Wild Fox Zen
The photo is another from Glynn at Empty Hand – thanks – I think I’ve got how to load these figured out now. Like I said in an earlier post, clearly signing and handing out books makes me very happy.
Anyway, we had our training group Genjokoan study last night. I’ll be posting later about Genjokoan but for now here’s a little excerpt from Trungpa’s Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism about relationships within the dharma community that came up during our check-ins/capping phrase sharing. Click here for the link to the whole passage in Google Books.
“Sangha” means “community of people on the spiritual path,” “companions.” I am willing to share my experience of the whole environment of life with my fellow pilgrims, my fellow searchers, those who walk with me; but I am not willing to lean on them in order to gain support. I am only willing to walk along with them. There is a very dangerous tendency to lean on one another as we tread the path. If a group of people leans on one another, then if one should happen to fall down, everyone falls down. So we do not lean on anyone else. We just walk with each other, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, working with each other, going with each other.
Although I agree wholeheartedly, when I hear the Rinpoche say that we don’t lean, it sounds overly idealistic. So today (seasoned and tenderized by having witnessed falls and fallen myself) I’d say it differently. It is from falling that we learn how we’ve been leaning. And then we can stand up, shake off the dirt, and keep walking.
How is it for you?
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