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I know I promised an article about jukai, the precepts ceremony. But someone wrote in with this question and I'd like to try and answer it:
How does one reinvigorate one's practice after losing the illusions that brought one to practice in the first place? That's where I'm at now. I originally practiced hoping to get to "some place better than this one," or at least to be able to "have it all figured out"; I now despair of either one and so I ask myself, "Why sit?" I'm slowly finding my way back to practice, and sitting with sanghas is helping, but when it comes to sitting at home, I continue not to do it for one of many months in a row. I figure that this--getting the ass on the cushion day after day--is your area of expertise, so I ask: what's the motivation when the old motivations are gone?
This is a tough one. Illusions are inexhaustible, they say, yet we're supposed to vow to end them all. Illusions about practice are the worst. What this questioner doesn't say here, but what I've heard from her before is that a lot of her disillusionment stems from seeing her teachers as less than perfect. What she wants, like all of us, is perfection. What she's seeing from her teachers isn't perfection. So I'd like to address that question first.
In the old days we didn't know a whole lot about famous people like kings or poets or great spiritual masters. All we would know about a Zen teacher would be that she lives in a temple up in the mountains. We might hear glorious stories from her students or scandalous rumors from those who had left her monastery. But even this information was scarce and what we did hear didn't amount to a whole lot.
So we invented their lives in our minds. We imagined what they might be like. But the only way to know what was true was to go to the monastery, sit out on the porch for seven days in the snow and sleet until they let you in, work your way up to the point where you could actually have personal contact with the master and then you'd find out what she was like.
By the time you got through all of that you'd have developed a personal relationship. So when you saw the teacher pick her nose, or smelled the fart she silently let out as she sat on the cushion next to you, you'd already be well familiar with a whole lot of other things about her. You'd already know if she was a good teacher or not, and so whatever faults you discovered would be part of a much larger and richer picture of her.
It's the same as with any friendship. Bob helped you move out of your house, he was there when your dog died, he sat through your daughter's awful performance as Tevya in a second grade version of Fiddler on the Roof. So what if he doesn't trim his nose hairs? And that rake he borrowed seven years ago but never gave back? Big deal.
But nowadays it's harder for famous people to hide the things they want to hide. In the early sixties it was possible for John Lennon's marriage to be kept secret from the public. By the end of the sixties no one could keep that kind of thing under wraps anymore. We know Richard Baker, Chogyam Trungpa and Dainin Katagiri were evil! We've read it in books!!! And that Brad Warner! Oh. My. God.
What you know about any given celebrity — spiritual masters and rock stars alike — is mostly bullshit. It's all how their image has been manipulated — by themselves, by others, by you. It would be possible to construct a biography of Hitler that was 100% factual and made him look like a saint. And you could construct an equally true biography of Gandhi that made him look like the worst louse that ever walked the earth. You'd just have to carefully choose which facts you included and which you left out.
I spent a lot of one-on-one time with my teachers and that's how I got to know their character — not through books or blog postings or videos on YouTube. Those tell you next to nothing about a person's true character. No matter how many of them you read or watch. Whatever picture you have in your mind of people you see on your computer screen is false. Absolutely fictitious. You don't have a clue.
My first Zen teacher used to eat a couple cloves of raw garlic every day. It was something he did for his health. Who knows where he got the idea? But whenever I spoke to him I could smell it oozing from his pores. It wasn't an unpleasant odor. But to this day I still associate the scent of raw garlic with Zen. You can't smell a teacher through a computer screen or the pages of a book. A celebrity teacher can't eat popcorn with you and watch reruns of The Prisoner on a little black and white TV with a 6 inch screen. A teacher in a book doesn't lean on your shoulder after falling asleep on the Bullet Train home from Shizuoka. The reasons why you can't learn Zen from books and the Internet are too many to count. You can get introduced to it from books and the Internet. But it's no place to study.
What our questioner today has seen has convinced her that there is nothing to this Zen shit, that even after 20+ years of practice its teachers are still not perfect people. So why bother?
And it seems to go even beyond that for her. She despairs that she will never find the answers she seeks – even if she understands those answers won't make her a perfect person.
I'll tell you a story about that. One day, at a retreat in Tokei-in, I was talking to Nishijima Roshi. I can't remember the whole conversation. But I remember I was coming from a place like our questioner. I'd been sitting every day for at least ten years and yet I had no answers. I was about to give it up completely. And I told Nishijima, "I want to know the source of the Universe!"
I don't recall what words he used. But he told me something like, "You will."
So I got back on my cushion and sat some more. And several years later his promise came true.
But what really happened at that moment when he said those words to me? An elderly Japanese man told a 30-something American idiot that he could — even with his own idiotic American mind full of punk rock, science fiction movies, Penthouse centerfolds and all the rest – understand the source of everything. And that American idiot believed the old man.
Why did he believe the old man? I'm not sure. I guess it had to do with trust. I knew the old man wouldn't steer me wrong. By then I knew full well he was no saint. I saw the old man's students bickering with each other. I saw the old man himself do things I didn't entirely approve of. I heard him express opinions I could not agree with. I was there when he burped and when he farted. I knew he sometimes – gasp! — fell asleep on his cushion during early morning zazen.
But I trusted him. I knew that whatever else he did, he always told me the truth. And that's what counted. I knew him more than as a teacher. I knew him as a friend.
Whatever I can be to people on these pages and in my books and suchlike, I can't be that kind of friend to everyone who reads what I write. I won't pretend to even try. I hope people enjoy my work, that it motivates them and makes them laugh. But that's about it.
As far as sitting after having lost your illusions about what sitting will do, there is only one solution. Just sit. That's all. Use your illusions. Sit with them.
For what it's worth, I can assure you that if you do this long enough and with sincerity the answers you seek will become abundantly clear.


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TORONTO — How can Canadian Arabs and Jews meet to mend historic divides? How can they reduce conflict and improve understanding between their communities? How can they counter hatred and promote human rights for those living here and in Israel?
These complex and pressing questions were addressed at a recent event sponsored by JSpaceCanada, a Jewish pro-peace group, and the Canadian Arab/Jewish Leadership Dialogue Group.
The program, titled "Courageous Conversations: Arab Jewish Relations in Canada," was held Jan. 24 at the Barbara Frum Library.
Moderated by journalist Ralph Benmergui, who identifies as a Jew born in an Arab country (Morocco), the discussion featured four representatives of the dialogue group.
The panellists included Raja Khouri and Karen Mock, the founders and co-chairs of the organization, and longtime members Maurice Green and Jareer Khouri.
Mock is the former executive director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada, Raja Khouri is president of the Canadian Arab Institute, Green is a labour, and human rights lawyer, and Jareer Khouri is a senior adviser to the attorney general.
The evening was part of an effort to promote peaceful dialogue, co-operation and a greater understanding of Arab and Jewish culture, politics and history. The dialogue group contends that neither community benefits from tensions, violent conflicts, public accusations and racist exchanges.
"It is important for progressive Jews and other Canadians to hear about our dialogue experience over the last several years. Our dialogue group presents a model for our mainstream communities to build relationships and positively relate to each other," Raja Khouri said.
"We share frank, honest and direct opinions," Jareer Khouri said. "For the Arab and Jewish communities to change their perspectives, both sides must have the courage to voice different opinions."
The dialogue group, founded in 2007, was created in response to the increasing hostility between Jewish and Arab communities, which was mainly demonstrated in conflicts on university campuses. Mock said the idea for the group was born when she was chair of the attorney general's Hate Crimes Community Working Group in 2006.
Raja Khouri, former president of the Canadian Arab Federation, and Bernie Farber, then executive director of the Canadian Jewish Congress, were both members of that committee. They began talking to each other to defuse conflict situations between their two communities and work out practical resolutions to meet both Arab and Jewish needs.
While the panellists agreed on the importance of being able to put themselves in each other's shoes, they also discussed the challenges of achieving understanding and respect for the other's point of view.
Raja Khouri said there's "a perceived orthodoxy" on each side and any person who speaks outside the orthodoxy is endangering themselves.
"I've been attacked by some in my own community, as have Jewish members whose opinions don't mirror the so-called mainstream. In terms of the honesty of the discussion, it takes a long time to get there, and it took us approximately two years to build the foundation of trust before branching out to others."
Jareer Khouri said most Canadian Arabs believe the Jewish community is "monochromatic" when it comes to Israel.
"We have to move away from the impression that no criticism of Israeli policy is possible in the Jewish community, and we must also dispel the impression that Arabs don't criticize events and policies in the Arab world."
Mock said reasonable criticism of Israeli government policy is not antisemitic. She also clarified the meaning of Zionism as "Jewish self-determination."
Green said the result of shared respect and trust each is "honest conversation through which people come to appreciate why you hold the views you do."


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Chapel Hill orchestral folk collective LOST IN THE TREES have their Anti-Records debut All Alone In An Empty House featured on NPR's First Listen Series beginning today and running through the album's release date of August 10. First Listen, part of NPR's All Songs Considered programmed by Bob Boilen, is a much sought-after avenue for allowing listeners to preview selected upcoming albums in their entirety. LOST IN THE TREES is led by songwriter, musician and vocalist Ari Picker, and creates a startlingly original sound merging elements of classical music with the accessibility of American folk and rock.
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Leave No Trace is a set of principles for participation in outdoor recreation that seeks to minimize the impact on the natural environment. Proponents of Leave No Trace believe that individual impacts caused by recreation can accumulate to degrade the land. Therefore, the Leave No Trace message encourages people who spend time in the out-of-doors to behave in such a way that they can minimize unavoidable impacts and prevent avoidable impacts. It is often summarized: "Take only photos, leave only foot prints."
The roots of Leave No Trace can be traced to the 1970s and 1980s. In those decades, the United States Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the National Park Service started to teach their non-motorized visitors how to have a minimal impact on the land. Also in the 70s, groups such as the Sierra Club were advocating minimum impact camping techniques. A pilot program in the 80s between the Boy Scouts of America and the High Uintas Wilderness tried to reach a wide audience. Finally, a national education program was developed in 1990 by the United States Forest Service in conjunction with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).
The Leave No Trace program is managed by the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, formerly Leave No Trace, Inc., which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and inspiring responsible outdoor recreation through education, research and partnerships. Leave No Trace tries to build awareness, appreciation, and respect for our wildlands.
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Leave No Trace is an outdoor code of ethics. The backcountry principles of Leave No Trace are commonly referred to as the Seven Principles of Leave No Trace.
The Seven Principles of Leave No Trace:
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Travel and camp on durable surfaces
Dispose of waste properly
Leave what you find
Minimize campfire impact
Respect wildlife
Be considerate of other visitors
Plan ahead and prepare
Some things you will want to plan and prepare for before you leave on a trip are as follows:
- Check the weather forecast
- Make sure you know the rules and regulations of the area
- Know the anticipated food consumption
- Make a meal plan
- Make a duty roster
- Identify your trip's goal
- Make sure you have brought the essential outdoor tools
- Know the ability level of your unit's members
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Prepare correctly for different types of terrain.
- Rock, gravel
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- Can tolerate repeated trampling
- Snow
- The effect of trampling is temporary, making it a good surface
- Make sure you have dressed correctly
- Vegetation
- Vegetation varies in sturdiness
- Select areas with sparse vegetation
- Desert puddles/mud holes
- Do not walk through these. Water is a precious resource in the desert.
Dispose of waste properly
- Do not bury trash!
- Strain dishwater and broadcast the strained water over a wide area at least 200 feet from the nearest water source.
Leave what you find
- Preserve the past! Give others the same opportunity you had to find things.
- Leave rocks, plants, and other natural objects as you find them.
- Do not build structures, furniture, or dig trenches.
Minimize campfire impact
- Campfires can leave a lasting impact on the environment.
- Use a lightweight stove for cooking
- Use a candle lantern for light.
- Where fires are permitted, use established fire areas.
- Keep fires small, use only sticks that can be broken by hand.
- Burn all wood to ash, put out campfires completely, then scatter cooled ashes.
Respect wildlife
- Observe wildlife from a distance. Do not follow or approach them.
- Never feed animals! Feeding animals can alter their feeding behaviors, making them prone to loss of food and predators. Animals can become dependent on humans for food.
- Store rations and food securely.
- Control pets at all times. If possible, leave them at home.
- Avoid wildlife during sensitive times.
- Mating season
- Nesting
- Raising young
- Winter
Be considerate of other visitors
- Respect other visitors and protect the quality of their experience.
- Be courteous. Yield to others on the trail.
- Step to the downhill side of the trail when encountering pack stock.
- Take breaks and camp away from trails and other visitors
- Let nature's sounds prevail. Avoid loud voices and noises.
Frontcountry Principles
In Cub Scouts, the frontcountry principles are termed the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids:
- Know Before You Go
- Stick to Trails and Camp Overnight Right
- Trash your Trash and Pick Up Poop
- Leave It as You Find It
- Be Careful with Fire
- Keep Wildlife Mild
- Share Our Trails and Manage Your Pet
External Links
|Leave No Trace-related links
Leave No Trace Awards and Advancement Requirements
Advancement Requirements
- Second Class rank - 1b. Explain the seven principles of Leave No Trace and tell how you practiced them on a campout or outing.


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ChessCube V6.29 Changelog
Here's the change log for ChessCube V6.29.
Technical fixes and UI clean-ups from V6.28:
* Removed "Add From Facebook" button in the "Friends" menu
* Removed the ability to copy the game PGN until the game has ended
* Fixed the "(Excluding 15 Cubit VIP" seek graph label
* VIP's can now play any Cubit Prize game, regardless of their XP/Level (provided they have enough Cubits)
* Non-VIP's below level 30 are now limited to playing a maximum of 100 Cubits in a prize game
Changes to XP rewards when playing a game:
All games now award 15 XP - however there are additional bonus XP for higher time controls..
Note: VIP's will receive a 25 XP bonus in addition to the total XP above when playing a rating game.
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Last night during Nokia's par-tay we managed to check out their little photo challenge area. In short, they literally had a cubby hole in a brick wall where you could mosey on up with your smartphone, snap a pic and then Nokia would do the same with the Lumia 920.
Of course the Lumia 920 is better positioned to win such a contest, after all it has everything: lens stabilization, a larger BSI sensor, F/2.0 aperture and some funky Nokia algorithms to top it all off. And indeed, challenge after challenge we saw the 920 crush any phone that attempted the feat—iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy S3—all were smoked.
The Lumia 920's camera simply overpowers the Galaxy S3's
The object was a flower in a vase tucked in a little dark corner. To say it as poorly lit is an understatement. Honestly, we would never even attempt to photograph what they were doing with the 920 as you could barely see it with your own eyes. And let's make no mistake—as far as we could tell, this was not rigged. Nokia snapped the photo each and every time and we were allowed to view the images to verify (ironically, we couldn't challenge the Lumia 900 as Nokia probably does not want to compete against themselves too publicly).
Likewise with video stabilization as the Nokia employee held up the phone above his head and would shoot 5 to 10 seconds of video. Sure, this works on any camera but on the 920, the video was solid and didn't budge. It did look like it was mounted on a tripod instead of being handheld.
Don't get us wrong—we want to see the "final" product like everyone else and we'll surely put it through its paces between George and myself. But we noticed some folks are calling this 'vaporware'—sorry friends, but it is anything but vaporware, faked or being over-sold to you. This kind of camera can truly change the level and quality of photos you'll be taking in 8 weeks' time and we can't wait to see 'em.
Watch the video above and let us know your thoughts.


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