How A Feral Monk Thinks
by Gianni Grassi a.k.a., Yesei Kaige (Wild Spirit-Precept Flower)
The feral monk does not abide
Takes rest in no masters refuge
Schools of thought collect like frost around ideas
that occur largely out of schools
Institutions bestow credentials
Courage bestows credibility
The street and the unbeaten path
are my monasteries
I have been feral all my life.
Embraced transformations. Shattered cocoons. Emerged.
Lately have lived by my wits with no greater need for nostalgia
t han that which sustains my gratitude
Faith is the willingness to show up vulnerable.
Trust is actually showing up that way
GOD is a three letter word
that stands for everything that I do not
know at this moment.
Seekers never find. Finders never seek.
I prefer finding
I aspire to see everything old as if for the first time ...
... everything new as if for the last
I would rather feel the Buddha’s blisters on my feet,
than his footprints on my sandals
Who listens gives teaching …
… Who speaks gives listening.
I would like it to be said of my presence ...
He lived happy, joyous, and free
on less than his share.
The Historical Transformations of Buddhasapience
Gianni Grassi a.k.a., Yesei Kaige (Wild Spirit-Precept Flower)
Outlined the evolving WHO-WHERE-WHEN-WHY-WHAT-HOW of humankind's rise,
That he calls "The Historical Transformations of Buddhasapience"
Buddha 1.0 ... Identity ... WHO
200 to 50 thousand years ago ... Warm Climate ... Gathering ... Ritual Burial
Buddha 2.0 ... Locality ... WHERE
50 TO 10 thousand years ago ... Glaciation ... Hunting ... Shamanistics
Buddha 3.0 ... Periodicity ... WHEN
10 to 3 thousand years ago ... Glacial Thaw ... Cultivation ... Astrologics
Buddha 4.0 ... Universality ... WHY
3,000 to 600 years ago ... Hyper-Population ... Trade ... Metaphysics
Buddha 5.0 ... Objectivity ... WHAT
600 to 60 years ago ... Isolation ... Institution ... Science
Buddha 6.0 ... Emergence ... HOW
60 years ago to present ... Emergence ... Networking ... Synergistics