Sunday, May 13, 2012

Monday Morning Blues; Honey Suckle Rose


Roosevelt Sykes · Honey Suckle Rose

I usually prefer the original version of songs, especially when they were written by someone such as Fats Waller, but this interpretation of one of Fats' most famous songs gets me ever time!


"Monks, any desire-passion with regard to contact at the eye is a defilement of the mind. Any desire-passion with regard to contact at the ear... contact at the nose... contact at the tongue... contact at the body... contact at the intellect is a defilement of the mind. When, with regard to these six bases, the defilements of awareness are abandoned, then the mind is inclined to renunciation. The mind fostered by renunciation feels malleable for the direct knowing of those qualities worth realizing."

-Buddha SN 27.4: Phassa Sutta — Contact

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