Tricycle Aging eBook

Aging

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Tricycle Teachings: Aging

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I   ricycle E

1 “B C”   B,    T B B  2 “H, N,  M S,”  A W 3 “AA C,” v     B  4 “O R H,”  A C S 5 “A “A    D  D,”  K J 6 “ M,”  R Z  “T G  G,”  A S 8 “Aw  D,”  N Ox 9 “T A L,”  vw w Lw R 10 “A   S P,”  vw w Lw R   x     


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A      A v On the Road , O B  J K w: “N w w’            w .” —  ! W ’     w    w   x  v B   , ’            . I ,  Lw R    Aging  Aging as a Spiritual Practice (C  10),      v     v  v . A , w w     —,   —   B  . W     (v)       , ricycle eachings: Aging . I  w    v,     ,  w   . A w   w: R ’     w   . T   v   .—T E


1 BEOND C OPING T B’   , , ,  

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K Kv: “M R,  , ‘T w  w w. I   .’ Nw w         ?”V. R: “W   ,  : W  w 20  25   — x  ,  x ,  x ,  x ,  x w —w        , ,    w?” K Kv: “, M R, w I w 20  25  ... I w       , ,    w . I w   I   w. I     w w  q  .” V. R: “A w   ,  : A  v w        ,  ,     w ?” K Kv: “N  , M R. I’ w    , , v  , v       , 80  . S, , ‘I w    ,’ I   w .  .””


V. R: “I w    ,  ,   B O w w  , w   w, : ‘T w  w w. I   .’ Hv w     , I w       .” — Maj Majjhima jhima Nikay Nikaya a 82 “T    w      : ‘A  I  , , w w w            . T  w , , w       . W   v w    ,          B’ . I          w w. B  w, ,    ,            ,     ,  z    z,  —w w  —I w v   v w .’” — Anguttar Anguttara a Nikaya Nikaya 5.8 Tanissaro Bhikkhu    M F M,   S D. D.


2 HAGS, N NS, AND MAGPIE SCHOLAR S ,    

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P   . T w  . I   w w I  “ ”           w   w          , ,   “”  w v v,, , x . T dakini dakini,,    , q   ,   vv   , w   w      w      . H ,   ,     . T 11       ,   I B     N,   . F  B v,  ’         . Ev   w, w     ,     w w . T     . O  , ’      w  “   .” I    ,    ,  . T’  B    amrit-kundali amrit-kundali,, 


w      w    q          . T “z”        v   ,       ,      . Sangha Speaks

Home I’ve le Child I’ve le Cherished herds—ar behind Lust—even lust—le Le ill will too Gone ignorance Ignorance back o I’m okay without you Soma

It’s hard to get the perspective o a sage A two-ngered woman’s intelligence won’t do (like the child-woman who needs to test the rice with 2 ngers) Should being a woman be a problem? No! My mind’s set I’ve insight on the Path I’ve seen the woman light


issa Speaks to Herself

issa, Get with it Don’t let “it” pass you by T w  “” v w ’  ’    W I     Terigatha Terigatha,,   P   S, I ’ v  . H w x      B women  v         I      v  . T w  vv       “  ”  B     sambhogakaya sambhogakaya,, w      . T —     v x     —w        . L        B,   w    w  80 B.C.E., w    P . T        S;    ,    x    ’  v. T  ,   ,  v   w . T         x. S      v    


 . S   , B ,   .  w        v w          v     . “F  ”     . T       v   anagarika,,  w w       ,  , w  anagarika    ,   v  , ww,  ,      v v   . T w w  v;  w     v  w,   w   “w .” T ,  v,    v  “ “   .”  .” O O   v v    S,  w      z Jv  v      , w          v   . A    v ,      ,  w        . H   ,   v w. T        ,      ,       . A v        x A. S   v  ’ ,    v w’ , v w’ . A,      N     P,     P   Terigatha      , I’v   ,    ,  w   x  v     . I’v   w B ,   v         v                  v “w . .””


Citta Speaks

(Heaping up good karma in many lives Citta had been born a airy in the 94th aeon) Although I’m Although I’m thin & weak Spring in my once lively gait gone I’ve climbed the mountain leaning on my walking stick I throw the cloak o my shoulder Overturn the little begging bowl Against Aga inst this rock rock I lean lean & prop prop the sel o me Break through the gloom that boxed me in AHHHHHHH Virnala, the Former Courtesan, Speaks

I used to be pued up high on my good looks intoxicated by a great complexion my gure, my beauty ... I was haughty, vain, looked down on other women


I was very young All painted painted up up I stood at the brothel door (like a hunter laying snares, showing my wares wares)) Many a secret place was revealed revealed I conjured, I mocked people oday I’m bald Clad in an outer robe, I go begging Sitting at the oot o a tree, I’m not even reasoning anymore All ties have have been cut I said, cut Mutta Speaks Speaks

I’m ree. Ecstatically ree ree rom three crooked things: the mortar the pestle & my hunchbacked husband All that that drags drags me back back is cut-cut! cut-cut! Ambapali Ambap ali Speaks

Once my hair was black like the color o bees Alive—curly Aliv e—curly Now it is dry like bark bers o hemp I’m getting old


Tis is true, true , I tell you the truth Covered with owers, my head was ragrant Like a perumed box Now, because o old age, it smells like dog’s ur Tick like a grove it used to be beautiul— Ends parted by comb & pin Now it’s thin, I’m telling the truth Tis was a head with ne pins once, Decorated with gold, plaited, so beautiul Now bald My eyebrows were like like crescents crescents Exquisitely painted by artists Now because o old age they droop down with wrinkles Ah, I’m tellin tellingg the truth truth My eyes used to be be shiny, shiny, brilliant as jewels Now they don’t look so good My nose was was like a delicate delicate peak peak Now it’s a long pepper Tis scarecrow is telling the truth My earlobes once—can once—can you you believe believe it? Were like well-ashioned bracelets Now they’re heavy with creases


Formerly my teeth were pearly white like the bud o a plantain Now they’re broken & yellow Indeed, this is the truth Sweet was my singing like the cuckoo in the grove Now my voice cracks & alters Hear it? Tese words are true My neck used to to be so so like a well-rubb well-rubbed ed conch shell Now it bends, broken My arms were round round like like crossbars crossbars Now they’re weak as the petali tree My hands were gorgeous— gorgeous—they they used to be used to be gorgeous— Covered with signet rings, decorated with gold Now they are like onions & radishes Tis is true, I tell you Formerly my breasts looked great— round, swelling, close together, loy Now they hang down like waterless waterbags My body used to be as shiny shiny as a sheet o o gold Now it is covered with very ne wrinkles


Both thighs—& this was once considered a compliment— looked like elephants’ trunks—very interesting I swear I’m telling the truth Now they’re like stalks o bamboo My calv calves es too, like like stalks o o sesame My eet used to be elegant elegant like shoes o so cotton wool Now they are cracked & wrinkled Tis hag speaks true Once I had the body o a queen Now it’s lowly, decrepit, an old house plaster alling alling o Sad, but true Anne Waldman, , , ,     v    . S   D P  P     S S  W P  N v  B B ,, C . — rom Winter Winter 199 19911


3 A N  I -A G I N G C R E A M Pv Pv   

“I        w     . T w v        w           . W’ ,  w . W  . T     ,     x,   w    Iversen,,  .” — Ann Setko Iversen ‘‘‘T, S,  ,  ,    ,   ,   ,  ,  ;  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ;  ...’    .” —Rosemary Bakker ,   “I’ 2  I’   w     w B.” —Helen Powell ,   “W ? A  B I     .” — Joan Hoeberich Hoeberichts ts,,   “W v   w  B,  w ’   . S    w.” —Suzie Hoathi Kilichowski, Kilichowski,    w


looking  “I   A w  v looking  w’ . B w ’ v     , ,  .” — A Aviva viva Scully Scully ,   w “W      ,, w    ? W   v  vz z     ?” —Jisho —J isho Cary Warner , S Z  “Ev  K  . Ev  . Ex,  ,  v v   w  .” —Yun Yohe, Yohe, w  “W ? H     v  ,       v , x  x , w     .” —Nicolee —Nicolee Jikyo Miller , S Z P   “A, I’     w. C I   ?” —Laura Simms, Simms,  “M    ,  v  ,     ,     . A ,             w        .”  .” — Agnes Au Au, w  w   “I’    w     ‘ ,’     ’    . I   ’      ‘  ,’  ,’     ’       . .”” —Sylvia Bercovici, Bercovici,    —rom Winter 1994


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Ev  B , w      v,   v . W    ,  q        v . Nw         w     v     .     ’ .         ’v     — , , ,   . W      w     ,  w w        , ’   w . S   ,  v ,     :  v   ,  ’      .      w. I           w ,    ,  w     .    . T B      (sankharas (sankharas), ), w     ,  ,  x ,  —    . C       . T v           saccadhamma saccadhamma,,  . T        ,            B. B . T B       , , 


       w  . W        w  , wv    . T B   w              ,         w . Nw       w   w , ’  ,  ’     w . K   . Gv      z     w  . T L B         . I ’    w. Hv   ,         . T         . L    w w  z .  ’ w  ,   ’   . I’    . Ev      . I      ,   w   .  v  v  v   .   v       ,   v    ,  ’v     x. A ’   w— x. ’ ’v v             w   ,  . T   w   , ’ . I      , ’   ,    . A       . T    ,   ,  ’    . A ,     . T B     ,   ,   ,       w              ; v  x   . T       w     . B  B   w w              ,       “”  “.” “.” T v   v .  .


I’   : ’   ,  ’   w  w. I    w  w,  ,    —      ;  ’    ,    . Nw   ’    ; v     , v  L B     . T       ,   w      w  . T w      w. T B        x    ,          w   ,   w    . J      . W        ? I      ? C     ? T w    ,   B       ’   . I         w,            . Hw  w  v  ? A ’  w w  w   . I’      , ’  w . W     w, ’    . T  x  ,         ,      w     . W     ,         ,      ,     w  . J     : B, B. L    x. D’          v, ’    wv. L . L       ,       w w    . L        w. C       ,    ,        w. w . T w    ,


 w w      w . I , ’   w   . T        w,    . T   w  ,  v w    . T   . S  ,  v w—v x w. D’    v        . P     w. D’ D’        . J  w    w. D’ D’ w      .  . J       w    w    v,  ,  , w         . W? B ’  ,  “”  “.” I’  . T B       v   w,     w .  w,  v w,  . Rz  ,  ,            ,     w  v   . S          . R      . D’ D’ w   . A         ;     w   . T’     w w    . T B     w v      . I   v w,  w   . I  ’,  w’. T’  w  ,  ’    v   w. S ’ w  ’   . T   w w,  ’.     w              . Lv v v     . F, , , —v      . P v      w w,   w . Wv    —    ,   , x    wv—  , “D’  .


’ ’     .  .”” J        w    dhammas . W   w dhamma  ? Ev   . T       . A w  world ? T w   v            . . “W w   ? W w   ? W I’ , w w   ? Hw w  ?” T    “ w.” Ev              w. T  ’     v     w   . B  ’     w   v q ’  . C ’   ,  w  w  w.  ’     w   .      ,    v     w,     w        w ,  w   v, v’    . T’  w   ,  ’       w. w. B w   v       . A   w’ , w’ . O        . I’   : w ’  ’  ,    w.  w. W   w,     .  ’ v  w  . I’      w         ,   ,     w   . I     w  ,   w      w ’ . F    ,   ,     w,  w   . I ’v   ,    ,    . L :   w  ,  w   . C   ?  ’ w  ,   ’   , ’    . Hv    w, 


   . Ev       . L   . I    ’     ? I       ? I  ? I’   ,  ? W  v ? T  ,  w  . W    ,    w. T w     —’       ,   . T’  . T’ O w          w  ,     v. T     w          w w . F       ,  ,  ’v w , ’v     . T w          v        w. W w      . S , ,          v   ,  w     . B  w  , w   . T          . T  ,   ’   w,     ’ ’ . S        w. D’ D’    . A       w w   . L        w        . Ex  , ’       ,  ’        . L  w       w v  . D’  v   v    ,,         ,     x x. .    . Ev   , v  . T     ’v . T v  ;  v   ,  ,  ; ’v  v  . T  v   ,  ,   w


w            . Cq  B   v  katannu  katavedi katavedi,, w         . T w    . I     , ’ w   ,  w      . T   v;    v    w. I v    ;      . A      w  ,   B        . O     . Ajahn Chah Subato (19181992)    Tv     v       T    v . H      v A Still Forest Pool,   J K  P B. “O R H”    w   W P N.

—rom Fall 1997


5 AGING I NO DI NG AN D DEAH T  v  w 

Kenneth Henry Jones

B w L R   “w’     —w’ —w’      idea  .” T        q —        z    . T ibetan Book o the Dead     v, S R’ ibetan Book o Living and Dying , v   . A     B         q  . I v q      w    x. B      x   x   vv ,    v   ,   . S    . T   v         v z , w,    v ,       . Hwv, Hwv ,                 , w w  v       . T


 ,  , v,           don’t know ,     v wv      . T  C    On rust rust in the Heart w  ,      v     , “     ,      ,      . P    w        w  . F w  w    w   , w,  ?” S,   ,   Z  D, w z       ,     z     . “J      ,   ,  w      B;      B.” I w  v q    “W   ?”  “W  I   I ?” w       w   . B   w  , w      x   . O v      ,  , v    w. T q , ,  ,  w w   ideas  , w v w w    ,  w  — eelings  . Kenneth Jones       Nw  E B    v   D. T  w x   Agein  Ageing: g: Te Great Adv Adventure; enture; A Buddhist Buddhist Guide, © 2003  K H J. R    P P, A w, W.

—rom Winter 2003


6 OO MCH A A        w      

Rai Zabor N    ’ — ’  Az’,  ’  —I w v    ’   E S,    ,  , w    w        V V B Dw,  100 C B  w w,  ,   . I   B’  vv     B     w B   R R,             w I    F . I’ v  B,  E v      I  w . I’            w     ,   ,        Nw   C—   á, I’ , w  v    ,   , F—w           w w     V. V. I w   —  w  —   S F, F , w   w   w    . B  , w ,      A’  ,  w I’    v  C        v,  w    w. E  I      v 


,       w w   w  C   w   E     w. T  ,     w     v , w  w x    ,      L B           v v          w, w ,          ,      w B,     v,        ,      ,  , ,           . H     v  w   v   w,  v   ,  . H  w     V       . H v  w,     ,  w    ,    v           ,        w       v  . E  B       ;  w      v,  I   w  ,   B,   v w, x , vv      ’ . O  w   w       C   w w  v       K R,  w  ,  w       ;  w v   ;  w  w    w. I  v      w w     . A    v w q  v , , v w   ’              , B       


   . “      ,”     , qv, ,   v, “  . . . noblest noblest .. . .     ,”    w         : “but you have taken on too much.” H ,    ,    w v   ,   : “ “ v    .” H         . E  I ’  , w  . P ’ w I  ,   x   v ,           w w, , v v  . I     w    , I ,    w      . I ’ v  ,    . D  w   w    , I w,     w, v v    w         W W    ’   B,           ,     ’       w    w  B  x   ;  w      w w   , wv        I w,    wv    w. B  w   . I  M   , I w w  , ,            v  ,             . O  ,    ,   w  v             ,  I  v    , w     . I        ,      ,  w        w   ,    v  I w  . I    w     


      ’     w,  I w   w v     I     v ,  w  w       . T  w          —   w z       ,           :       —   v , ,      v     ,  , v     ,      w       w  w     v           w        :        w           v. T                 ’ ’  : w        V    w    ,        v  ,                   , , “H? H?” H ?” I  w       ,   w w           w   . A     w I w   ,         w   —  w  v,   , w I    v — w    . I w   w  w w       x        ;       w  ,  ,      w  w w  . T q w w x  wz w z     ’  ,    . W  q    :      , I  ,   w       ,


        v      I    H v    w. I ’        ,  I w     . H w w    w   v   . F  v       ww,  w,  w w        , w         ’ w, I     v     qz   . I          , ,      ,         w, w,   I’v     . T   w—I     v w     —            w      x. W     ,   . W      ,   w   . W     w   ,  w  . I w       . O   ,      , w   I    , I   x   ,  I      w       x . S                   —  —    ,    w,     ’ v        w v      v  :   . A  w,   w    ,   ,     x   w. I  : , ,  . I w     ,      I w   . Nw,      ,       ,    v.


M ,          w   Az’, w v    ,   ,        ,       ,    w   . “P, S,”   w  , “L     ,   ,   q. I’   ,”   w  w, cra-zy.”” “S? S? ’   . ’   cra-zy. S w   .           , w w   ,     w  w  I w  w   . B         . “S’      ,”  w  —,  I w    —  , v  v,    w,  B Bv. “Hw  I   w  ? A  .” H w  v     ,  I    ,     w . A w     . T                   w     . R          w w       ,        w w,,         . “I ’    ,”  w   w I      w  w v I         v       v  .. Peace— T w    War and Peace—      v   ,   ,        ,         N ’ v  R w H’;          w      ’ — w       ,      


 ,   v    , G’  . I       ,  P’ P’      F, w    w       w   . H   ,      q,    x  x     x,   v v    w    R w: “H              ,        w . . .      w                 w w, w     w v w .” I            v       z    v  E M   w  W ,    . Ev w             A   ,  ,     q       w  w     B’  w   w,  w , v w   v       B ,        w  w , xq w     w       w ,   w . S   ,     w               w’     , I  , v            w  v     q   , I           ,   w  , v     ,  ,      ,   ,  . I          ,       w       .


H  w     ,    w   w w          ,      w    . M    ’  w        w   w w,       w            w          w w  w    w   w   : x. T  w    , v      w   . I w        ,       , w    w v    . I       v ’  . “I’     .” I  v          . I    ,  w v  . “I’  .” “I’ ,  “I’   .” N                  . T  z :     I     v  , w       v, v,    —    S ’     — w     v      . W   ’   f       . S        , ,   . “S,”   .  . “S,”  ,        ,  . “D  w        w w?”


“W w ?”  q,  v  w. “O w w ,”   w. “P   . S w w  w.” I        w   v. “W  ?”    v  . “S,”  w v w, “I’ ,   , w .” “I w     ,”  . “S, ’   . I’     . D   ? W     ? I ’ v. I ’  w.” “A . L,”  , ,          z  w     . “S.” M              w w    : “A cockaroach.” A I w v    v     w. I w v  w   ,     w   v  ,     w   w:           . I w v  w    w ,       . A     v,    I w v    ,      w v                    — “I w      !”  w ,  w    , , ,    w  ,    ,     ,     w   w             w w   w w             w ,  I w  


    ( , v)   v      ’ ,    x     w   —?—, , ,     w w, , I’   , v   ’ ,  , M. A              w  , w    ? A I w ,   v           w w w     . A  w , I ’. A I w ,     w  ? A ’  ,, , . A I’ ,            ,     . , ’  . A I:   v   v w    ? A  w’ w w  ,   v w     w       w (        . . . noblest noblest .. . .     ). A I w ,  , D. W   ,    ,        w    ,  w w     w. Ra Zabor     Te  Te Bear Comes Home, Home, w v  PEN/F Aw  1998   ’  A w   . T  w x    , I, Wabenzi. Wabenzi.

—rom Winter 2005


 HE GIF OF GR AI DE T      .

Ajahn Sumedho

Ev      ’      ’    ,     v    . . .  v,         , v   v  w     v — v      ’ . A w! B,       :    , v  w ,     w. , , wv    ,        ;  wv           ,  wv     ,        ,,  wv    ,           w—  ,   w ,   , w     . a Nikaya Nikaya 2.32 — B, Anguttar B, Anguttara M    x  . H w  90    ,    v w v  v  w . S     I         . I   


    . I v     v,    w  w  . I w w     “H ,    .” A       . I  w v I     B   w , “R,    , ’v     I .” T w  — I w  50     ! I ’ w w   I w    . M  w      D. T  ’29          v v, ,            . T  S W W ,    w       . H w    w ,        S. H ’   ,,   w   w      w. A  w   w             . H v    w ,     w      . H    w       ,  ,  . W I w  v   1950,  w    . A     w      v   w w   . T  w    w         w. I ’ z     w . O    w  ,    w    v  . B  ,   , , v,   w  —       v   ,  ,          . S  v   ,  w I    , katannu, P  ,         . T B           


  ,   , ,  , wv;        ,  v ,       . M  w v     w     w   v  w .  v,  metta,         . I    w      w, wv        , w    . T   v   . Ev      ,    . T w      ;  w      ,      v. I’      w      . W w     w     v    v  ,     w  “I  v v   w ’v .” S  w     ,  w   z: z : “B   w  ,  v,  ,        I ’ v  .” O: “T’  w w . I’     I ’ v.” v.” W  , I’v     v    w . I w     w   v, w  v  w   w v   ; w , w      w  ,      w . O I     v       , I  v . W w v v  w w     , w       v   w. T          w   . A  w     . I            w v v  w ’  ’       v   , w       — —


     . I     v   : w     v. W I   B   T, I w v     , L P C, w w  A C, w         . A   I w 33  34 ,  I      w         ’ x. I w  v   w , w I w, w I . Hwv,     B    ,    x    , I    x  w v   x  katannu  katannu katavedita, katavedita ,    ’ . I    B     I  A C. I       B,  w        . B  w          ,   ,     . W I   ,  w   : “I w     . I w   .” I w      ,   ,  v  A C, w w I w v   . I      w v      w   ,  I      . I      w    —    . W w        I  , w     . M  w      ,  I     v w ,   I v   w  v . Ev   w    ,  w     I v  I :   v   ;          ,  I w   . S   vw,  w A C’      !


I T, I  w   w     . A   v    (vassas (vassas), ),        v     v  . I    w   w ,  I w   w   w. I    T   . A  v I w     I. T w   194,  I      tudong-bhikkhu tudong-bhikkhu,, w             . S v  w    B  C,  I    C w   w,  , ,        ,  . . I T T     ,   I    w  w      w  q   . A  ,  v  I   I w q  v,  I v v     . T     w  I. O  ,   w , w  B  v  . I     A C   z     x  . H      ,   , v   ,      v w. A  w  w x. I  w    ,  w    . H w    ,   w  ,  I w  — I    w’     I     w. I  S,      w  v v   —J —J W W  P P  Ew Ew   R Nx w    . F    w v  ,      . B   T, I’   . H w v ; I w v . W w w     ,       . T w  


      . S I    v         v,  wv  w ; I w   v    I    . I      w   w    w   ,   , “I    .” H              . T  w     q  :    v   ,    . T L B,   ,       w  ,    w  ,   w     . T,    ,        , “P L,   w   w v      ,   .” T B    w  w  w     . H        w  z      . T    v  w    w  ,  w   . O    w     v ,  x      F N . T      v   L B. I’ v:  I — , ,   —v        ,   v     v. J v  v   A C w   w    w v wv   ,  w       L B . P   v  B  ,        v . T,   A C  T, I  w I  : “I’v   v , w I’ I’   v. I’ I’   v  w v,  w I w  ,          .” I z   I    w.


W I   ,  I w   w    T      A C. Hw       ? I   v  ,   w  w  w   w. T I     w I     w     B           . W v  w   , I w  . W  , I w   v   I  v    . I w   ,    ,       ,       I  v. F   , I        v. T     :      ,    ,      v   ,   . W I v   ,      . W    ,    ,   ,  I        . T   I w    , I   I w       w  w    . I      ’   w q    v  . H     w   ,    P’ . Ev         . H w  z. H  v    ,       w . H w   w    ,       ,  . W I w ,      ,  I , “L    .” “N, ,  ’ ’    ,  ,””  .  . “’ “’  ,    v  v   . I w     .” H  ,  I    w   . “I  ’ ’     ,  ,”” I  . “S ’ ’       ?”   . “.”


I    ,  ,  , , ,  ;      . I w         . P   q , ’  x   . A I   z  z       v ,  ’ w w   . I          . Ajahn Sumedho,    W     T    A C, w  A  Av B C   E  1984     2010.

—rom Spring 2006


8 AWA K E A N D D E M E N  E D W  w w            w ? ?

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D. “W’  w?”         ,, w         . “O, ’     ,”   . “D D .”’ Ww,  q v—. M  v         ,  v  w v     , w’v      ,    ,  w .... Dementia::    zz  w       Dementia    w.  , ’    —, . I I   w  I    , which-would-you-rather? ,  I w       v   . F   w v,   ,   I      I   , v   v  —    ’  . I’ I’       ,  w w    , v  who   who who I am? “W w   I  ?”      .


H w      ,  w w      —    w   w w     w    w. D , “          ,”   w’       . H w       . Hw   ?  . A — I,     Z,    q   ,  ,   ’     vw   ,            ... T ’  w    — w —    v     , ,    ? B w    ? A w  I  ? T    q,         ’    ,  —   . ’  . B  w ,   v—, v—, ,  —        w   v w  v . I’  L  N Sq,        Lw C  w  don’t ollow    w. w. B                  x, x , ’   w     w,         ,   ,  ,     ,   w w      . A  ’         v       ,      ,    w what to do. B w   w w      w w


? D’  q   ? I  v w q, , ,   ,   v            . A   v     ,    v  w w. S,  w w   q  , I’v            w w. W’       ww        w   w     v w  w   w. T    v w   ,   v    . T      x v       ,    ww. T  ,    ,    w. T    w  w      w   ,      w’ . T  ,    ,         . F,        ,    w   . Hw   q ? W           ,   Az’, I’v         q  w    w   v  ’  . T        v,     w        —    “   K  B H”      . I’     ,     w   v,  v, ’    v. Hw  w     ,    ww      w   w  w?


W I   q, w    :  . F w  ,            w   ? A  , w w  v     w w, ,   . I  , w            v ,  , ,     w w v   “” . C   v       ’ ? A    v v               . A  ’ I  C   Pv  D, D, w w  w     Az’ A    W, D.C.,     v  Pv  w . F wv    v  w, w  w w           w     52  0      kirtan kirtan,,       vv      v v      . Fw     v  ,    v      w           w   —        w Az’. A  v  P v’ Aw Nw, M.D., w   , “F   , w    v              w  w . .”” I         v   , w               ? I   q, I    I’v     v  v . T


    w  q    q ,     x        ,               . I  x,  w v   w ,     v  v   v    ,  w      v  v   . A w   v     w         w     w  ? A  v ,       z z,,       w  xv   ’  . A I    z,  w   z   x   w zz q: Is the awakened mind one and the same with the conscious mind? And i so, so, is that consciousness consciousness dependent upon the the health o the the individindividual brain?  brain?   B,    x        ,   q     — w     —        w   . Cv, Cv,          ,  ’   w’v v     x— w’v x —      . F  v   vw,      ,  w     . A     q: Is the awakened mind more accurately dened as a state o egolessness that transcends the conditions o any one individual’s brain? T brain? T        vw, vw,     w  : “D   v ?” T w q        w        — 


v  w     ww. F   v   vw, w    v w           w :      . F     vw, w     w      w  :         w . A ,        w  w      w    . F  w ,    . P  ,       , —    —   ,   f     w . B         , w         w     ,  v   v   w . I   Te  Te Majesty o Your Loving , Ov A Hz  “C L M,”   ,   w,    v “     ,   w  .” A        Az’,  w   ,    vz “ v, ,   ”      : “T   vw... v w...,,  ...  ... / T   v...    w... / L    ... / B   ... / Ev w .... ....”” T v    v  C L S, w w   M   190. I  , wv,  v     x  B , w              w . I Te ibetan Book o the Dead,   


 —w    ,    w     —      v ’ ’        w. Mv   ,   z,  “,”  vv      x —w        z  z    — v   ’  ,   ,  ,   x . I  w , I’v vw  x    ,   w   w  w         v, w q,     . I   w  ,  ,        :  . I   , I               w w   . B   ,          ,    w  v . W       v   v,  w     x: “I v   w  ,       v  !” B   ,          w w      w .            w w,,  w       q q      . P       ,         w     ,     v      , w   ,      ,          . I             ,    w   w w . W            


    ,       . I  , Te Wise Heart J Heart J K         w w v S R,     w J    . T  w v                  w        ,      w      . I I  w  w  , I   v   . W W    w  w ,    w     v   w    Az’. B      ,          v v   . T              ,  wv w v    v   v . S S             v v —   v w v  q. A  w            , w    ,  v   . F       v,      —     v  . I ,       v    v        w. W  S   q, w w q  w , w  w     . I     v   ,        —“”—       q   . I w  v        v v  v v,         ,  v w w   — w,  x, w      .


W    , I’v     I   w   ww. A   w,  I w  w,   . I w   A, w , J, w    w  Az’. B     Az’ A z’, ,    I       ,  ’ ’ w  v w: A w           Nw    w    v. S        . “W     , N! T  w w    S   w w’     !” I  v I   x  :   w      w, w   v w  x. T w   , I w,     w    vw     q “W  J J     ?” F w   z   w       ? T J    ,  I    v   . “J! Hw  ?” T w  ,   w        . “I’ “I’ —” T w  . “I’  v v  ! ! v v  !” !” L  , I    w “v”     L v sapere,  w  w.. I’     I’v w  w v,  ’   w  z , v              z , w       w  v. I,                x    ’ f. N      x         , ’      w  w . S v    , ,  v   . T            , ,    ,      v  I   w


 .   Sv: I you can solve your problem, do so. I not, then what is the use o worrying? W   w  x           w   w   w    ? A  Z  : Hw   w B w  ? A  I’v w    ,    . F  w  w : H ,  , w. N N     ,    . F   w  w w :       , v, , — ?  ?—      w. W   , ’    w  v   .

7  i p s F o r K e e p i n g o o u r B r a i n H e a l t h y 1) W’         . G   x  v      () . 2) S  v,    w w  —w         ,   ,     ,   x   zz. 3) M       v    x, w v        . 4) Sv  . 5) S  .


6) P  . Av “” . B      . T  v    O3 ,  w ,             (x) (x)       v   v    . ) S   w v. A          ,                     ’       —    vv vv  (        )  )        . T                v  . Ev       w     ,    w   w         . Noelle Oxenhandler     Te Wishing Year . S v   C.

—rom Fall 2008


9 HE AH ENIC LIFE A Cv Cv w Lw L w R R  

O    Lw R     w          . A  B ,      ,  ,  w   ,   w              w,  w,  v v     v  v      v    x  w w. Lw           x   . T       ricycle w w v   M          w     ,  ,    A   S P. V q,         ,           w w Lw  . H           , ,   w  B    kalyana mitra, mitra,   . H      — — q,    w x,  w    ,    q,   —   w,          v. Lw   S Z       


   S Sz R (1904–191),    S F Z C   Z M C,      Zen  Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind . Lw        V S, S ,  M M  V, V, C,     v v  S S Z I,  B  . R     , w L P D,     M S F,    w  Z H V H, w      Z    M  . —Andrew Cooper You have had a long and varied lie in Buddhist practice. What have been some o its key events, benchmark experiences, turning points, and the like? W I   Hv w      196,   w   : I w   ,  ,    . B I w w   . I ’  w w I w,  I w     w     w’ . I   C, w I  w ,        S F B A         . O     w     Z   S F   S Sz. M Sz R   . How so? B  Sz R, I ’ w w I w    , ,  w, w , I w  w  I   . I w  . I w     , O,     ,     . L   I       w , w I    . D   I w v,  v, w  w, A,    w    S F


Z C. Sz R      . A   I  v  . I   Z   R B R, Sz R’ . I 194, I w    [  ]  G G Z , [ M C],      . I w 30     ; I     v . Tirty was pretty young to take on the responsibilities and burdens o teaching Zen. W w     . Z C C  w    x  vv      . W   w w     . I  x  v    , v B    vw   Z . Why did you leave? T  w   w   1983,, w  1983    B B  R’ R ’   . A   w  q      ,  I w’       ;    w w   w. S w, A  I   Z C. W v  M V,  I    (A   ). I    , I    w,  w v     ,        w v . M            w      1983. T w  ,   w      v I w   v. I                  , ,  I    w           Z     v.


Would you say that you once again walked wa lked away rom the t he lie that was laid out or you? , I w. A  w I   ,        w    . A B R , I w         Z C ,  I w         ,   w   x          w . M v w   ,   ,  I   v. B  w  I   . I w w        ’   ,   I w w  Z C         . I w  v      , w I . A   , I     B,       Z,   V   V. I w  w w B     . T “”    x   1985, w           z   . F  x  I v      . T          ,  v  I w     w,   w   v   w. F  w, I  I w  w   vw,  v  I v   vw w’ w’  w . Sw, Sw, I     w   ; I           w w      w. I w      w    Z      . Ov  I     w         Z  w  x    w. T , Work as a Spiritual Spir itual Practice, Practice ,    1999.


J     ,      . I     w           I  vv,   v . I  v ,  v     ,  w I w  w w I      w   . I           .  . O   x, I w   , Healing Lazarus, Lazarus, w    v,  ,   w v. It sounds like this time your lie walked away rom you. T     . A  w v, I    v w  . B    w    ,    w   w. W I w    , I w   w . I   v; , ,     w  . I     , w, ,       v . F w I w   —  w  ! E, I     w ,     B . D     v, I  I       ; I ’ , , ,  . S I   nembutsu nembutsu— —       B   P L, N A B— A B   . A  w , I z                 w I w        . D  , I w   w    w. I       — . I w      w    w . I w   ,  w I  , I w .


Tis reminds me o a question we asked a number o people to respond to several issues back: “How has a mistake, shortcoming, or misortune enriched your Buddhist practice?” W      I w        w I  , w  v       . S    ,   w  . T      ;   B , ’     . I     w   , w w’   B     . W   v v   w, w, w v  ? ? T w     I   w w. Hv  v  w, I   B      . T     w  . I   . S w I’     B , I  : Ev  ;  ;    . T         T M  Ex: , ,  . I ’  I w v x       “   ”   ,  w I       w     . T   w    w      ,  ’ w w    . In addition to authenticity, do you discern any other ot her themes that have provided continuity as your practice has assumed dierent orms? , I    w. O       v      w     w   v    —  ,   ,   , A  W. I   w Sz R’ v    A. H w B        


  . H w , ,  w   w      B  . B       I v   x ,  ,    w  w    v . T    w    w       . T  B   ,  ,  v         ,  , I .  . B B        ;      vv,  w B     w w    w    B     w. Let’s take these two them t hemes es a little l ittle urther, beginning with the idea o presenting Buddhism in a way that is approachable and widely accessible. Tis runs counter to how Zen has operated historically, where, like other meditation sects, its practice has generally been the province o a very small, oen elite, monastic culture. In act, making Buddhist practice universally available was specically the intention o Honen [1133–1212] and Shinran [1173–1262], the ounders o Japanese Pure Land Buddhism, and Nichiren [1222–1282], yet they are barely given attention by most meditation-oriented Buddhists in the West who might well support that very ver y goal. T’   . Sz R     Z   W w           , w       w S. I      , Sz R w         ,    w  v. O ,  ’    v;         ’   w, w    z.        w   w   w . I      w v    


 w  w w w  . N      w w ,  I’    x      v   Sz R . Regarding the second theme, while it is seems evident that interconnection, selessness, and compassion are good medicine or our poisonous times, it is also true that Buddhism has historically had little to say—and usually nothing to say—about how these values are to be applied to social and political systems. In other words, Buddhism may indeed have much to say to our current crises, but doesn’t it also have much to learn about how to go about saying it? T’ . I   v         , B  ’ v     . B  v             ,  w      ? W,  . L      w B         W — x,  ,   ,  ,   ,  . I  , B         x           . S , B      x , ,  v       . B    v       w     ,     v    . B   v     w           w     w  ,       w    w   . You came to Buddhist practice pract ice young. Over the decades, dec ades, what in Bud-


dhism have you changed your mind about? W I    , , I ,     ,       A B ,    w, w   w  . A w    w  . Nw  vw   w       ,  W     w v . I      B w   v   . T        ,   v    v v                 . T  J Ww, w         x    B   W ,       w   “ .” T w     ’   x     w; w   v        . T    ,   ,  ,   ,   . I  w,      v,     . Tere is a subeld subeld o anthropology, oen called psychological anthroanth ropology, that examines the specic ways in which the ego, the personality, the sense o being a subject are constructed in dierent cultural settings. When one reads some o the literature, what is ascinating is seeing the degree to which the very sense o subjectivity is culturally ormed. It could be a long time beore we grasp the implications o this or translating Buddhism across cultures. I    w     v  A     


  W    . W I  Z C, I   I       ,   I      I ’   w. T                  w . I       x     I w,  :    w w               w    . . In exploring the topic “Aging as a Spiritual Practice” through online discussions, what have you been learning? How have you been surprised? M      “A   S P”     w             . A     ; w x   wv w     . W     w    . I        . C  v q   x      ,   ,  , ,       . B  v    x    . P   w       w     ,     w w  w      . G     , —  —    ,     ,     ,     w    . T  ’ v    x,       w. T    w . I think maybe lie is an acquired taste. A   


     w         v w —  ,     . N      w  ;         ,       . W      w w ? P  v  w. I’   B      ’ — , ,  ,   —    ’ , z  , , , ,    w    . I    v    ,     w     . O, w   Sz R w w  zz,  w, “S      .” A   w   w . S ! A w  w  , ’           ,        . .         ’ ’  w   ,  w    w ,        . You are the head teacher o the Vimala Sangha, a lay community named or the legendary legendary enlighten enlightened ed layman Vimalakirti. Vimalakir ti. Do you see lay practice in the West as a complement to monastic practice, as a necessary adaptation in a culture that—or any number o reasons— is not yet ready or a robust monastic way o lie? Or is lay practice something sufcient unto itsel, with its own ooting, logic, and perspective? F  , v  I v       v  , I w   w . J  Z    q        ,   w     . I v      B    ,  I ’   v v  .


I    B   w        . . I         v v    , ,     . T     .   w w v     w  v   B. W w   , w   v? T v x   Vimalakirti Sutra    v w ,   w . I v    V   v           w. H w w   v  ,   . H     w v,      . H    ,     . H          w               . V w   v,      w    vw  w. I   w  v   ,  w       v vw     . L   w   v  w      . I  ,   ,  B,  ’ . N       ,  “”     w w w  B,     w        . For you personally, how do you connect the legendary gure Vimalakirti and your esh-and-bones teacher Suzuki Roshi? V  Sz R   w  . T v,  ,   ,        w   T N H. I  , I   Sz R’   v w  :  : zz   . O w     


Genjokoan,,          Z Z  M D’ D’     Genjokoan w    “z   ”    zz   v  ,     w    . T  w Sz R   ’ . W I’         w w;     w. Lv   B         ,  . W     ’ . Andrew Cooper  ricycle ricycle’ ’  .

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10 AGING AS A SPIR IAL PRACICE A vw w Lw R

A    S Sz, “W  w ?” “S      ,”  Z  w. I  20 w     x, Lw R, S Z P  Sz R’ ,          ’ w . “I’              w. I’ w      w w   ,   ’   !”      , Aging , Aging as a Spiritual Practic Practicee, R           w. I  vw,   R’   M V, C, I  w w              . —James Shaheen When asked about the aging process by Te by Te New York imes last year,, Woody year Woody Allen answer answered, ed, “W “Well, I’m I’m against against it. it. I think it has nothnothing to recommend it. You don’t gain any wisdom as the years go by. You all apart, is what happens. People try and put a nice varnish on it, and say say,, ‘Well, you mellow. mellow. You You come to understand understa nd lie and a nd accept


things.’ But you’d trade all that or being 35 again.” Funny, but is he right? W, I v    W. W. I’v      v. B I ’ . P     w  ,        . But isn’t this the prevalent view? I  w v    w  v  vw   v x. C,        v ,  v   , . B       , I   v    ’    w  w . T’  q  w    w   . A I    I   w w W    , I      , . I’       vw. ,        . B       w . W I    w   35? O  ’   q, . W  w w ,  I w   ! [Laughs.] A w,  w? B I ’   w   . I     v,   I   w I w  35, ’  I w  w. I’   . I v      . I’v  v  —    . S ’  ’ w w I   ,  ’  ’ w I   . T’  w v w      w  ,    v       “I w I w ” . In your book you write that “not only is aging an ideal time or the cultivation o the inner lie, but it’s also itsel a doorway to spiritual practice, regardless o spiritual aith.” Can you talk a little bit about how aging itsel can be a doorway to spiritual practice? T’ 


   ,   , w       v       v       v,  w w? T’ T’    . A w ’ ’     ,      . I    . I’  . I’  .      .  , “G, I’       15,””  w 15,  w,, w  ’  ’ v       . B ’ ’   ,        ,             ,       v     ,  wv? A    w w v   90,      , “, I’    I’v      ,  w  I   ?” P ? I your knees hold up. ,     . [Laughs [Laughs..] And i they don’t? E w,       w  v   v    v,  . When asked what the gist o Buddhism was, your teacher, Suzuki Roshi, answered, “Everything changes.” Tat’s it in a nutshell. We all know that everything changes, but usually it’s just intellectual knowledge, and you make a distinction here between knowing it and really knowing it. T’ .  I    35,  w    . A    B B       ,   .. T     w  w w  “Ev “Ev   ”  “Ev ” [laughs [laughs], ], w     ,   w ’ you ’ you,, ,   , w  v    . I       . I w v , I      . F    ,  w   w     ,  w       ,


      w     w . I’   v,      ,   30  40,     w  ,  ’     x , w ’         v. I  x,   w  S w  w       w  . T’   w  really  ally  ,   , “O, . T ’ .” H really really w w . I’ , “H w. I’     w, . A  v ’    .” A  w   . I  ’   v. T’  v . W  w          ,  w   w’  . T’  B B    . I’ our our . . How does meditation help us deal with old age? W,         x x     , , . . I’ w I     “V .” ’  . ’    . Ov ,        , ’         . I   , .    v          w’    w    ,  , “I w I    w I w ,” ,”  “W’     v ?” A     w w ’    . T         w    ; ’ w     . Regret? . P        w  v . “G, I v   N Pz,”   . T     w’ ,  w   , ’      . W ’ ,   v 


,  ’        f   . Sz R    w      . I   ,     v , w   w    w  x. W   ,  w  ,  I   w      w        v . A v        ,   v       w ,       w   w   . S w w    20  30 w   ,  w         w w ,  . I   v v    w I w       . How does your practice change cha nge as you get older? W,          . I ’,  I’v   w  ,  I’v      ,  I ’   w I    20. T’          . W ’ ’  , ,     ,   B’ w        —   . I’ w        —vq . T        v—  ,  , wv   . I’v    I w  ,   50 . T’     v     w     . T’           .  . T     , w ’ ’ , ’ ’     v   w ,        w,  ,  ,  . S I         , ’  ’      .  ’     , w, “W  I  ?” O, “W’     ?” I’     ,     w ’  .


What is it there or? W, I  w ’ — I         w    —    v  v   v x ’      v  . . B       ’ ’ , ,   v  x x     v   ’     q  w  . I ,   w, I     v v  , ,      w     ,  ’      ,      ,    w , . A  v        v     ,    B. A  ,  , “I ’  x .” A   , B      w  , “N, ’v   . ’v    w     . ’ ’v v    .  .”” A   .  . W     w w          . I w    Hufngton Post     50   ,  ,     ,  , “M’ “M’    v.” A ’         w. What’s it good or? I’   w w’   w ’,      . T’      w w’ ,         ,   , “W,     .” O, “T  . T  .” A    v  . T’  . T        . S I’  ’ w ’  ,  I   w J K w  —   v  , —”Mv  v .” P        . I    ’  w 


v ,      w . Ev, ’  . You do write about regrets—the sense you might have done things dierently. But regrets are interesting because one way to respond to them is to ask, how could it have been otherwise? C   v  w? N, ’ w ,  ’     . R       w  ,  w v v w  w  . O    , w  v w. R w     . T     ’ . T        ; ’      ’  ,           ,  I            v  .     . T’         w  ,            . M  z z    w            w ,      z       w’ . W’       ,   ,  ’   . T’              w. S I        ’ ,   ’   . I’  w    .

Ex  A   S P : O, w I w  12,         . H w      . “I w  w  ,”  . T  w       R Gv. G v. O 


 v w    Gv    : , ,    v  . M     v  w      Gv:  w,  w ,    w. “L  ,”   ,    v  v, w            . “ ’  ,”  . H      , ,          ,    . I    .  . I   ’ ’ ww        ,   w . I ’  ,    I     Sz Sz  R   w       . Nw,  64, I  ,  I       . T         w . M  w                    w   w    w w,   ’. H   w   w    w      I       . W Sz  “Ev ,”      v  “Ev .” T  w   w   w . I w w . W w  v ; w     . F          w v     w —    w  . B  w w        . A    ,   v v  — —     w w. . W W          ,  w  w v . O w    ,      v     . W  . O w w  ,  w w  . W v   ,  v  w   


w. O    w.   w,  w          w v w w    . W W w w ,  ,  w w w     v . O w   ,   v . O w  ,     “       .” .” Iv         . I   ;    . T  q : w  w   ? I   ’ w,   v    v v. T  x       w 45; w   80. Lv  ’ , ,  v        ,       x     w w    —  w, w    . I  w       w  w   ,   v w. W              v: W’      x   ? T w, w, I ,            v  v     :     . W             R Gv  I  vv  . Gv’ w             ,    w  x       w  . B I w  ,     w      . T     R Gv          w ,  w w  . I w  w w  w  w    . A I     w Gv’    ,   ,     , I     w    v          . A w  I             


, I z     Gv’     w            . W       w  Gv    , I v  w        w  w  w  w, w,  w w  ? W w  ? M ,    w  G    v     ,     v . I v   v      w I      x  ,  I v v   : L  S. L S    w  w               w ,        w .   ,     , w           w      w   . B   , ’ . W v    . W v     w w  w, ,     ,       . L    w       v w,      ,    v w,     K,  5       . A I   K’ v    ,       v        ww w w,,        , q w  q. B w I    q “I         ?”    . “M !”  x           . W   x w           w  . A  vw , I  K 


   w         vw  . S w . “T  ,”   , “ ’            . I’  ?” S . “I ’   w w I   w ,  I’v      .” M   K   w   :  w    v  R Gv’        w . R    q    .

P r a c t i c e : Wh e n L i g h t n i n g S t r i k e s A Cv R Ex First, ask yourself, “How did it feel?” I w w    . I w w I    ’      I  . I w 35  ,      I  v v    w . I w          ; v w   w. I w    ’   . I       v   ’    , I    I   20 . W     ? C      v    w    ,       ,   K? I  ,     . J w      . S      ;            . W   v  v? N  : Gv   w.


I     w v,         w ? I  , w w    ? A      q      w v. W I   x , I     v. I     x  I v    ’ ,   w   v ;  w  w I w      A,   w. B w I  ,     . S w    ,     v           , “W, “W, I’ I’     .  .”” A  , I w vz  v  w , v   . Hw    w  ? A w        w ? Ten ask yourself, “How is it going now?” Hw    w  ? Hw    w       ? H   ,      ? Hv     ,      ? W     w ’  w. R    . H          ? W          ? W I w w : T w   I w . A 25 ,      v  . O w     , I . I w    v          w     w w   . Lewis Richmond w    Z B   191 


Aging as a Spiritual Practice Practice S Sz R. H     Aging     V S,  Z B      C. T  w    1  Aging as a Spiritual Practic Practice: e: A Contem Contemplativ plativee Guide to Growin Growingg Older Ol der and Wiser  Lw R © 2012. R w   G B. —rom Spring 2012

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