sacred and ordinary
Experiment The keywords are a way to the texts; if they don't suit you, read the texts directly. How to use them →
also both sacred and ordinary · posvátné a obyčejné CZ
Summary
In these texts, sacred and ordinary are two sides of one thing: everything is both. Ordinary acts like washing our face or eating breakfast have a sacred face; every action is both at once. Objects are not sacred in themselves; we put value into them by making them symbolic.
Part of ↑ reality and the universe ↑ way of life
The keywords right under it✦ Show in the night sky
everything has two sides. One side is important or sacred, and the other side is ordinary. Everything is both sacred and ordinary.
Ceremony and Everyday Life February 2009 — Cholín
The most important texts
- Dojo and Home, Sacred and Ordinary ●●● September 2015 — Banský Studenecsacred and ordinary · Japanese tea ceremony · not making practice special · sacred and ordinary time · treating things preciously
we have to realise that sacred is ordinary. Ordinary is sacred.
- The Empty Trappings of Transmission ●●● September 2009 — Earth Spiritempty trappings · kotsu as a stylised femur · meeting of symbol and person · symbolic value of Buddhist objects · Maradona's boots
lots of ceremony which lots of people give great value to are really empty trappings
Other texts
- Ceremony and Everyday Life ●●● February 2009 — Cholínsacred and ordinary · robe dropped on the floor · symbolic value of Buddhist objects
everything has two sides. One side is important or sacred, and the other side is ordinary. Everything is both sacred and ordinary.
- Buddhism Free from ‘Buddhism’ ●●● September 2009 — Earth Spiritsacred and ordinary · ceremonies as simple rituals · little birds in the garden
I feel the sacred and the ordinary, or sacred and secular are two sides of one thing
- Zen Is Boring ●●●clean the toilet, walk the dog · enlightenment as the most ordinary
But real enlightenment is the most ordinary of the ordinary.
- Genjo-koan 4: Realisation as Wholeness ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koanvalue of action
every action is valuable to itself, every action is sacred and ordinary at the same time
- Ikka-no-myoju 5: The Four Views ●●● Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myojuShobogenzo shut in a box · value of action
our traditional values, in the West, tend to undervalue action. And Buddhism teaches the value of action
- Sacred and Ordinary Together ●●● July 2009 — Brnoputting together sacred and ordinary
if we put together the sacred and the ordinary, we can find the balance
- Freedom and the Teacher’s Character ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavanarobe and cotton
even very important things like the kesa are only pieces of cloth
- Not Making Practice Special ●●● July 2021 — Skalní faranot making practice special
So there's nothing special. So don't make it special. And the way not to make it special is to sit every day.
- Genjo-koan 1: Four Viewpoints ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koanrobe and cotton
I'm wearing the Buddhist robe, so from the first view I'm a Buddhist. From the second viewpoint, I'm only wearing cotton
- Introductions 2: Reality in Ordinary Moments ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapterssacred in ordinary acts
So to simply act makes us whole and in that moment of being whole, we express something sacred
- Introductions 5: Clear Explanation for Zazen ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapterssacred and ordinary
In Buddhism, ordinary and sacred have the same meaning; they are two sides of one thing
- Shoaku Makusa 2: Not Doing Wrong as a State ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusabuddha as an ordinary person
a buddha is an ordinary person, or a buddha has the character of an ordinary person
- MMK 3: Cutting Through Categories ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarikavalue of action
What we value in modern society are the other parts, thinking and planning. Buddhism suggests that we give value to the moments of acting
- Effort for Its Own Sake ●●● July 2009 — Dibbavanavalue of action
For this reason, we need a philosophy that says all action is the same.
- Yunmen’s Lantern Without Mystery ●●● September 2009 — Earth Spiritvalue of action
he feels the value of his action in the present moment because when we are doing something fully
- Recognising the Marrow in Ourselves ●●● May 2012 — Nová Dedinkatreating things preciously
treating things with respect is treating yourself with respect. So in the tea ceremony, treating a cup very carefully is treating yourself very carefully.
- Ikka-no-myoju 2: Undivided Reality ●●● Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myojuheaven and earth as one
But Buddhism insists that they are the same thing. So in Buddhism, Heaven and Earth are the same
- Dogen’s Teaching as a Way of Living ●●● September 2013 — Banský Studenecrobe and cotton
This makes me into a Buddhist now. It's some kind of symbol. But actually, it's nothing. It's a piece of material.
- Right Action from Balance ●●● August 2014 — Banský Studenecordinary people, not special Buddhists
Not to make ourselves into some kind of special Buddhist, but to notice we are ordinary people
- Action as the Center of Buddhism ●●●carrying water and collecting firewood
Carrying water and collecting firewood.
Keywords
Ideas (9) not making practice special2 symbolic value of Buddhist objects2 treating things preciously2 buddha as an ordinary person ceremonies as simple rituals empty trappings enlightenment as the most ordinary meeting of symbol and person sacred in ordinary acts
Themes (5) value of action5 heaven and earth as one ordinary people, not special Buddhists putting together sacred and ordinary sacred and ordinary time
Images and stories (9) robe and cotton3 carrying water and collecting firewood clean the toilet, walk the dog Japanese tea ceremony kotsu as a stylised femur little birds in the garden Maradona's boots robe dropped on the floor Shobogenzo shut in a box