Showing posts with label KENKO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label KENKO. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Kenko: on doubt

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No 98 When in doubt whether or not to do something, generally it is best not to do it. -- Kenko -- Essays in Idleness Kenko is most...
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Friday, July 14, 2017

Kenko: Essays in Idleness

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No. 88 "A certain man owned a copy of Wakan Roei Shu which, he claimed, was in the hand of Ono no Tofu.  Another man commented, '...
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Monday, May 23, 2016

Kenko: tricks the mind plays on us

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No. 71 "As soon as I hear a name I feel convinced I can guess what the owner looks like, but it never happens, when I actually meet t...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Kenko's advice

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59 "A man who has determined to take the Great Step should leave unresolved all plans for disposing of urgent or worrisome business. ...
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Kenko: Signs of a well-bred person

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No. 56 How boring it is when you meet a man after a long separation and he insists on relating at interminable length everything that has ...
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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Kenko: the ideal house

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No. 55 "A house should be built with the summer in mind.  In winter it is possible to live anywhere, but a badly made house is unbear...
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Sunday, September 7, 2014

Kenko: an anecdote, with a point?

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No. 45 Kin'yo, an officer of the second rank, had a brother called the High Priest Ryogaku, an extremely bad-tempered man.  Next to hi...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Kenko: longing for the past

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29 "When I sit down in quiet meditation, the one emotion hardest to fight against is a longing in all things for the past.  After th...
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Kenko: inevitable change

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No. 26 "When I recall the months and years I spent as the intimate of someone whose affections have now faded like cherry blossoms sca...
Monday, July 8, 2013

Kenko: on instabiliity

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No. 25 "The world is as unstable as the pools and shallows of Asuka River.  Times change and things disappear; joy and sorrow come an...
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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Kenko: "In all things I yearn for the past"

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#22 "In all things I yearn for the past.  Modern fashions seem to keep on growing more and more debased.  I find that even among the ...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Kenko: on travel

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Essay 15 "It wakes you up to take a journey for a while, wherever it may be.  As you walk around the place, looking here and there at...
Monday, April 9, 2012

Kenko: from Essays in Idleness

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No. 13 The pleasantest of all diversions is to sit alone under the lamp, a book spread out before you, and to make friends with people of a...
Monday, November 7, 2011

Kenko: Essays in Idleness

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Chapter 2 The man who forgets the wise principles of the reigns of the ancient emperors; who gives no thought to the grievances of the peopl...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Kenko: Essays in Idleness

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Kenko (approx. 1283-1350) is a Japanese Buddhist priest. Kenko was a low-ranking member of the imperial court, but for some unknown reas...
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Kenko: Essays in Idleness

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About two weeks ago, on Jan. 27 to be exact, I quoted Eric Hoffer on the subject of perfection. It took awhile for me to remember a short ...
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