The Faithful Deconstructionist

From the Faithful Buddhist:

“Our lives in the world require beliefs and practices that are socially created; I will call these ideologies.  We must have an ideology, there is no way to act in the world without one.  However, ideology does not need to be an illusion or a deception, and we can consciously choose our beliefs and practices instead of assuming they are natural or universal.”

The above statement subtly implements the fallacy of equivocation. This fallacious form of argumentation is an oft-used method of persuasion^[1]. The fallacy of equivocation is committed when a term(ex: ideology) is used in two or more different senses within a single argument. To illustrate below is a summary of the equivocation taking place:

(1.)Lives in the world require beliefs and practices that are socially created(Tom-zai’s definition of an ideology).
(2.)Dictionary definition of ideology: a system of ideas and ideals, esp. one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. Ex: Marxism
(3.)Therefore to live requires an ideological system. “We must have an ideology, there is no way to act in the world without one.”

Because everyone has (1.)socially created beliefs and practices does not necessarily lead to the implication that to live requires a (2)system of said beliefs and practices. It is the (3.)required system that is implied through equivocation. In place of the word system, other dictionary definitions use the following: plan,set, doctrine, or body. All of these word variations imply the same modernist inclination to secure a truth into an established position.

Perhaps, everyone has socially created beliefs and practices, not everyone’s life “requires” an ideology in the sense of a system. There is a difference. I argue that it’s the difference between the modernist thought to secure a truth position with a system, set, body etc. vs the postmodern deconstructionist refusal to secure such a truth.

From what I’ve read on the Faithful Buddhist this equivocation attempts to transfer the universality of beliefs and practices that we all have into systems of beliefs and practices. And in so doing, it establishes in the reader’s mind that ideologies are:

1.)An inescapable necessity and
2.) Therefore, not choosing an ideology is not a realistic choice, it is in fact naive stupid or delusional(ad hominem fallacy).
3.) The equivocation is given further inertia with the following forceful absolutist rhetoric, “We must have an ideology, there is no way to act in the world without one.
4.)Since we have to choose an ideology, what follows on the Faithful Buddhist blog are persuasive arguments for what Tom-zai views as the right choice of ideology i.e. a self-styled Marxism, Buddhism, anti-Capitalism.

This critique could be dismissed as postmodern idealistic drivel (^[5]ad hominem fallacy) or perhaps a straw-man fallacy(that would be a stretch). Or my critique could be critiqued, but that’s besides the point precisely because deconstructing a deconstructionist critique simply leads to the fragmentation and spaciousness that resides closer to the “truth” than any ideologically secured position. It would be similar to the irrelevant attempt to critique the deconstructionist ‘incommensurability’ of SNB heuristics – with the Faithful Buddhist not being one such SNB heuristic IMV.

As my pops Einstein, always said, “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” History^[2] has shown us that working at the “same level of consciousness” i.e. ideologies or systems of beliefs and practices, are not a good thing whether it be Capitalism, Buddhism, Marxism etc. etc. When socially created beliefs and practices(ideologies Tom-zai’s definition) become concretized into systems (the common definition of ideologies ) they in effect produce forms of domination wreaking havoc on our world. Perhaps, this makes me a post-modern deconstructionist(not an ideology by the way) See below for a definition from my mom’s website^[3]

A term tied very closely to postmodernism, deconstructionism is a challenge to the attempt to establish any ultimate or secure meaning in a text. Basing itself in language analysis, it seeks to “deconstruct” the ideological biases (gender, racial, economic, political, cultural) and traditional assumptions that infect all histories, as well as philosophical and religious “truths.” Deconstructionism is based on the premise that much of human history, in trying to understand, and then define, reality has led to various forms of domination – of nature, of people of color, of the poor, of homosexuals, etc. Like postmodernism, deconstructionism finds concrete experience more valid than abstract ideas and, therefore, refutes any attempts to produce a history, or a truth. In other words, the multiplicities and contingencies of human experience necessarily bring knowledge down to the local and specific level, and challenge the tendency to centralize power through the claims of an ultimate truth which must be accepted or obeyed by all.

To wrap ‘er up, the Faithful Buddhist uses equivocation in a ‘backdoor’ attempt to push through persuasive argumentation of a self-styled Marxist Buddhism within a modernistic ideological framework. And it is my opinion that this is why the Faithful Buddhist blog is now shut down. It is for the simple reason that it is an outdated ideological modernistic view in a post-modernistic fragmented pluralistic world. Ironically, while I can call the Faithful Buddhist out and tear that shit apart, ultimately I don’t have any leg to stand on or position to validate.   As my Grandpappy, the philospher Richard Tarnas states, postmodernism “cannot on its own principles ultimately justify itself any more than can the various metaphysical ideological overviews against which the post-modern mind has defined itself.” (ideological is my addition). Maybe this post-modern deconstructionist bent is why I feel such a connection with SNB’s ‘cruel’ decimation of x-buddhist postulates and not so much kinship with the SNB’s constructive side –  if there is even such a thing. Personotally, Jams are fucking SNB ideologies2= ^[4] this is not being nada be an idea-ismwhatologyofwtf!dingleberryfucknutBodhisattvafartsucker666killthenon-buddha=killTom-zai2biatches? =thisargumentisfalseliarsSYSTEMOFADOWNposersglutenshin%/5dbsvbeqrNOT^[19]!

Footnotes:

[1]: In U.S. politics for example, when patriotism is equivocated to the rejection of the U.S. Affordable Healthcare Act, Fox News every day and hour of the week

[2]:Google that shit man

[3]: Mom’s website: http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/gengloss/decon-body.html

[4]:Splat!!!

[5]:Glu ten-Shin ad hominemly = pro-capitalist, reactionary idiotic lame-ass Tutteji copy-cat poser mildly-amusing schizo-freakazoid moronic hipster Woohoo!!! biatches

[19]: Here is a little message for any of you nutbag x-buddhist wackadoos hassling Tom with threats, hate emails, and comments: Spare the old man and come at me biatches! I triple-dog dare you to come at me with that pussy-ass shizit!!!Go ahead, do it pussies!

P.S. I am not a deconstructionist, and who gives a fuck!

Note: For some more serious critique on the Faithful Buddhist check out this article here

No Thinking, No Problem

Our mind is like a clear glass of water. If you put salt into water, it becomes salt water, sugar, it becomes sugar water; shit it becomes shit water. But originally the water is clear. No thinking, no mind. No mind, no problem. -Zen Master SS

No thinking, no mind. No mind, no problem.

When reading the above quote our minds quite naturally and logically^[1] arrive at the conclusion, the true core meaning of Zen practice: If there is no thinking, then there is no problem. By choosing a general all-encompassing word such as “problem” one must assume this refers to the all-encompassing fundamental problem ‘dukkha’. And the mission which lies at the heart of the x-buddhist journey is the alleviation of dukkha(suffering).

The practice of the anti-intellectualism meme of no-mind reveals itself to be the fundamental  thaumaturgical vehicle or practice that allows the zen practitioner to cross the ocean of suffering(samsara). By reducing the complexities of the human condition to such a simple black-and-white matter of thinking vs. no thinking, the zen practitioner is given an apparent choice regarding their own experience of the world, mainly think and suffer(experience of samsara) or don’t think and be enlightened(experience of nirvana). Such straightforward elegance and genius simplicity of ( ) or (No thinking. Therefore, no problem.) is reminiscent of Einstein’s famous 

May I suggest getting enlightened by applying Zen’s Master SS genius solution to the various personal subjective and wider objective dilemmas of the human condition. Have fun solving all of life’s problems via the absence of thinking.

All you intellectual dummies stupidly thinking about the world’s problems. Dualistically standing at a fork in the road, complicating things like a bunch of idiots. Let’s get real and show some compassion towards all those deluded sentient beings by not thinking about them. Problem solved biatches!

STOP!!! No thinking, no problem. Only don’t-know mind. Straight ahead marches the Way! Before any of you Dharma thinking posers even think about thinking with a thoughtful comment, let me just cut that delusion off with my Big sword of wisdom: KAAAATZ!!!
– Zen Master General SS 漢字

 

 

 

 

 

 

Footnotes:

[1.]Hypothetical Syllogism

  

If P then Q;
If Q then R;
Therefore, if P then R.

Where P=No thinking, Q=No mind, R=No problem

If no thinking then no mind;
If no mind then no problem;
Therefore, if no thinking then no problem.

Practice in a Nutshell

Do as I say, not as I do!

When you expect something, when you aim at something, right there you dilute your energy; you split your energy, you split your attention and it becomes more than the place of yin and yang. You do not only divide, but you create the problem.
-Taizen Maezumi Roshi

When you expect ethics, when you aim at sobriety, right there you dilute your drink; you split your alcohol with water, you split your buzz and it becomes more than a place of drinking and screwing students, and student’s children. Alcoholic Roshis do not only divide, drink and screw more, but they create real problems and sometimes even pass out in a hot-tub and die drunk.
– D.J. truthhurtz

Kill The Roshi!

Roshi 2.0

What the fuckin’ dilly yo with this Roshi shizit? No doubt we seen nuff this shiz-ittle, aight! How many mo motherfuckin’ biatches need be gettin’ they ass played ‘til dat Roshi shizit get da beat down, motherfuckas? Like my cracker-ass homie Einstein say, “ Insane shizit be doin’ the same shizit over and over again and expectin’ different shiz-ults.” How da fuck is this fake fuckin’ stupid shizit still rollin’ big pimpin’ style like it be bein’ da bestist shizit ever? For realz yo, what da motherfuckin’ fuck! Kill that motherfuckin’ Roshi shizittle!

-DJ Bitchslap

Implementing the heuriticus sensus communis  D.J. Bitchslap pointedly asks “What the fuckin’ dilly yo with this Roshi shizit?”  No beating around the bush(as the gangsters like to say) when it comes to D.J. Bitchslap’s pithy critique of the Roshi. In pointing out, “this fake fuckin’ stupid shizit” DJ Bitchslap, utilizing his ubiquitous and rather average intelligence, gets right to the heart of the matter by pointing out that there is an ‘off’ artificial quality to the Roshi persona. Such an aberration of behavior seems quite obvious, and rather unbelievable, to someone like D.J. Bitchslap, who stands outside the hierarchical environs where such a fabricated social role is conditioned into acceptance by it’s lower tier participants. As fast as his bitchslap, the D.J. concludes that the propagation of the artificial Roshi myth, along with the insane circularity of repeating various versions of the same mistake, is nothing less than latinus incondutis fubar or stupidus shizit, if you will.

-G.H.K.

Genjokoan: The Issue at Hand

Roshi

When all dharma labels are Roshi’s dharma labels there is thinking and nonthinking, existence and nonexistence, not-knowing, Roshis and serfs. When all dharma labels are without Roshi’s sermon there is no thinking and nonthinking, no Roshis and serfs, no existence and nonexistence. Since originally the Roshi Way goes beyond the duality of criticism, there is as Roshi says: thinking and nonthinking, existence and nonexistence, Roshis and serfs. Nevertheless, Roshis fall with attachment and Roshis spring up with aversion.

Carrying the thinker forward to analyze the ten thousand dharma labels is thinking. That the ten thousand dharma labels advance and form a nonthinker is, well…nonthinking. Those who have great realization about not thinking are Roshis. Those who greatly think within a realization are troublemakers. Furthermore, there are those Roshis who attain a lack of thinking even beyond nonthinking. There are Roshis who circularly think within nonthinking. When Roshis are truly Roshis, they need not be self aware anymore. However, Roshi is always a Roshi, and further advances in nonthinking Roshi. (even after disrobing)

In seeing dharma labels with the whole body and mind, in hearing dharma labels with whole body and mind, serf’s become Roshi’s labels intimately. Although, It’s not like Roshi’s mirror and reflection, nor is Roshi’s reflection something real, when one Roshi side is realized, the other serf side is dark.

To study the Roshi Way is to study the Roshi. To study the Roshi is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to be indoctrinated by the ten thousand dharma labels. To be indoctrinated by the ten thousand dharma labels is to free the body-mind from self and other’s thinking. No trace of thinking remains and this traceless nonthinking is continued endlessly.

When a serf first seeks the truth, the serf is separated far from the Roshi Way. When the serf has already been transmitted to by a Roshi, then the serf is the traditional Roshi at that moment. When riding on a serf, if one watches the Roshi, one may assume that the Roshi is working. But watching the serf directly one sees that it is the serf that works.  If a working serf examines the ten thousand dharma labels with a thinking mind, then it will be apparent that the work and mind are real . But if the working serf nonthinks and intimately returns to the the true Roshi Way, the work is effortless, the mind is cleared, and the ten thousand dharma labels occur with no-mind.

Firewood turns to ash, and does not turn into firewood again. But serf’s should not think that the ash is after and the firewood before. Roshis nonthink that the firewood is in the state of being a transcendent dharma label, it has it’s before and after. Yet having this before and after, the labeled transcendent dharma firewood is now separated from reality. Ash is in the state of being an ash dharma label, and has it’s before and after. Just as firewood does not become firewood again after it is ash, after the serf commits to thinking, the serf does not return to the Roshi Way again. Thus, that thinking does not become the Roshi Way is a fixed teaching of the Roshi Way, for this reason the Roshi Way is called nonthinking.  That the Roshi does not think is a confirmed teaching of the Roshi Way, therefore thinking is called the non-Roshi Way. Thinking is a period of itself. Roshis are periods themselves. For example, they are like oil and water. We do not think that oil becomes water, nor do we say that the Roshi Way is about thinking.

Gaining the Roshi Way is like the Roshi’s reflection in piss water. The Roshi’s own reflection does not disturb the Roshi Way. Although Roshi’s light is extensive and great, the Roshi’s reflection is reflected in a penis an inch long. The whole Roshi and his Mind are reflected in a single bead of serf sweat , in one teardrop.

The Roshi Way does not disturb the Roshi, just as Roshi’s reflection does not disturb the bead of serf sweat. A Roshi does not hinder Roshi’s Way, just as a serf teardrop does not hinder the Roshi. The depth of the teardrop is the height of Roshi’s attainment. As for the duration of Roshi’s reflection, examine the vastness or smallness of serf teardrops, the brightness or dimness of Roshi’s heavenly reflection in them.

When the Roshi does not fill the serf’s body and mind,the serf will think they have had enough. When Roshi fills the serf’s body and mind, the serf will realize there is still more to be lapped up. For example, when Roshi views his reflection while riding a serf, where no ethics are in sight, he only sees himself and nothing else. No other aspects are apparent. However the Roshi is neither himself nor a Roshi, and his negative qualities are infinite in variety. Roshi nonthinks he is like a palace. Roshi nonthinks he is like a jewel. Roshi seems like a fake reflection only to the extent the serf’s thinking is functioning at the time.

The ten thousand dharma labels are likewise like this.  Although serf life and Roshi life assume many differences, the serf only actualizes and embodies through nonthinking what their powerless vision can reach. In order to appreciate the ten thousand dharma labels, the serf should know that although the ten thousand dharma labels may look like a mirror or facade, the labels of dharma are also infinitely boring. Furthermore, this endless boredom extends throughout the dharma universe. The world of ten thousand dharma labels is not only within the serf’s mind, they are reflected in every single drop of serf sweat.

When a serf swims in a circle, there is no limit to the circularity, no matter how far it swims. When a Roshi speaks there is no limit to the hot air, no matter how much he preaches. However no serf or Roshi has ever left it’s element from the beginning. When Roshi’s need is large it is used in a large way. When the serf’s need is small, it used in a small way. Therefore, no Roshi ever comes short of his own completeness. Wherever he stands, he does not fail to cover the ground. If a serf leaves the circle, it will cease to exist at once. If the Roshi leaves the pulpit he will cease to exist at once. Know then that the circle is the Roshi Way of life. Know that the thought terminating cliché is the Roshi Way of life. There must be fake progress and further implications beyond this—there is levels of not-knowing and nonthinking, thus the existence of the fake Roshi Way continues on and on like so.

Now if a serf or Roshi tried to think about the limits of their element before being indoctrinated in it, then this serf or Roshi would not find their way. Attaining this place, the serf’s live daily in Roshi’s place. Attaining this way, the serf’s daily life is Roshi’s Way. Since the Roshi Way and place are neither large nor small, neither subject to thought nor objection, neither existing previously nor just now arising , Roshi therefore exists Thusly beyond criticism. Therefore, if the serf stops questioning and nonthinks the Roshi Way, when the serf gains one dharma label, it becomes a dharma label, when the serf not-knowingly encounters one action, the serf obeyingly performs one action.

Since the time of the Roshi is still currently here, and the Roshi Way extends everywhere. The reason the limits of knowledge are unknowable is simply that the serf’s knowledge doesn’t arise, and nonthinks with, the absolutely fake perfection of the Roshi Way. Do not think that the Roshi Way must become the object of serf knowledge and vision, and be grasped conceptually. Even though Roshi’s attainment is immediately manifest, it’s intimate nature is not necessarily real. Roshis make it real, critical thinkers do not.

Roshi Poo-Shin of Waka Waka was wanking himself. A serf approached and obsequiously asked, “ Venerable Master, the circularity of the Roshi Way is permanent and reaches everywhere, why must you wank yourself?”

The Roshi said,“Although you understand that the circularity of the Roshi Way is permanent, you do not yet understand the meaning of the Roshi Way reaching everywhere”
The serf asked, ”What is the meaning of the Roshi Way reaching everywhere.”
The Roshi shot his load everywhere. The monk bowed down on all fours with deep respect.

This is the Roshis’ experience of the Roshi Way and the vital way of it’s correct transmission. Those who say Roshis should not wank because the circularity of the Roshi Way is permanent, and so we should know that permanence without wanking, know neither that permanence nor the nature of wanking.  Because the nature of the Roshi Way circularity is currently present today, the wanking of the Roshi Way actualizes the golden wad and ripens the cheese whiz of the long dong.

Circle

Circle

Circle

Religiosity Killed the Cat

Schizotypal Metamagical Cruelty

Dr. Robert Sapolsky lecturing on religiosity here.

….zzzZZZen…. and the artless cliché of ….zzzZZZen….zzzZZZen….zzzZZZen

bright blue skies
vivid white clouds
green pines swaying
Ah…my original f*c* off

The old pond–
a roshi jumps in,
sound of drowning

grab it, mock it, face it, wrong it, warp it, toss it, destroy it
conform and become a cliché
torch it and have…
what’s left?

 

Katz!

Katz!

Katz!

Have You Pooped The Right Way Today?

Dogen Pooping the Hell Out Of That Poop

How do students of the Way spell relief? D-O-G-E-N . Dogen’s ritualized pooping is the answer to all your GI woes. Furthermore, it will help your practice blast off to the next level, up Dogen’s ascending spiral of religious OCD. Just a reminder: students of the Way please don’t forget the ritualized hand washing ceremony afterwards.

With loving palms and feet together on the Dharma Pot,
Daniel Glū ten-Shin Adams 漢字