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  • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 1: Never Pretend, Even About Skulls
    Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 1: Never Pretend, Even About Skulls, THE MASTER FUGAI WAS CONSIDERED VERY WISE AND GENEROUS, YET HE WAS MOST SEVERE BOTH WITH HIMSELF AND HIS DISCIPLES. HE WENT TO THE MOUNTAINS TO SIT IN ZEN. HE LIVED IN A CAVE, AND WHEN HE WAS HUNGRY HE WENT TO THE VILLAGE FOR SCRAPS. ONE DAY A MONK CALLED BUNDO, ATTRACTED BY FUGAI'S AUSTERITIES, CALLED AT THE CAVE AND ASKED TO STAY THE NIGHT. THE MASTER SEEMED HAPPY TO PUT HIM UP, AND NEXT MORNING PREPARED RICE GRUEL FOR HIM. NOT HAVING AN EXTRA BOWL HE WENT OUT AND RETURNED WITH A SKULL HE FOUND LYING NEAR A TOMB. HE FILLED IT WITH GRUEL AND OF OFFERED IT TO BUNDO at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 2: Magicless Magic, Question 1
      Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 2: Magicless Magic, Question 1, YESTERDAY WHILE SITTING IN ZAZEN I FELT MYSELF GET HIT WITH A STICK ON MY HEAD. BUT PRADEEPA THAT TIME HAD NOT HIT ME. ALSO TODAY DURING THE LECTURE I GOT HIT TWICE ON THE HEAD BUT NO STICK-HITTER WAS AROUND. IS THIS MAGICLESS MAGIC? at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 2: Magicless Magic, Question 2
      Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 2: Magicless Magic, Question 2, WHILE PRACTICING ZAZEN, JUST SITTING, I DISCOVERED THAT I HAD BECOME THE GREATEST FOOL ON EARTH. BUT SUDDENLY I REMEMBERED ONE PROVERB: WHEN IGNORANCE IS BLISS, IT IS FOLLY TO BE WISE. THOUGH THIS STUPIDITY HAS MADE ME A FOOL, I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO FULL AS I AM NOW. I HAVE NOW FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THIS ZAZEN STUPIDITY. I INVOKE YOUR BLESSINGS SO THAT I REMAIN A FOOL TILL ETERNITY at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 2: Magicless Magic, Question 3
      Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 2: Magicless Magic, Question 3, I FEEL THE WORD 'GOD' HAS NO HEARTFELT POTENTIAL, YET THE SKY AND PLANTS CAN BRING ME TO MY KNEES AND THERE IS A HEARTACHE FOR SOMETHING UNKNOWN. ZEN ATTRACTS ME WITH ITS FRESHNESS, COOLNESS, BUT ITS DEMANDS MAKE ME FEEL IMPOTENT. YOU SEEM THE MOST ATTRACTIVE, YOU WARM MY HEART AND HAVE THE COOLNESS OF A STREAM. ARE YOU POSSIBLY A THIRD WAY? BECAUSE I CAN'T DECIDE at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 2: Magicless Magic, Question 4
      Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 2: Magicless Magic, Question 4, ...THE SKY AND THE PLANTS CAN BRING ME TO MY KNEES AND THERE IS A HEARTACHE FOR SOMETHING UNKNOWN at energyenhancement.org

  • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 3: As within, so without
    Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 3: As within, so without, AFTER BANKEI HAD PASSED AWAY, A BLIND MAN WHO LIVED NEAR THE MASTER'S TEMPLE SAID TO A FRIEND: 'SINCE I AM BLIND I CANNOT WATCH A PERSON'S FACE, SO I MUST JUDGE HIS CHARACTER BY THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE. ORDINARILY WHEN I HEAR SOMEONE CONGRATULATE ANOTHER UPON HIS HAPPINESS OR SUCCESS, I ALSO HEAR A SECRET TONE OF ENVY. WHEN CONDOLENCE IS EXPRESSED FOR THE MISFORTUNE OF ANOTHER, I HEAR PLEASURE AND SATISFACTION, AS IF THE ONE CONDOLING WAS REALLY GLAD THERE WAS SOMETHING LEFT TO GAIN IN HIS OWN WORLD. 'IN ALL MY EXPERIENCE HOWEVER, BANKEI'S VOICE WAS ALWAYS SINCERE. WHENEVER HE EXPRESSED HAPPINESS, I HEARD NOTHING BUT HAPPINESS, AND WHENEVER HE EXPRESSED SORROW, SORROW WAS ALL I HEARD' at energyenhancement.org

  • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 5: Two Ladies And A Monk
    Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 5: Two Ladies And A Monk, THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN IN CHINA WHO HAD SUPPORTED A MONK FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. SHE HAD BUILT A HUT FOR HIM, AND SHE FED HIM WHILE HE WAS MEDITATING. ONE DAY SHE DECIDED TO FIND OUT JUST WHAT PROGRESS HE HAD MADE IN ALL THIS TIME. SHE OBTAINED THE HELP OF A GIRL RICH IN DESIRE, AND SAID TO HER: 'GO AND EMBRACE HIM, AND THEN ASK HIM SUDDENLY, 'WHAT NOW?' at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 6: Joy Is The Criterion, Question 1
      Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 6: Joy Is The Criterion, Question 1, HOW CAN I KNOW IF DETACHMENT OR INDIFFERENCE IS GROWING WITHIN? at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 6: Joy Is The Criterion, Question 2
      Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 6: Joy Is The Criterion, Question 2, WHEN MY MIND IS THE CAUSE OF MY UNHAPPINESS EITHER I DON'T KNOW HOW TO COME OUT OF MIND OR I MUST STILL ENJOY BEING IN MY MIND, DREAMS, FANTASIES at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 6: Joy Is The Criterion, Question 3
      Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 6: Joy Is The Criterion, Question 3, YOU TALK ABOUT A LIVING RELIGION YET IN SOME CENTRES PEOPLE KNEEL OVER THE CAST OF YOUR FEET. I AM REMINDED OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION WHERE I LOST THE MEANING OF THE TEACHINGS AND INSTEAD VENERATED THE SYMBOL. PLEASE TELL ME WHY WE NEED YOUR SYMBOLS. THEY ARE NOT YOU,NOR YOUR TEACHING at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 6: Joy Is The Criterion, Question 4
      Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 6: Joy Is The Criterion, Question 4, IT IS AN UNIMPORTANT POINT IN A VERY INTERESTING INSPIRING DISCOURSE, BUT WHY DO YOU SAY THAT THE SUN WILL BE FINISHED IN FOUR THOUSAND YEARS? MY ATLASES OF THE EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE GIVE A FIGURE FOR THE NEXT MAJOR CHANGE IN THE SUN'S PRESENT OUTPUT -- TO A RED GIANT STAGE -- TO BE ABOUT FIVE BILLION YEARS OR SO -- WHICH WOULD ANNIHILATE LIFE ON EARTH. ARE YOU TRYING TO START A STAMPEDE? OR IS THIS AN 'INTENTIONAL IMPERFECTION' INSERTED INTO YOUR DISCOURSE AS IN A PERSIAN RUG? at energyenhancement.org

  • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 7: Be A Light Unto Yourself
    Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 7: Be A Light Unto Yourself, LONG AGO, IN JAPAN, A BLIND MAN VISITING A FRIEND ONE NIGHT, WAS OFFERED A PAPER-AND-BAMBOO LANTERN TO CARRY HOME WITH HIM. 'I DO NOT NEED A LANTERN,' HE SAID, 'DARKNESS OR LIGHT IS ALL THE SAME TO ME.' 'I KNOW YOU DO NOT NEED A LANTERN TO FIND YOUR WAY, HIS FRIEND REPLIED, 'BUT YOU MUST TAKE IT BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE SOMEONE ELSE MAY RUN INTO YOU.' THE BLIND MAN STARTED OFF WITH THE LANTERN AND BEFORE HE HAD WALKED VERY FAR SOMEONE RAN SQUARELY INTO HIM. 'LOOK OUT WHERE YOU ARE GOING!' HE EXCLAIMED TO THE STRANGER. 'CAN'T YOU SEE THIS LANTERN?' 'YOUR CANDLE HAS BURNT OUT, BROTHER,' REPLIED THE STRANGER at energyenhancement.org

  • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 9: Dang Dang Doko Dang
    Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 9: Dang Dang Doko Dang, HO-SHAN USED TO GIVE THE FOLLOWING SERMON: 'TO DISCIPLINE OURSELVES IN LEARNING, IS CALLED HEARING; TO REACH A POINT WHERE ANY MORE LEARNING NO MORE AVAILS, IS CALLED APPROACHING. WHEN ONE GOES BEYOND THESE TWO STAGES HE IS SAID TO HAVE TRULY TRANSCENDED.' ONCE A MONK ASKED: 'WHAT THEN IS TRULY TRANSCENDING?' WITHOUT UTTERING A WORD HO-SHAN MOTIONED AS IF BEATING A DRUM, SAYING: 'DANG, DANG, DOKO DANG, DOKO DANG.' TO ALL SUCH QUESTIONS HO-SHAN'S ANSWER WAS ALWAYS THE SAME: 'DANG, DANG, DOKO DANG, DOKO DANG at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 10: Lady You Need Love!, Question 1
      Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 10: Lady You Need Love!, Question 1, I HAVE TOO MUCH SEXUAL ENERGY BURNING WITHIN MY BODY. WHEN I DANCE, SOMETIMES I FEEL I AM GOING TO KILL THE WHOLE WORLD AND AT SOME STAGES SO MUCH ANGER AND VIOLENCE BUBBLES WITHIN MY BODY THAT I CAN'T CHANNELISE THE ENERGY INTO MEDITATION TECHNIQUES AND IT DRIVES ME CRAZY. I DON'T FEEL TO GO INTO THE SEX ACT BUT VIOLENT ENERGY IS STILL BURNING LIKE VOLCANIC FIRE. I CAN'T BEAR IT AND IT MAKES, ME SOMETIMES SUICIDAL. PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW TO GIVE A CREATIVE OUTLET TO THIS ENERGY at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 10: Lady You Need Love!, Question 2
      Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 10: Lady You Need Love!, Question 2, FOR THE LAST TEN DAYS I HAVE FELT TREMENDOUSLY HAPPY -- AS I NEVER DID BEFORE. JUST BEING MYSELF AND ACCEPTING ME AS I AM FEELS GREAT. SOMETIMES THIS INCREDIBLY GOOD FEELING IS DISTURBED BY TWO THOUGHTS. FIRST, WILL THIS STAY THAT WAY? CAN I KEEP THIS FEELING IN THE FUTURE? AND SECOND, WHY DID I HAVE TO BECOME SO OLD BEFORE I REACHED THIS POINT? I CANNOT FORGET AND STILL I FEEL SORRY FOR ALL THOSE YEARS THAT I DID NOT LIVE AT ALL. PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW TO GET RID OF THESE DISTURBANCES OF MY HAPPINESS at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 10: Lady You Need Love!, Question 3
      Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 10: Lady You Need Love!, Question 3, THE OTHER DAY I TOOK A PIECE OF PAPER AND DID A LITTLE DOODLING OR FREE WRITING, AND I WAS PAINED TO FIND THAT I WAS FULL OF SELF-CONDEMNATION AND SELF-PITY. I HAD NOT A NICE WORD FOR ME IN THAT LONG NOTE. IS IT THAT I AM TOO IDEALISTIC AND SELF-CENTRED AND IS THERE A WAY OUT OF THIS DARKNESS? at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 10: Lady You Need Love!, Question 4
      Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 10: Lady You Need Love!, Question 4, THE OTHER DAY YOU SAID THAT EFFORT IS DANGEROUS, BUT HARD WORK IS NEEDED IN THE MEDITATIONS. FOR MY GERMAN MIND, EFFORT EQUALS HARD WORK. IS THERE HARD WORK WITHOUT EFFORT? at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 10: Lady You Need Love!, Question 5
      Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 10: Lady You Need Love!, Question 5, FOR ENLIGHTENMENT DOES ONE NEED A HUMAN BODY? CAN'T A DOG OR A TREE WHICH IS FLOWERING GET ENLIGHTENED? at energyenhancement.org

 

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