Another weekend of good rides and hangin' at the clubhouse. Good Memorial Day weekend.

Shoulder to Shoulder, Hand to Hand

In a sense, all of Buddhist practice takes place here, in this most intimate realm: here, in the family, shoulder to shoulder with fellow workers, beside each other on the cushion. We meet each other face to face, and so have all our teachers and ancestors met each other. In this way have all the Buddhas taught. Hand to sweating hand. - Sallie Tisdale, "Washing Out Emptiness"

 

New Pirmary cover and pics from the swap meet.

Jack Kerouac / The Beat Generation

"I'll tell you all my secrets, but I lie about my past"- Tom Waits

You can take the asshole off the bagger, but you can't take the bagger out of the asshole. Love you anyway Animal. 

Another weekend drifts into memory

The Path of Optimism
Buddhism is a path of supreme optimism, for one of its basic tenets is that no human life or experience is to be wasted or forgotten, but all should be transformed into a source of wisdom and compassionate living.

- Taitetsu Unno, "Number One Fool"

Moto Monday Pics

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Back in the SLC

Maintaining Not Knowing Mind
As soon as we think we know something, then we become rigid and unresponsive. You know the famous phrase: 'For the beginner there are many possibilities, but for the expert there are few.' Maintaining a mind of 'not knowing' allows us to respond to situations with openness, freshness, and joy.

- Gerry Shishin Wick Roshi, "Give and Take: On Studying Koans"