Somebody mentioned elsewhere that confidence, a real substantial confidence, is a bit of Buddhist bling.
I'm hardly a Buddhist cover boy, but I suppose I'm confident... confident that I'll continue on sitting zazen while I can, confident that I'm a mix of nice guy, lazy bastard, asshole and buddha... confident that it all doesn't seem terribly clear whilst off the old zafu. Confident that one day i'll no longer be here to be confident about all these inconsistencies and unpredictably annoying entanglements.
Some of that confidence doesn't seem so blingy to me.
What do you reckon to this confidence malarky?
I WANT MY BLING!
Regards,
Harry.
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Yeah. I started out wanting a merit badge just for reading and "getting" Brad's book. Then I want a rakusu and precepts ceremony. The ceremony is now gone and the rakusu is still in the shop being inscribed, stamped, folded, spindled, and perhaps even mutilated. I'll enjoy seeing it again, but I think I'm done being attached to it. The only thing to show for the work so far is a couple dozen blog entries and a sqashed zafu. So much for bling.
Maybe you should get a custom license plate for your car (if they have such things in Erie). Something like "shobo-1".
Cheers
I want some of that non-grasping bling. That shit is fine!
bling to me is glitter with no value...
confidence is not bling - though it might shine more brightly - confidence is a jewel, it is more than glitter is value :)
IMO
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