posted by Taigu at 7:19 PM
Taïgu or Kuma San. French oddity, poet, writer, musician, artist and in love with life itself. Interested in unimportant things, people of no rank. Started zazen in my teens, received the precepts as a Zen priest twenty five years ago. Received Dharma transmission in 2003. I believe that Alexander Technique provides a real and living understanding of zazen. It allows zazen to be alive , fluid and dynamic as opposed to what I met almost everywhere: a fixed and rigid form that feeds intolerance, arrogance and ignorance. Lover of Jizo and Kannon. I was born in 1964 and because of my passion for life and art, I lived many lives in one. Jack of all trades, master of none. I now live in Japan. Surnom : Kuma ou Kuma San. Vaguement français, poète, musicien, artiste et amoureux de la vie même. Passionné par les choses ordinaires, les gens sans importance. Ai commencé Zazen dans mon adolescence, ai reçu les préceptes de moine voici plus de trente ans. Grand amoureux de Jizo et Kannon. Je suis né en 1964 et, de par ma passion pour la vie et l’art, j’ai vécu plusieurs vies en une seule. Touche à tout mais ne maîtrise rien. Ai recu la transmission du dharma en 2002.
3 Comments:
Hi Pierre,
Have you considered that your position contrary to those 'arrogant masters' may just be a type of inverted arrogance itself?
It may well be that a Master such as, say, Dogen Zenji, would speak in a way that seemed arrogant based solely in his perception that he was genuinely helping people (and he did speak in this way).
Arrogance is the sort of simple human behavior that maybe we understand better through accepting, through using it, as it exists in ourselves.
And by the way, isn't having a French man preach against arrogance a little like having a Chinese man caution against the dangers of eating rice! :-))
Regards,
Harry.
Thank you, Harry; "May I be"...means, well, I am not. How do you know Dogen was arrogant just for the sake of helping people? Did you meet him?
Arrogance and French people go well together according to the not so jocking Mike Cross. Are you tempted to follow his foot steps?
All the best
Hi Pierre,
I don't really know regarding Master Dogen's apparently arrogant statements, that's why I said "...it may well be", but the 'helpful arrogance' thing seems a reasonable enough assumption given that his considerable efforts seem to have been about helping, clarifying, pointing out etc. And he did make many statements which challenged his own more strident or 'arrogant' views... maybe he was just an ordinary guy with his own silly opinions which contradicted other things he said (shock! horror!... he was just like us!). This is forgivable I think.
If I can eventually come to follow your Master to the zafu (i.e. if I can practice Zazen as much as he does) I shall consider that a good thing. I'll certainly continue to take his opinions, as I take yours, Master Dogen's and my own(sometimes!), with a pinch of salt.
Here's another arrogant opinion... this is the most successful of your new haiku in terms of tone and content:
Sannomiya subway
the only man singing
a dirty old tramp
It is directly indirect, it avoids sentimentality, it focuses in on the subject/detail realistically while implying much more... nicely done.
Regards,
Harry.
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