Everyone is homeless

[Daiho]

People call me "Homeless" Kodo, but I don't take it as an insult. They call me that because I have never had a temple or a house. Everyone is homeless. It is a mistake if you think that you have a fixed home.

The Dharma of Homeless Kôdô
by Uchiyama Kôshô Rôshi
http://antaiji.dogen-zen.de/eng/hk0.shtml

[Stefan]

Quiz:

( ) You are homeless because you have no house.
( ) You are not homeless because you inhabit this planet.
( ) There is no "you" to have a home.
( ) There is a "you", and it doesn't matter wether you have a home or not.
( ) All answers correct.

Metta to You!
Stefan

[Daiho]

You forgot one:

( ) Home is where the heart is.

 

[Matthew]

and,

( ) Wherever I lay my hat, that's my home ...

[Morning Dew]

( ) My home is there where my families stomack aint hungry

AND ... Where everybody knows my name (friends)

[chintan]

Yes all of us are homeless but home like personal relationships is a clinging - very necessary one for lay practitioners like us. I remember seeing two paths in front of me when I had finished my vipassana retreat - one was taking me back to my "home" and other was the path of renunciation - taking vows and leaving home.

Deep down inside me was a feeling of primal fear - I could not imagine leaving the comfort of my home and relationships and my respect of those who are able to do so went up many fold.

Metta
Chintan

[Stefan]

Modified home-list:

( ) You are homeless because you have no house.
( ) You are not homeless because you inhabit this planet.
( ) There is no "you" to have a home.
( ) There is a "you", and it doesn't matter wether you have a home or not.
( ) My home is where my families stomack aint hungry.   (Thanks Dusko)
( ) Home is where everybody knows my name.                (-"-)
( ) Wherever I lay my hat, that's my home ...          (Thanks Matthew)
( ) Home is where the heart is.    (Thanks Daiho, you get 10 points out of ten for that one.)
( ) All answers correct.
 
AND: "Home" is just another word in the dictionary ... 

Metta to you ...

PS.: Home is where I place my laptop ... well, no ... 

[Crystal Palace]

Home is where the heart is, and Dhamma is where my heart is. Staying in contact with the Dhamma is like coming home. It touches something in me, leaves a mark as it embraces me in its arms of security. Then, in an instant, suddenly a part of me comes alive again. Wherever I am and whatever I do, the Dhamma will be reaching out to me, drawing me back… There’s nothing like it, the taste of emptiness. Once you experience it, you are hooked for life.

Warmly,
Crystal Palace

[Matthew]

There is no "I" to be at home or not at home and so everywhere is home and nowhere is home. On one level. On another I live at XX ZZZZ Street, London. Sati is my main home.

[Mungo]

Wherever you go - there you are.