tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post5775323080577789527..comments2023-09-10T01:32:11.328-05:00Comments on The Broken Bokken: Did you ever notice?David "Shinzen" Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17361987240669832512noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-68776252608170318522009-10-08T15:44:59.789-05:002009-10-08T15:44:59.789-05:00Samsara at its best! Thanks James.Samsara at its best! Thanks James.David "Shinzen" Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361987240669832512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-56429709986660115372009-10-08T15:07:16.136-05:002009-10-08T15:07:16.136-05:00Great post. Another way to look at it too is that ...Great post. Another way to look at it too is that every time we cut at something or someone with our mind-sword we double (at least) our suffering/problems. Then if we cut each half of the problem we create even more pieces or problems. Bowing...They call him James Urehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171585857015973860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-10704855516571141912009-10-07T09:59:55.294-05:002009-10-07T09:59:55.294-05:00Yes...this is exactly how I feel in the company in...Yes...this is exactly how I feel in the company in of my sensei. <br /><br />A sense of open space to 'be'. And yet, to be shaped as well by the 'cutting' away of the un-necessary in mind, spirit and practice through the ministrations of a teacher...Nardahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16536913063519327736noreply@blogger.com