Comments for sacred mischief http://yoowho.wordpress.com Traveling in the world of Humor, Clown, Circus and Life Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:56:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 Comment on thinking too much by Loony Tune http://yoowho.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/thinking-too-much/#comment-173 Loony Tune Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:17:52 +0000 http://yoowho.wordpress.com/?p=259#comment-173 Sweat lodge, womb of the Earth, renewal of the sense of no body, calm liberation. BONK. No one sees. It's FUNNY AS HEK. The question is who is that laughing? I was spending the night floating in a blow up boat off the end of my sister's dock in Bel Marin. Feeling the gentle rocking of the waves, merging with the ocean, no mind. There is a light in my eyes. The neighbor has called the Sheriff because she is sure I am a peeping Tom. Is it still funny? Sweat lodge, womb of the Earth, renewal of the sense of no body, calm liberation. BONK.
No one sees.
It’s FUNNY AS HEK. The question is who is that laughing?

I was spending the night floating in a blow up boat off the end of my sister’s dock in Bel Marin.
Feeling the gentle rocking of the waves, merging with the ocean, no mind. There is a light in my eyes. The neighbor has called the Sheriff because she is sure I am a peeping Tom. Is it still funny?

]]> Comment on thinking too much by Miho Yamada http://yoowho.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/thinking-too-much/#comment-161 Miho Yamada Mon, 26 May 2008 15:19:40 +0000 http://yoowho.wordpress.com/?p=259#comment-161 "window" should be corrected to "wind". sorry for a silly error “window” should be corrected to “wind”. sorry for a silly error

]]> Comment on thinking too much by Miho Yamada http://yoowho.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/thinking-too-much/#comment-160 Miho Yamada Mon, 26 May 2008 14:49:19 +0000 http://yoowho.wordpress.com/?p=259#comment-160 (extraction from my favorite Japanese poem) ..... the momet of parting quiet heart my body becoming zero and listening carefully to wonder (fushigi) of living wonder (fushigi) of dying flower, town, window… all is one wonder (fushigi) .... (“fushigi” is more quiet sense than “wonder”.) (extraction from my favorite Japanese poem)
…..
the momet of parting
quiet heart
my body becoming zero and
listening carefully to
wonder (fushigi) of living
wonder (fushigi) of dying
flower, town, window… all
is one wonder (fushigi)
….

(“fushigi” is more quiet sense than “wonder”.)

]]> Comment on A short look at Clown and Zen by Miho Yamada http://yoowho.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/a-short-look-at-clown-and-zen/#comment-153 Miho Yamada Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:38:01 +0000 http://yoowho.wordpress.com/?p=249#comment-153 Sorry for a frequent comment. I had an opportunity to listen to a talk by the Theravada Buddhism Master entitled “Buddha’s utilization of humor”. The followings are from the talk: It is because of his “lightness” that many people were attracted by Buddha at that time. Buddha utilized humor to change people’s view of reality and guided them to enlightenment. (The Master cited from Buddhist scriptures several examples of dialogue with humor conducted by Buddha.) From a viewpoint of another reality that everything is unceasingly changing, all affairs of the real world are laughable. Those who have accepted reality of the world completely just keep smiling. Sorry for a frequent comment.
I had an opportunity to listen to a talk by the Theravada Buddhism Master entitled “Buddha’s utilization of humor”. The followings are from the talk:
It is because of his “lightness” that many people were attracted by Buddha at that time.
Buddha utilized humor to change people’s view of reality and guided them to enlightenment. (The Master cited from Buddhist scriptures several examples of dialogue with humor conducted by Buddha.)
From a viewpoint of another reality that everything is unceasingly changing, all affairs of the real world are laughable.
Those who have accepted reality of the world completely just keep smiling.

]]> Comment on Amsterdam Vondel Park offers up SAcred Mischief by Miho Yamada http://yoowho.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/amsterdam-vondel-park-offers-up-sacred-mischief/#comment-152 Miho Yamada Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:06:05 +0000 http://yoowho.wordpress.com/?p=254#comment-152 What a “fushigina” scene! … laughed… What a “fushigina” scene! … laughed…

]]> Comment on A short look at Clown and Zen by Miho Yamada http://yoowho.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/a-short-look-at-clown-and-zen/#comment-150 Miho Yamada Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:35:04 +0000 http://yoowho.wordpress.com/?p=249#comment-150 From among the parallels between clown and zen of this piece, I gave some thought to “the clown brings light into the darker emotions…”. The clown is attractive to me in its mysterious-“fushigina” in Japanese- presence. (“fushigi” means what can not be grasped by analysis.) The clown seems to keep antithetical sides of humane nature coexistent, such as wisdom vs. absurdity, joy vs. sorrow and solitariness vs. amiableness, etc., with these antitheses being transmutable into each other. So I suppose the clown’s lightness never excludes darkness and heaviness, etc. I think such presence of the clown rather than doing encourages people to accept themselves as they are, bringing healing. From among the parallels between clown and zen of this piece, I gave some thought to “the clown brings light into the darker emotions…”. The clown is attractive to me in its mysterious-“fushigina” in Japanese- presence. (“fushigi” means what can not be grasped by analysis.) The clown seems to keep antithetical sides of humane nature coexistent, such as wisdom vs. absurdity, joy vs. sorrow and solitariness vs. amiableness, etc., with these antitheses being transmutable into each other. So I suppose the clown’s lightness never excludes darkness and heaviness, etc. I think such presence of the clown rather than doing encourages people to accept themselves as they are, bringing healing.

]]> Comment on where is my cellphone? by Miho Yamada http://yoowho.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/where-is-my-cellphone/#comment-147 Miho Yamada Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:34:04 +0000 http://yoowho.wordpress.com/?p=247#comment-147 so beautiful humor… , which is unfolding itself into everything every moment … so beautiful humor… , which is unfolding itself into everything every moment …

]]> Comment on St Stupid’s Day by bishop joey http://yoowho.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/st-stupids-day/#comment-146 bishop joey Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:26:12 +0000 http://yoowho.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-146 great story Mo'....as for my stupidity, i left my good drum harness at home and had to make one up outta ties which sagged and threw my back out .... ah, whatta day. great story Mo’….as for my stupidity, i left my good drum harness at home and had to make one up outta ties which sagged and threw my back out …. ah, whatta day.

]]> Comment on Buddha’s Birthday. BohdiSong’s ClownZen Moment. by Miho Yamada http://yoowho.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/buddhas-birthday-bohdisongs-clownzen-moment/#comment-140 Miho Yamada Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:44:43 +0000 http://yoowho.wordpress.com/?p=241#comment-140 I burst into laughter at the gag of the Buddha statue and the shot of Travolta. Humor can　test actual tolerance of Buddhism or Buddhists, I have got enlightened so. I burst into laughter at the gag of the Buddha statue and the shot of Travolta. Humor can　test actual tolerance of Buddhism or Buddhists, I have got enlightened so.

]]> Comment on Conversation with Roshi Bernie Glassman about Clown and Zen by Miho Yamada http://yoowho.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/conversation-with-roshi-bernie-glassman-about-clown-and-zen/#comment-133 Miho Yamada Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:08:34 +0000 http://yoowho.wordpress.com/?p=234#comment-133 I am also interested in parallel between zen and clown. I have read your several articles about zen and clown after I joined your work shop at Tokyo, Japan in March. I have practiced vipassana (meaning “precise awareness”) meditation of Theravada Buddhism (the oldest surviving Buddhist school). This practice helped me to understand and follow your instructions at the workshop because I am instructed in meditation to stop thinking and concentrate to and be aware of sensation of your body every moment, which gives you wise solutions to the real world. Now I am wondering why I seek clowning as well as Buddhism. Probably, I as a Buddhist living an ordinary life not in religion want any means or role to communicate and share with people delight, compassion or beauty of the true world, of which Buddhism reminds me. In other words, I may expect clowning to connect “me in the real world” and ”me in the true world”. I am also interested in parallel between zen and clown. I have read your several articles about zen and clown after I joined your work shop at Tokyo, Japan in March. I have practiced vipassana (meaning “precise awareness”) meditation of Theravada Buddhism (the oldest surviving Buddhist school). This practice helped me to understand and follow your instructions at the workshop because I am instructed in meditation to stop thinking and concentrate to and be aware of sensation of your body every moment, which gives you wise solutions to the real world.
Now I am wondering why I seek clowning as well as Buddhism. Probably, I as a Buddhist living an ordinary life not in religion want any means or role to communicate and share with people delight, compassion or beauty of the true world, of which Buddhism reminds me. In other words, I may expect clowning to connect “me in the real world” and ”me in the true world”.

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