viewpoint

• we have a mental viewpoint which is formed from our past experiences

  Bussho 3: Joshu’s Dog and Concepts Summer 2005 — Bussho

Texts

1. MMK 2: Non-Separation ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika

   However, Buddhism believes that this world is just this instant; the future doesn’t actually exist

   many faces of reality · viewpoint of the present moment · cause and effect in one instant
2. Buddhism Through European Glasses ●●● August 2014 — Banský Studenec

   we are all wearing European glasses. So when we try to interpret Buddhism, we do it through European glasses

   European glasses · teacher without glasses
3. Prajñā: Deciding Before Thinking ●●● July 2021 — Skalní fara

   every moment, let go, because the next moment the mountain will look different

   fixed viewpoint as belief · letting go of viewpoints
4. Bussho 2: Balance in Action ●●● Summer 2004 — Bussho

   there’s no viewpoint from which we can look at what we’re doing, we just do

   mind busy interpreting reality · viewpoint of action
5. MMK 5: Relinquishing All Views ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika

   This suggests that all views are constructs, and dharma or reality is that which is left when all our views cease

   letting go of viewpoints · throwing a book at the teacher
6. Genjo-koan 1: Four Viewpoints ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koan

   the viewpoint of action is no viewpoint, because when we're acting we stop analysing

   viewpoint of action
7. Introductions 1: Rules and Reality ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters

   all 97 chapters describing the same thing from a different point of view

   same thing from different viewpoints
8. Introductions 5: Clear Explanation for Zazen ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters

   Buddhism says we need many faces to look at reality, because we can’t hold reality as an image

   elephant and three blind men · many faces of reality
9. Bussho 1: Fully Manifesting Existence ●●● Summer 2004 — Bussho

   he affirms it, because we need more than one viewpoint to understand reality

   lion meeting another lion · many faces of reality
10. Bussho 1: Names and Reality ●●● Winter 2005 — Bussho

    The glasses contain our language, so taking the glasses off and talking about something is a kind of contradiction

    glasses we wear
11. The Empty Trappings of Transmission ●●● September 2009 — Earth Spirit

    It’s a state where we prefer a realistic way of looking at things rather than a spiritual way of looking at things

    realistic way of looking at things
12. When the Mud Buffalo Dissolve ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavana

    we have two different viewpoints inside us, and those two viewpoints are fighting with each other

    two viewpoints fighting inside us
13. Buddha-nature ●●● Shobogenzo · Bussho

    the human state is just the constant working of a mental viewpoint that is formed from our past experiences

    viewpoint formed from past experience
14. An Introduction to Shobogenzo ●●● June 2005 — Lotus Centre

    So he says, I see the chair; the chair sees me. He wants to take away our self-centered point of view

    self-centered point of view
15. Bussho 3: Joshu’s Dog and Concepts ●●● Summer 2005 — Bussho

    we have a mental viewpoint which is formed from our past experiences

    viewpoint formed from past experience
16. Kuge 4: Nothing to Get Rid Of ●●● Winter 2007 — Kuge

    leaves a scent of a flower; but if we try and grab the flower, it’s gone. ‘Oh dear, the petals have fallen off!’

    flower scent and fallen petals · twenty-eight flowers in space
17. Yunmen’s Lantern Without Mystery ●●● September 2009 — Earth Spirit

    how we are influenced by different interpretations, but how the interpretations are influenced by our own preferences

    interpretations influenced by our preferences
18. Sadness Is a Change in Balance ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavana

    All zazen does is give us a balanced point of view. And with a balanced point of view, we can do something.

    balanced point of view
19. One Real Teacher and Simplicity ●●● August 2014 — Banský Studenec

    So for four or five years in Japan, I had a terrible time to throw away my point of view.

    letting go of viewpoints
20. Introduction to Master Dogen’s Thought ●●● May 1987 — Gudo Wafu Nishijima

    If we wear red glasses, the whole world looks red

    red glasses
21. Genjo-koan 4: Realisation as Wholeness ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koan

    the ocean seeming to be to fish, a palace, and to gods, a string of pearls

    ocean as palace or pearls
22. Bussho 4: The Cut Earthworm ●●● Summer 2005 — Bussho

    How can we have two points of view on a cup in two different worlds?

    cup in two different worlds
23. Freedom and the Teacher’s Character ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavana

    zazen solved the problem, not exactly the problem, but solved it by changing the point of view

    zazen changing the point of view
24. Intuition Covered by Thinking ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavana

    We both looked at the same thing, but we both chose something else from the reality.

    seeing different things in one scene
25. Action as the Center of Buddhism ●●●

    We take off the glasses of civilized knowledge and belief, and experience the world as it is.

    glasses we wear

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