Christopher Brainerd blogs about his journey into Buddhism

This is a collection of Christopher Brainerd's ramblings written as a novice student of Buddhism.
My primary practice is Jodo Shinshu, yet I ramble on many spiritual topics.
Some of what follows is original, some are quotes or summations for which I provide the source.
Gassho!

Thursday, September 12, 2013

The Empty Eightfold Path

Adapted from "The Heart of Buddha's Teaching" by Thich Nhat Hanh

Right View. All views are wrong.
Right Thought. All thoughts are wrong.
Right Speech. All speech is wrong.
Right Action. All actions are wrong.
Right Livelihood. All works are wrong.
Right Effort. All effort is wrong.
Right Mindfulness. All mindfulness is wrong.
Right Concentration. All concentration is wrong.

Right View is the absence of all views.
Right Thought is the absence of all thought.
Right Speech is the absence of all speech.
Right Action is the absence of all action.
Right Livelihood is the absence of all work.
Right Effort is the absence of all effort.
Right Mindfulness is the absence of all mindfulness.
Right Concentration is the absence of all concentration.

Practicing the Path is Doing, not Judging.
Living in the moment (dhamma)
Not in the dualistic mind.

Our learned behaviors are delusional.
It is better to do NOTHING
Then to rely on a delusion!

Don't TRY.
Just BE. Now.

Don't just let go,
LET BE.


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