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Drank too much tea, couldn’t sleep. Woke up and drew some comics. Found another Koan to draw, this time from “The Gateless Gate.” I decided to re-read the book Zen Buddhism by Christmas Humphreys. Also started reading Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau.
I feel it’s okay to use these imaginary, fun characters in my koan comics. A Zen master will probably laugh and ask what is “form” anyway? And they know who they really are so what form it took doesn’t matter.
I also feel that I should draw with free lines. As in Zen paintings that captured the essence of something with simple lines and lots of negative space.
I thought Buddhism was negative when I first learned about Emptiness. Now that I am older and started practicing meditation, I love the feeling of emptiness 空. Some other words that describe emptiness are The Void, no body, no one, no thing, no where in no time (from Dr. Joe Dispenza) and Spaciousness (from Eckhart Tolle).
I feel I need to sign the comic with my Dharma name given to me when I was a teenager.
I didn’t like the name back then because I didn’t understand the meaning. Now I really appreciate my Dharma name “Dao Jia” 道嘉 and aspire to it. Dao aka Tao means the way and all that which cannot be described by words. Jia 嘉 means happiness, goodness, beauty, luck and it’s one of the five ancient Chinese ceremony on celebration and connection.
I think this Koan means live in the now. You purpose in life is to do whatever you are doing right now with your full being. No future, no past, but fully present in the now. That’s the practice. I am recording here what I think about this Koan now. I would be fun to see this when I grow older and wiser.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateless_Barrier
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Why are you still carrying her?
A senior monk and a junior monk were traveling together. At one point, they came to a river with a strong current. As the monks were preparing to cross the river, they saw a very young and beautiful woman also attempting to cross. The young woman asked if they could help her cross to the other side. The two monks glanced at one another because they had taken vows not to touch a woman. Then, without a word, the older monk picked up the woman, carried her across the river, placed her gently on the other side, and carried on his journey. The younger monk couldn’t believe what had just happened. After rejoining his companion, he was speechless, and an hour passed without a word between them. Finally the younger monk blurted out to the older one, “As monks, we are not permitted to touch women. How could you then carry that woman on your shoulders?” The older monk looked at him and replied, “Brother, I set her down on the other side of the river. Why are you still carrying her?”
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