Sublime

the Buddha is not so concerned with philosophical argument as he is with putting an end to suffering, which arises from projection and which ceases upon understanding the true nature of one’s own perceptions.

on le voit tant en Orient qu'en Occident. Le Sentier de l'Ascension du Multiple au Un est le sentier de la sagesse. La sagesse voit que derrière toutes la diversité des formes et des phénomènes réside l'Un, le Bien, la Vacuité inqualifiable, contre quoi toutes les formes sont considérées comme illusoires, fugaces, impermanentes. La sagesse est le r

Comedy, and how he divided his allegory of consciousness into these 3 levels called Inferno, Purgatorio, and

Although both Buddhism and psychoanalysis can be said to share a common goal of relieving suffering, Kodo Sawaki Roshi’s admonition that zazen is “useless” should put us on notice that the “relief” being offered may be either indirect at best or, more likely, wholly different from whatever sort of relief we had in mind when we began to practice.