sincerity
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Summary
In these texts, sincerity is honesty towards ourselves and towards others: we tell and listen without any lies and say exactly how it is for us. In a koan story, a monk's simple, sincere attitude of coming to ask is the truth itself; when we act sincerely, self and other disappear.
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This is the meaning of honest, or sincere. When we are honest, we tell, we listen, without any lies.
Buddhist State as Semi-Permeable Membrane September 2015 — Banský Studenec
Texts
- Ikka-no-myoju ●●● Shobogenzonot deceived by others
he can be satisfied not with second-hand knowledge, but only by experiencing things for himself
- Genjo-koan 4: Realisation as Wholeness ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koansincere attitude of asking
he understood that his simple sincere attitude to come and ask was the truth itself
- Ikka-no-myoju 1: A Pearl in Ordinary Things ●●● Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myojunot deceived by others
I have realised that it is not others who deceive me
- Enlightenment as a Normal State ●●● July 2009 — Dibbavanaacting sincerely
every time we act, we let go of it. So if we act sincerely, then self and other disappear
- Buddhist State as Semi-Permeable Membrane ●●● September 2015 — Banský Studenechonesty and lying to oneself
This is the meaning of honest, or sincere. When we are honest, we tell, we listen, without any lies.
- The One Bright Pearl ●●● Shobogenzo · Ikka-no-myojunot deceived by others
I have realised that it is not others who deceive me
- Bussho 3: Joshu’s Dog and Concepts ●●● Summer 2005 — Busshosincere question for a teacher
To have a sincere question is great if you are a teacher, because without any questions you can’t say anything
- Shoaku Makusa 5: The Child and the Old Man ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusastudying Buddhism for impure reasons
might have been studying Buddhism for other than pure reasons
- Recognising the Marrow in Ourselves ●●● May 2012 — Nová Dedinkathe king has no clothes
You know the story, the king has no clothes. So somebody needs to say, No, the king has no clothes.
Keywords
Ideas (4) not deceived by others3 acting sincerely honesty and lying to oneself sincere attitude of asking
Themes (2) sincere question for a teacher studying Buddhism for impure reasons
Images and stories (1) the king has no clothes