Great is the matter of birth and death.
Life slips quickly by.
Time waits for no one.
Wake up! Wake up!
Don’t waste a moment!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Not Knowing is Most Intimate
Dizang asked Fayan, "Where are you going?"
Fayan said, "Around on pilgrimage."
Dizang said, "What is the purpose of pilgrimage?"
Fayan said, "I don't know."
Dizang said, "Not knowing is most intimate."
The Book of Serenity, Case 20
Can we abide in not-knowing and still acknowledge fundamental interdependency and interconnectedness--regardless of scientific data and the interpretation of the data?
Arctic sea ice has stabilized over the past three years or so to a point just below the standard deviation of the 1979-2000 average, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. It also appears that sea levels are not rising at nearly the rates feared, according to NOAA. See graphs below. Good news? Bad news? Ambivalent news?
Even if the sun should rise in the west, the bodhisattva has but one way...
Fayan said, "Around on pilgrimage."
Dizang said, "What is the purpose of pilgrimage?"
Fayan said, "I don't know."
Dizang said, "Not knowing is most intimate."
The Book of Serenity, Case 20
Can we abide in not-knowing and still acknowledge fundamental interdependency and interconnectedness--regardless of scientific data and the interpretation of the data?
Arctic sea ice has stabilized over the past three years or so to a point just below the standard deviation of the 1979-2000 average, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. It also appears that sea levels are not rising at nearly the rates feared, according to NOAA. See graphs below. Good news? Bad news? Ambivalent news?
Even if the sun should rise in the west, the bodhisattva has but one way...
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