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KYOZAN: A TRUE MAN OF ZEN

Chapter 3: A very fresh communion

Question 1

 

 

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Question 1

Maneesha has asked:

OUR BELOVED MASTER,

DOES THE URGE TO UNDERSTAND EVER BECOME A VIOLATION OF THE MYSTERY OF LIFE?

Maneesha, nothing can be a violation of the mystery of life, for the simple reason that there is no solution. So you can do as much gymnastics, what people call mind-fucking, as you like, but the mystery remains the same.

It is a good time for Sardar Gurudayal Singh.

George is watching a TV show, when it is interrupted by a special bulletin.

"Good evening," the announcer says. "The directors of the National Institute of Health have announced that, as of today, they will no longer be using rats in their experiments. Instead they will use lawyers. The chief director gave three reasons for the change:

First -- there are more lawyers than rats.

Second -- the lab technicians don't get as attached to lawyers as they do to rats.

And Third -- there are just some things that rats won't do!"

Mary returns home to America after her marriage to a Polack. She meets her friend, Susan, on the street.

"I heard you got married in Poland!" Susan exclaims.

"Yes," says Mary, "and after our wedding my husband gave me the longest, hardest thing I have ever seen!"

"Oh, really!" shrieks Susan. "What was that?"

Mary replies, "His name!"

Fred and Bill, two historians, are comparing ancient and modern history.

"Do you remember Julius Caesar's war slogan?" asks Bill.

"Yes," replies Fred. "In Latin it was: `Veni, Vidi, Vici.' It means: `I came, I saw, I conquered.'"

"Correct," says Bill. "And nowadays, all the young `Caesars' have a different slogan -- `Vidi, Vici, Veni' -- `I saw, I conquered, I came!'"

Nivedano...

(Drumbeat)

(Gibberish)

Nivedano...

(Drumbeat)

Be silent. Close your eyes, and feel your body to be completely frozen.

Now look inwards with your total consciousness, your whole life energy, and with an urgency as if it is your last moment of life.

You have to reach to the center of your being.

It is from this center you are connected with the universe.

Those who have reached this point are called buddhas, the awakened ones, because they know that what they appear they are not, and what is hidden can be known only by themselves.

Their outer personality starts melting like ice.

This moment you are all buddhas. And the Buddha Auditorium has become a lake full of lotuses, utterly silent.

Just witness all this, because witnessing is your only nature. Everything is added to you; witnessing is your eternity.

To make it clear,

Nivedano...

(Drumbeat)

Relax, and remain a witness. The body is there, the mind is there, but you are neither. You are just a witness. A pure witness without any flaw is the goal of all the buddhas.

Melt, melt. For the first time know your real nature. The evening was beautiful on its own, but ten thousand buddhas it has not seen for centuries. There is rejoicing... Flowers are showering on you.

Collect as many flowers as possible, and persuade the buddha to come from the hidden to the circumference. And remember around the clock as many times as possible that you are the buddha.

Nivedano...

(Drumbeat)

Come back, but come back as buddhas. That is your dignity and your privilege. Peacefully, gracefully, sitting for few a moments just recollect the depth you have reached -- because every day you have to go deeper. The deeper you go, the closer comes the buddha. If you take one step towards the buddha, he takes one thousand steps.

And remember the blissfulness, the peace, the serenity, in your acts, in your behavior, in your gestures, in your words, in your silences. Fill your whole life with roses.

Okay, Maneesha?

Yes Beloved Master.

 

Next: Chapter 4: A stone striking bamboo

 

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