Will Dockery wrote:
He's a Dharma Bum, Pendragon.
;)
Yep... one of many...!
https://www.thedharmabums.org/
******************** The Dharma Bum Temple is a home for the study and practice of Buddhism, yet we do not advocate one particular school of Buddhism. Our community is simply a bridge for people to learn how to
make change within their own life and be of benefit to others.
The Dharma Bums focus on The Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path and Six Paramitas. To speak about Buddhism is not enough, one must practice
these basic Buddhist principles. Through diligent practice one will
begin to realize the cause of their suffering, thus moving beyond
suffering for the benefit of all beings. When one enters the stream of Buddhism it can be confusing, so we help make it easier to understand.**************************
JD Chase wrote:
Who can say for sure what works for Zod, other than Zod? He’s really the >> only one to answer... No one can speak for him... Well, they can, but it
would be presumptuous and misguided... I am SO disappointed and ashamed
of the judgmental attitudes I often read and witness in this group!
Really wish that people would start examining themselves more and that
they would stop being so negative and judgmental towards others...
Again I thank J.C....!
On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 5:19:03 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 5:01:53 PM UTC-5, Hieronymous Corey
wrote:
On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 4:57:36 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:No shit, Sherlock.
Bum.............I consider myself a latter day Dharma
Smith's story, whose penchant for simplicity and Zen Buddhism influenced >>> Kerouac on the eve of the sudden and unpredicted success of On the Road. >>> The action shifts between the events of Smith and Ryder's "city life,"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dharma_Bums
***************The character Japhy drives Ray
such as three-day parties and enactments of the Buddhist "Yab-Yum"
rituals, to the sublime and peaceful imagery where Kerouac seeks a type
of transcendence. The novel concludes with a change in narrative style,
with Kerouac working alone as a fire lookout on Desolation Peak
(adjacent to Hozomeen Mountain), in what would soon be declared North
Cascades National Park (see also Kerouac's novel Desolation Angels). His >>> summer on Desolation Peak was desperately lonely. "Many's the time I
thought I'd die of boredom or jump off the mountain," he wrote in
''Desolation Angels.''[2] Yet in the more eloquent ''Dharma Bums,"
Kerouac described the experience in elegiac prose.
and really meant it. 'I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of
Down on the lake rosy reflections of celestial >>> vapor appeared, and I said 'God, I love you' and looked up to the sky
us all, one way or the other.'
places The Dharma Bums at a critical juncture foreshadowing the
The blend of narrative with prose-poetry
consciousness-probing works of several authors in the 1960s such as
Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey.[citation needed]
Matterhorn Peak in California. It relates Kerouac's introduction to this >>> type of mountaineering and inspired him to spend the following summer as >>> a fire lookout for the United States Forest Service on Desolation Peak
One episode in the book features Smith, Ryder, >>> and Henry Morley (based on real-life friend John Montgomery) climbing
in Washington.
legendary 1955 Six Gallery reading, where Allen Ginsberg gave a debut
The novel also gives an account of the
presentation of his poem "Howl" (changed to "Wail" in the book). At the
event, other authors including Snyder, Kenneth Rexroth, Michael McClure, >>> and Philip Whalen also performed**********
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Where does the "dharma" come into your existence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas_Idlet#Later_years
in 1983 at a poetry reading.[5] The couple were inseparable in his last
Thomas met his fourth wife, the poet Philomene Long
years, and Thomas dedicated his final poems to her.[6]
on the edge of American society, maintaining a lifestyle of "living
He said she "resurrected him." They lived together
poor" based on the ancient Zen recluse poets. "I would feel
uncomfortable and irritable living any other way. I have Philomene, a
pen, a pad, shirt and pants.. If you start wanting more, it fills you
up, leading to a poverty of the heart and mind."[citation needed]
house in Venice Beach and reading while sitting under a sweet gum tree
Thomas spent the sunset days of his life in his
on the grounds of the Zen Center of Los Angeles.
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correct Zod, who is actually living the life:
The above description fits Zod quite closely.
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****** Dharma is a concept of moral living **********
Learn what it means to be a Dharma Bum before you attempt to
the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping,
“Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in
running—that's the way to live. All alone and free in the soft sands of >>> the beach by the sigh of the sea out there, with the Ma-Wink fallopian
virgin warm stars reflecting on the outer channel fluid belly waters.
And if your cans are redhot and you can't hold them in your hands, just
use good old railroad gloves, that's all.” -Jack Kerouac, The Dharma
Bums
temples this world pulls.” -Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
"Living the life"?
Living a Dharma Bum life:
“One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the
The Dharma Bums is a novel, a work of fiction, and Jack
Kerouac was an alcoholic writer, not a Dharma Bum.
The poet Gary Snyder was the model for a Dharma Bum.
The book is a FICTIONALIZED account
You do understand what FICTION is, don’t you?Yes there were, as there is an account of groups of young people
Dharma Bums is a work of FICTION. There are
no REAL Dharma Bums, and there never were.
appearing at Kerouac's Florida home calling themselves "Dharma Bums".
I've read this in Kerouac biographies, and I'm not sure if this has gone
online yet or not... either way, it just has, right here.
Yes, I read that somewhere, I shall do a search....
I consider myself one of the Dharma Bums, still and all.
https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Dharma-Bums-PKD3CSSDJ3DQ
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Erica Schlecht wrote:
A True Dharma Bum One of the most powerful quotes in the entire book
that I feel sums up what it is to be a dharma bum, “ I felt free and therefore I was free”. This quote from Ray Smith shows that a dharma
bum must always believe in oneself and take the journey to becoming a
Dharma bum from within. Although one can learn from fellow dharma bums
such as the Saint Teresa bum, Han Shan, and Japhy the ultimate truth of
being Dharma bum comes from within. Saint Teresa Bum is the “first
genuine dharma bum” that Ray Smith, the main character is Dharma Bums
has ever met. The book starts off with Smith jumping into a box car
where he runs into the Saint Teresa bum
In chapter 24 the same idea is brought up, "Maybe I'll be rich and work
and make a lot of money and live in a big house." But a minute later:
"And who wants to enslave himself to a lot of all that, though?”
(Chapter 24). Jack Kerouac’s writing about this shows that dharma bums
do not need to fit into the mold of working society to be happy. At the
same time a dharma bum is not one that sits around doing nothing, but
one who constantly searches for oneself in nature and the things around
him. This is shown in another quote from the book, “by God, you're
right, all those sedentary bums sitting around on pillows hearing the
cry of a triumphant mountain smasher, they don't deserve it” (Chapter
12). Smith discusses what he has learned from Japhy here, “I realized I had indeed learned from Japhy how to cast off the evils for the world
and the city and find my true pure soul, just as long as I had a decent
pack on my back. I got back to my camp and spread the sleeping bag and thanked the Lord for all He was giving me” (156). Japhy has taught Smith that the Lord gives us all that we need and to look within the find true Dharma Bum peace. Being a Dharma Bum is not something that can be
defined as one particular thing. Following certain procedures such as disposing of worldly possessions to look within and find oneself is a
good step, but cannot truly define one’s journey.
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On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 8:32:38 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
Jordy C wrote:
On Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 5:17:18 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:Good evening, Jordy.
On Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 3:12:30 PM UTC-5, Jordy C wrote:
On Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 3:40:14 PM UTC-5, W-Dockery wrote:disappointed and ashamed of the judgmental attitudes I often read and
Jordy C wrote:
On Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 1:30:14 PM UTC-5, W-Dockery wrote: >>>> > > >> Jordy C wrote:
Who can say for sure what works for Zod, other than Zod? >>>> He’s really the only one to answer... No one can speak for him... Well, >>>> they can, but it would be presumptuous and misguided... I am SO
witness in this group! Really wish that people would start examining
themselves more and that they would stop being so negative and
judgmental towards others....
Good afternoon, my friend.
Hello again, Jordy.
bonjour, Will
hola Will
Hello, Jordy.
Shalom Will
bonjour, Will
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