- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 1
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 1, JOSHU, ALSO KNOWN AS CHAO-CHOU, WAS BORN IN 778. WHEN HE FIRST MET NANSEN, JOSHU ENTERED THE MASTER'S ROOM IN THE MONASTERY. NANSEN WAS LYING DOWN, AND HIS FIRST QUESTION TO JOSHU WAS: 'WHERE HAVE YOU COME FROM?' ANG TEMPLE,' REPLIED JOSHU. ('JUI-HSIANG' MEANS HOLY IMAGE). 'DO YOU STILL SEE THE HOLY IMAGE?' NANSEN ASKED. 'NO, I DON'T,' REPLIED JOSHU, 'I ONLY SEE THE TATHAGATA LYING DOWN.' AT THIS, NANSEN GOT UP, SAYING, 'ARE YOU A MONK WHO HAS A MASTER OR ONE WITHOUT A MASTER?' 'With A MASTER,' REPLIED JOSHU. 'WHO IS YOUR MASTER?' NANSEN ASKED. 'EARLY SPRING IS COLD,' SAID JOSHU. 'I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE WELL.' NANSEN CALLED THE SENIOR MONK AND SAID, 'GIVE HIM SPECIAL TREATMENT' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 1: Question 1
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 1: Question 1, DOES WHERE WE HAVE COME FROM HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANCE IN RELATION TO WHERE WE ARE GOING? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 2: Ruined and homeless
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 2: Ruined and homeless, ON FIRST ENTERING NANSEN'S MONASTERY, JOSHU WAS MADE TO SERVE IN THE KITCHEN AS THE STOKER. ONE DAY HE CLOSED ALL THE DOORS AND PILED WOOD ON THE FIRE UNTIL THE WHOLE KITCHEN WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE. THEN HE SHOUTED, 'FIRE! FIRE! COME TO MY RESCUE!' WHEN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY HAD FLOCKED TO THE DOOR, HE SAID, 'I WILL NOT OPEN THE DOOR UNLESS YOU CAN SAY THE RIGHT WORD.' NO ANSWER CAME FROM THE CROWD. BUT NANSEN SILENTLY PASSED THE KEY THROUGH A WINDOW HOLE. THIS WAS THE RIGHT WORD THAT JOSHU HAD IN MIND, AND HE OPENED THE DOOR IMMEDIATELY at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 2: Ruined and homeless, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 2: Ruined and homeless, Question 1, WHATEVER NANSEN MEANT WHEN HE REQUESTED 'SPECIAL TREATMENT' FOR JOSHU, APPARENTLY IT DIDN'T MEAN JOSHU MOVING INTO LAO TZU HOUSE AND HAVING PRIVATE, DAILY CHATS WITH THE MASTER. ON THE CONTRARY, JOSHU'S FIRST JOB WAS IN ZORBA THE BUDDHA RESTAURANT, SLAVING OVER A HOT STOVE. WHAT IS THE LESSON HERE FOR US? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 3: To know the timeless
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 3: To know the timeless, JOSHU STAYED WITH NANSEN FOR THIRTY YEARS. AFTER HIS ENLIGHTENMENT HE LIVED FOR THIRTY YEARS MORE IN THE KUAN-YIN TEMPLE. ONCE, HE SAID: 'SMOKE FROM THE CHIMNEYS AROUND ME I SEE IN VAIN, NO BUN OR RICE CAKE SINCE LAST YEAR HAVE I EATEN. NOW THOUGHTS OF THEM MAKE MY MOUTH WATER. 'NOT MINDFUL OF BUDDHISM, I OFTEN SIGH DEEP SIGHS. NONE OF THE PEOPLE OF ONE HUNDRED HOUSES ARE GOOD: EVERY VISITOR ONLY ASKS ME FOR A CUP OF TEA. IF NOT GIVEN ENOUGH, HE ANGRILY LEAVES ME' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 3: To know the timeless, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 3: To know the timeless, Question 1, HAS ONE ONLY RECEIVED A HIT IF IT HURTS? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 4: Go on digging
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 4: Go on digging, ON ONE OCCASION, JOSHU SAID TO HIS MONKS: I HAVE SINGLE-HEARTEDLY PRACTICED ZAZEN IN THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE FOR THIRTY YEARS. IF YOU WANT TO REALIZE ENLIGHTENMENT, YOU SHOULD REALIZE THE ESSENCE OF BUDDHISM, DOING ZAZEN. IN THE COURSE OF THREE, FIVE, TWENTY OR THIRTY YEARS, IF YOU FAIL TO GRASP THE WAY, YOU MAY CUT OFF MY HEAD AND MAKE IT INTO A LADLE TO DRAW URINE WITH at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 4: Go on digging, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 4: Go on digging, Question 1, IT SEEMS YOU HAVE CLOSED OFF ALL ESCAPE ROUTES FOR US. AM I RIGHT IN FEELING THAT ENLIGHTENMENT IS LESS AND LESS AN OPTION, BUT, RATHER, THE ONLY EXIT? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 5: An open sky of witnessing
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 5: An open sky of witnessing, A MONK PUT THE QUESTION TO JOSHU: 'I HAVE HEARD THAT YOU SAID THAT WHEN THE UNIVERSE IS DESTROYED THE BUDDHA NATURE WILL NOT BE DESTROYED. WHAT IS THIS `NATURE'?' JOSHU RESPONDED BY SAYING, 'THE FOUR ELEMENTS AND THE FIVE COMPONENTS.' THE MONK ASKED AGAIN, 'THESE ARE THE VERY THINGS THAT WILL BE DESTROYED; WHAT IS THIS `NATURE'?' JOSHU SAID, 'IT IS THE FOUR ELEMENTS AND THE FIVE COMPONENTS.' ONCE, A MONK WAS SAYING FAREWELL TO JOSHU, WHO ASKED HIM, 'WHERE ARE YOU GOING?' THE MONK REPLIED, 'ALL OVER THE PLACE, TO LEARN BUDDHISM' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 5: An open sky of witnessing, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 5: An open sky of witnessing, Question 1, THE TERROR AND THE RELIEF OF HAVING A MASTER WHO PROMISES TO HIT 'JUST FOR THE JOY OF IT'! IS THIS WHAT ZEN IS? -- WHEN RATIONALITY, RIGHT AND WRONG FLY OUT THE WINDOW, THE MIND IS ON HOLD, AND ALL ONE CAN OFFER IS ONE'S SELF? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 6: The ultimate here
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 6: The ultimate here, ON ONE OCCASION, AS JOSHU WAS RECEIVING NEW ARRIVALS IN HIS MONASTERY, HE ASKED ONE OF THEM, 'HAVE YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE?' 'YES,' THE MONK REPLIED. 'HELP YOURSELF TO A CUP OF TEA!' JOSHU SAID TO HIM. THEN HE TURNED TO ANOTHER NEW ARRIVAL AND SAID, 'HAVE YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE?' 'NO, YOUR REVERENCE,' THE VISITOR REPLIED. 'THIS IS MY FIRST VISIT HERE.' JOSHU SAID TO HIM, 'HELP YOURSELF TO A CUP OF TEA!' THE PRIOR OF THE MONASTERY TOOK JOSHU ASIDE AND SAID, 'ONE HAD BEEN HERE BEFORE, AND YOU GAVE HIM A CUP OF TEA. THE OTHER HAD NOT BEEN HERE, AND YOU ALSO GAVE HIM A CUP OF TEA. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?' JOSHU CALLED OUT LOUDLY, 'PRIOR!' 'YES?' THE PRIOR REPLIED. 'HELP YOURSELF TO A CUP OF TEA!' INSTRUCTED JOSHU at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 6: The ultimate here, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 6: The ultimate here, Question 1, I HEARD YOU SAY DURING OUR MEDITATION THAT THE INTENSITY OF OUR EFFORT WOULD PULL US TOWARDS OUR CENTER. I HAVE ALSO HEARD YOU SAY THAT POTENTIAL DISCIPLES ARE PULLED MAGNETICALLY TOWARDS THE MASTER. IS THERE A SIMILARITY AND CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE TWO THINGS? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 7: Eternity in his hands
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 7: Eternity in his hands, WHEN TOSU WAS IN TOJO PROVINCE, JOSHU ASKED HIM, 'AREN'T YOU THE MASTER OF TOSU HERMITAGE?' TOSU SAID, 'GIVE ME SOME TEA, SALT, AND CASH!' JOSHU WENT BACK TO THE HERMITAGE, AND THAT EVENING SAW TOSU COMING BACK WITH SOME OIL. JOSHU SAID TO HIM, 'I HEARD MUCH OF TOSU, BUT ALL I FIND IS AN OLD MAN SELLING OIL.' TOSU SAID, 'YOU SEE THE OLD OIL-SELLER, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW TOSU.' JOSHU SAID, 'WELL, HOW ABOUT TOSU?' TOSU HELD UP THE BOTTLE AND SAID, 'OIL! OIL!' AT THE FUNERAL OF ONE OF HIS MONKS, JOSHU JOINED IN THE PROCESSION AND COMMENTED, 'WHAT A LONG PROCESSION OF DEAD BODIES FOLLOWS IN THE WAKE OF A SINGLE LIVING PERSON!' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 7: Eternity in his hands, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 7: Eternity in his hands, Question 1, JWE WERE TOLD THAT OUR TOTAL PARTICIPATION IN THE YAA-HOO IS NEEDED FOR YOUR WORK ON US. IS IT THAT A CRESCENDO OF SOUND IN THE YAA-HOO, AND THE INTENSE EXPERIENCE OF SILENCE IN THE LAST STAGE OF MEDITATION, LEAD TO EXACTLY THE SAME SPACE -- THE 'SEA OF CONSCIOUSNESS'? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 8: The lion's roar
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 8: The lion's roar, ONCE JOSHU WAS ASKED, 'WHAT IS THE SPECIAL TEACHING OF YOUR SCHOOL?' JOSHU'S RESPONSE WAS, 'THOUGH THE FOLDING SCREEN IS BROKEN, THE FRAME IS STILL THERE.' AT ANOTHER TIME, THE SAME QUESTION WAS ASKED OF JOSHU, AND HE REPLIED, 'ASK IN A LOUD VOICE -- I'M HARD OF HEARING.' WHEN THE MONK HAD REPEATED THE QUESTION IN A LOUD VOICE, JOSHU SAID, 'YOU ASK ME MY SPECIAL TEACHING -- I KNOW YOUR SPECIAL TEACHING.' ONCE, JOSHU WAS ASKED TO GO TO A KOREAN TEMPLE TO A MEETING. WHEN HE REACHED THE GATE, HE ASKED, 'WHAT TEMPLE IS THIS?' SOMEONE ANSWERED: 'A KOREAN ONE.' JOSHU SAID, 'YOU AND I ARE OCEANS AWAY' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 8: The lion's roar, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Joshu: The Lion's Roar Chapter 8: The lion's roar, Question 1, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PUZZLE AND A MYSTERY? at energyenhancement.org
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