Neither same
nor different
can really be
identified so
by faculties
that sense
perceive
objects
to register in
consciousness
maybe pleasant
or unpleasant
neither nor
dependent
on each other
in existence
come to be
not caused
conditioned
nor on their own
what a wondrous
suchness of reality
neither same nor different.
Enlightenment
inherent in one
understanding
falsifies it all
understood
who does it
deluded split
into compatible
and incompatible
with shared karma
union or separation
in emotional love
hunger exists
for each other
to steal and kill
such distortion
perpetuated
by adding any
understanding
to the inherent
enlightenment in all.
Apart from ‘is’
and from ‘is not’
both is and is not
it is and is not
and neither
is nor is not
a confusion
is based only
on confusion
delusion has
no existence
cease arising
and perishing
also left behind
the leaving behind
transcend speculation
cultivate free of outflow
remove worldly torments
of hate and unwholesome love.
— inspired by The Śūraṅgama Sūtra,
The Matrix of the Thus-Come One and
The Coming into Being of the World of Illusion
“Neither same nor different” — it just is
Evviva il clown! — Long live the clown!
“There are six guiding principles in my life. The first is to be a good clown and to keep getting better. The second is that I want to be a good person — and to keep getting better at that, too. The third is that I want to live every day as if it were my last. The fourth is the awareness that everything I do has consequences. Good deeds have good consequences, evil deeds have evil ones… The endless webs… I know that everything I do here not only has an immediate consequence, but also weaves new threads into the webs that extend into the future and shape destinies. That even the smallest deed is recorded in the Book of Life…
“The fifth guiding principle in my life is that hardly a day goes by when I don’t have to think about all the suffering in this world, about the mystery of the enormous injustices that people inflict on one another. And with this, I realize time and again how privileged I am to be able to pursue my calling — one of the most beautiful there is in this world. And the sixth guiding principle is that we are here in this world to learn constantly.”
— Dimitri – Der Clown in mir, Hanspeter Gschwend, p. 223
On top of the planet contemplating giant guardians
