Author: David Schwarm
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CASE 74: Hôgen’s "Form and Name"
A monk asked Hôgen, “I hear that a sutra says, ‘From the basis of non-abiding all dharmas are established.’ What is this basis of non-abiding?” Hôgen said, “Form arises from what has no substance yet; name comes from what has no name yet.”
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CASE 73: Sôzan’s Filial Fulfillment
A monk asked Sôzan, “When one leaves off his mourning clothes, how about that?” Sôzan said, “Sôzan today has fulfilled filial piety.” The monk said, “How about after you have fulfilled piety?” Sôzan said, “Sôzan loves to get drunk.”
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Eight of Wands
mark periods of rapid, clear communication. a feeling of quick-moving energy, and a sense that obstacles are being swept out of your path. direct divine instructions that causes a complete transformation blow away the cobwebs from our pain, and heal old wounds. Try to locate those things – whether major or minor, that have refused…
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XXI The Universe
card of completion. we have come to the end of a given period of development, , try to bring something to a point of completion. remember where you came from.
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Nine of Swords
it always indicates hardness and unkindness, a total lack of consideration or compassion. there is no ethical responsibility for the victim of the attack, nor even any useful result from its application. Here we see venom dealt for venom’s sake; we need to use any method at our disposal to lift us away from the…
David Given Schwarm 