overly concerned about them.
Adhyatma From Another Mountain - Sake Wine and Samadhi - the beginning of Bunan's journey.
Find out what "shido bunan" means.
Showing posts with label Ganesha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ganesha. Show all posts
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20100217
Ganesha: His Relationship to Hinduism and Buddhism
The Story Behind Ganesha's Elephant Head
Ganesh is the Indic archetype for the warrior-guardian. In the cosmology of Vedic times, Ganesha is elephant-headed, having had been decapitated by his father, Shiva, during a drunken rage.
Why was Rama angry?
His son Ganesha had been retained by his mother Parvati to guard her door from unwanted intrusions during her bath.
Once he sobered up, Shiva realized his error, and asked the animals who would donate their head to replace Ganesha. Only the loyal war elephant offered her head to replace Ganesha's, seeing as Ganesha was her master. It is said that the elephant reincarnated as Ganesha's consort...
The Myth of Ganesha
In actual fact, Parvati created Ganesha because Shiva was away so much she missed conceiving and giving birth to another son. (See the link in the following URL for more details.)
Here's a link to the etymology and background for Ganesha, who may actually had been a tribal leader of a group of indigenous tribes called the Vināyakas who were conquered by the ancient Aryans of India.
Also, the Vinayaka is mentioned in Buddhist Tantra as the the six-armed form of the Buddhist protector Mahakala (Shadbhuja), which is an emanation of Avalokiteshvara standing atop an elephant headed supine figure.
Relationship between the Vinayakas and Ganesha
Quite possibly then, the Vinayakas were mythologized as demons (psychological manifestations of spiritual evil which creates difficulties and obstacles) in the Veda.
With Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist tradition, the psychological aspects of the mind represented by the Hindu god Ganesha, the Remover of Obstacles, were spiritually "propitiated" through Buddhist meditation to serve the Buddha.
Thus, the Buddhist Vinayaka represents the emanation of Avalokiteshvara known as the Buddhist protector Mahakala, who represents absolute reality without attribute, form or quality.
Later in East Asian Buddhist history Mahakala becomes one of the Chinese Seven Gods of Fortune, the God of Darkness (in Chinese, Dà hēi tiān (大黒天), and in Japanese, Daikokuten.
Through Daikokuten's relationship with Marici, Vinayaka is related to Bhaisajya Guru Buddha, the Medicine Buddha.
Reference:
Vinayaka's connection to Buddhism: http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=207
Ganesh is the Indic archetype for the warrior-guardian. In the cosmology of Vedic times, Ganesha is elephant-headed, having had been decapitated by his father, Shiva, during a drunken rage.
Why was Rama angry?
His son Ganesha had been retained by his mother Parvati to guard her door from unwanted intrusions during her bath.
Once he sobered up, Shiva realized his error, and asked the animals who would donate their head to replace Ganesha. Only the loyal war elephant offered her head to replace Ganesha's, seeing as Ganesha was her master. It is said that the elephant reincarnated as Ganesha's consort...
The Myth of Ganesha
In actual fact, Parvati created Ganesha because Shiva was away so much she missed conceiving and giving birth to another son. (See the link in the following URL for more details.)
Here's a link to the etymology and background for Ganesha, who may actually had been a tribal leader of a group of indigenous tribes called the Vināyakas who were conquered by the ancient Aryans of India.
Also, the Vinayaka is mentioned in Buddhist Tantra as the the six-armed form of the Buddhist protector Mahakala (Shadbhuja), which is an emanation of Avalokiteshvara standing atop an elephant headed supine figure.
Relationship between the Vinayakas and Ganesha
Quite possibly then, the Vinayakas were mythologized as demons (psychological manifestations of spiritual evil which creates difficulties and obstacles) in the Veda.
With Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist tradition, the psychological aspects of the mind represented by the Hindu god Ganesha, the Remover of Obstacles, were spiritually "propitiated" through Buddhist meditation to serve the Buddha.
Thus, the Buddhist Vinayaka represents the emanation of Avalokiteshvara known as the Buddhist protector Mahakala, who represents absolute reality without attribute, form or quality.
Later in East Asian Buddhist history Mahakala becomes one of the Chinese Seven Gods of Fortune, the God of Darkness (in Chinese, Dà hēi tiān (大黒天), and in Japanese, Daikokuten.
Through Daikokuten's relationship with Marici, Vinayaka is related to Bhaisajya Guru Buddha, the Medicine Buddha.
Reference:
Vinayaka's connection to Buddhism: http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=207
20031001
Homage to Ganapati (poem)
Om devaganapattoyam Priyasurasya - Divine offerings to the High Spirt of Ganesha!
Namo arahato buddhanamam - Homage to the Buddha.
Namo arahato dhammanamam - Homage to the Dharma.
Namo arahato sanghanamam - Homage to the Sangha.
Namo arahato buddhanamam - Homage to the Buddha.
Namo arahato dhammanamam - Homage to the Dharma.
Namo arahato sanghanamam - Homage to the Sangha.
20030925
True Emptiness (poem)
Homage to Ganesha of the highest spirit,
the essence of Parvati, and the dance of life,
the creativity inspired by Shiva.
Subhuti and the Flower Shower provides inspiration for the following poem:
How is the true emptiness revealed?
Speak not of emptiness
not even the gods know emptiness.
This is the true emptiness.
the essence of Parvati, and the dance of life,
the creativity inspired by Shiva.
Subhuti and the Flower Shower provides inspiration for the following poem:
How is the true emptiness revealed?
Speak not of emptiness
not even the gods know emptiness.
This is the true emptiness.
20030922
Ganesha Protects My Blog
Homage to Ganesha of the highest spirit, the essence of Parvati, and the dance of life, the creativity inspired by Shiva.
Through the motivation for maintaining this blog, the highest spirit of creativity, Shiva and Parvati are worshiped
In a blog, since this is a private log of my thoughts - the mere intellectualization - I am only imparting facts, worshiping Ganesha where appropriate.
Most gurus, rishis and swamis will declare that intellectual works are in vain, since they are devoid of spiritual action.
As well, an ordinary person's response to the words of an intellectual person is to defer to them. The risk here is to decide on vanity rather than to be humble when other people praise your intellectual prowess. The unspoken caution from the ordinary person is to say, "Beware of your ego when I praise your intellect."
The appropriate response is to thank the ordinary person, and to follow up by closing with, "Now that's been acknowledged, I have nothing more to say."
Having written that, I close with this poem, ad-libbed:
Through the motivation for maintaining this blog, the highest spirit of creativity, Shiva and Parvati are worshiped
In a blog, since this is a private log of my thoughts - the mere intellectualization - I am only imparting facts, worshiping Ganesha where appropriate.
Most gurus, rishis and swamis will declare that intellectual works are in vain, since they are devoid of spiritual action.
As well, an ordinary person's response to the words of an intellectual person is to defer to them. The risk here is to decide on vanity rather than to be humble when other people praise your intellectual prowess. The unspoken caution from the ordinary person is to say, "Beware of your ego when I praise your intellect."
The appropriate response is to thank the ordinary person, and to follow up by closing with, "Now that's been acknowledged, I have nothing more to say."
Having written that, I close with this poem, ad-libbed:
Be ever watchful of the highest spirit in this dance of life. Be Ganesh guarding his mother Parvati. Be Shiva and replace your mind with the wisdom of the divine elephant, and memorize each transitory moment in satori.
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