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WE WEN KUAN, MUMONKAN: THE GATELESS GATE, BY KATSUKY SEKIDA:
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Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case1: Joshu's Mu
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. A monk asked Jõshû, "Has a dog the Buddha Nature?" Jõshû answered, "Mu.": Case 1 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case2: Hyakujo's Fox
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. When Hyakujõ Oshõ delivered a certain series of sermons, an old man always followed the monks to the main hall and listened to him: Case 2 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case5: Kyogen's "Man Up In A Tree"
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. Kyõgen Oshõ said, "It is like a man up in a tree hanging from a branch with his mouth; his hands grasp no bough, his feet rest on no limb": Case 5at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case8: Keichu The Wheelmaker
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. Gettan Oshõ said, "Keichû, the first wheelmaker, made a cart whose wheels had a hundred spokes": Case 8 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case9, Daitsu Chisho Buddha
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. A monk asked Kõyõ Seijõ, "Daitsû Chishõ Buddha sat in zazen for ten kalpas and could not attain Buddhahood. He did not become a Buddha. How could this be?": Case 9 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case11: Joshu Sees The Hermits
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida.Jõshû went to a hermit's cottage and asked, "Is the master in? Is the master in?": Case 11 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case12: Zuigan Calls His Master
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. Zuigan Gen Oshõ called to himself every day, "Master!" and answered, "Yes, sir!": Case 12 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, We Wen Kuan, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case24: Fuketsu's Speech And Silence
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. A monk asked Fuketsu, "Both speech and silence are faulty in being ri [inward action of mind] or bi [outward action of mind]. How can we escape these faults?": Case 1 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, We Wen Kuan, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case25: Kyozan's Dream
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. In a dream Kyõzan Oshõ went to Maitreya's place and was led in to sit in the third seat: Case 25 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, We Wen Kuan, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case26: Two Monks Roll Up The Blinds
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. When the monks assembled before the midday meal to listen to his lecture, the great Hõgen of Seiryõ pointed at the bamboo blinds: Case 26 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, We Wen Kuan, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case35: Joshu's Mu
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. Goso said to his monks, "Seijo s soul separated from her being. Which was the real Seijõ?": Case 35 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, We Wen Kuan, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case36: When You Meet A Man Of The Way
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. Goso said, "When you meet a man of the Way on the path, do not meet him with words or in silence. Tell me, how will you meet him?": Case 36 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, We Wen Kuan, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case38: A Buffalo Passes The Window
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. Goso said, "A buffalo passes by the window. His head, horns, and four legs all go past. But why can't the tail pass too?": Case 38 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, We Wen Kuan, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case42: The Girl Comes Out Of Samadhi
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. Once, in the old days, in the time of the World-honored One, Manjusri went to the assembly of the Buddhas and found that everyone had departed to his original dwelling place: Case 42 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, We Wen Kuan, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case43: Shuzan's Shippei
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. Shuzan Oshõ held up his shippei [staff of office] before his disciples and said, "You monks! If you call this a shippei, you oppose its reality": Case 43 at energyenhancement.org
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Zen Buddhism, We Wen Kuan, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Case48: Kempo's One Road
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. A monk asked Kempõ Oshõ, "It is written, 'Bhagavats in the ten directions. One straight road to Nirvana.'": Case 48 at energyenhancement.org
Zen Buddhism, We Wen Kuan, Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida, Mumon's Postscript
Zen Buddhism, Mumonkan: Wu Wen Kuan, The Gateless Gate, by Katsuki Sekida. The sayings and doings of the Buddha and the patriarchs have been set down in their original form: Mumon's Postscript at energyenhancement.org
THE MANUAL OF ZEN BUDDHISM, BY DAISETZ TEITARO SUZUKI :
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Zen Buddhism, The Manual of Zen Buddhism, by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, I. Gathas and Prayers
Zen Buddhism, The Manual of Zen Buddhism, by Daisetz Teitaro SuzukiGatha is a Sanskrit term meaning "verse" or "hymn". In Buddhist literature it is used to designate the versified portion of the sutras: I. Gathas and Prayers at energyenhacement.org
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Zen Buddhism, The Manual of Zen Buddhism, by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, II. The Dharanis
Zen Buddhism, The Manual of Zen Buddhism, by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.Properly speaking, the dharani has no legitimate place in Zen. That it has nevertheless crept into its daily service is clue to the general characteristics of Chinese Buddhism of the Sung dynasty, when the Japanese Zen masters visited China and imported it as they found it then, together with the Shingon elements of Chinese Zen: II. The Dharanis at energyenhancement.org
Zen Buddhism, The Manual of Zen Buddhism, by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, III. The Sutras
Zen Buddhism, The Manual of Zen Buddhism, by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.The sutras most read in Zen are the Shingyo (Prajnaparamitahridaya), the Kwannongyo (Samantamukha-parivarta), and the Kongokyo (Vajracchedika): III. The Sutras at energyenhancement.org
THE GREAT ZEN MASTER TA HUI:
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 1: Clear the mind
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 1: Clear the mind, BUDDHA SAID, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE REALM OF BUDDHAHOOD, YOU MUST MAKE YOUR MIND AS CLEAR AS EMPTY SPACE, AND LEAVE FALSE THINKING AND ALL GRASPING FAR BEHIND at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 2: Insight
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 2: Insight, TEND THE OX SINCE YOU'RE STUDYING THIS PATH, THEN AT ALL TIMES -- IN YOUR ENCOUNTERS WITH PEOPLE AND RESPONSES TO CIRCUMSTANCES -- YOU MUST NOT LET WRONG THOUGHTS CONTINUE. IF YOU CANNOT SEE THROUGH THEM, THEN THE MOMENT A WRONG THOUGHT COMES UP YOU SHOULD QUICKLY CONCENTRATE YOUR MENTAL ENERGY TO PULL YOURSELF AWAY. IF YOU ALWAYS FOLLOW THOSE THOUGHTS AND LET THEM CONTINUE WITHOUT A BREAK, NOT ONLY DOES THIS OBSTRUCT THE PATH, BUT IT MAKES YOU OUT TO BE A MAN WITHOUT WISDOM. IN THE OLD DAYS KUEI SHAN ASKED LAZY AN, WHAT WORK DO YOU DO DURING THE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE DAY? AN SAID, I TEND AN OX at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 3: Power
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 3: Power, DO NOT GRASP ANOTHER'S BOW NOW IF YOU WANT TO SAVE MENTAL POWER, DO NOT BE CONCERNED WITH WHETHER OR NOT A THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILD CAN SAY IT, OR WHETHER OR NOT AN EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD-MAN CAN CARRY IT OUT. JUST DON'T DO ANY EVIL AND YOU HAVE MASTERED THESE WORDS. THEY APPLY WHETHER YOU BELIEVE OR NOT, SO PLEASE THINK IT OVER. at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 4: Trust
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 4: Trust, DO NOT GRASP ANOTHER'S BOW ACTIVELY TRY TO CLEAR OUT YOUR MIND, THEN YOU WON'T GO WRONG; SINCE YOU DON'T GO WRONG, CORRECT MINDFULNESS STANDS OUT ALONE. WHEN CORRECT MINDFULNESS STANDS OUT ALONE, INNER TRUTH ADAPTS TO PHENOMENA; WHEN INNER TRUTH ADAPTS TO EVENTS AND THINGS, EVENTS AND THINGS COME TO FUSE IN INNER TRUTH. WHEN PHENOMENA FUSE WITH THEIR INNER TRUTH, YOU SAVE POWER; WHEN YOU FEEL THE SAVING, THIS IS THE EMPOWERMENT OF STUDYING THE PATH. IN GAINING POWER YOU SAVE UNLIMITED POWER; IN SAVING POWER YOU GAIN UNLIMITED POWER at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 5: Non-attainment
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 5: Non-attainment, THERE IS NOTHING TO ATTAIN GENTLEMEN OF AFFAIRS OFTEN TAKE THE MIND, WHICH ASSUMES THERE IS SOMETHING TO ATTAIN, TO SEEK THE DHARMA, WHEREIN THERE IS NOTHING TO ATTAIN. WHAT DO I MEAN BY THE MIND, WHICH ASSUMES THERE IS SOMETHING TO ATTAIN? IT'S THE INTELLECTUALLY CLEVER ONE, THE ONE THAT PONDERS AND JUDGES. WHAT DO I MEAN BY THE DHARMA, WHEREIN THERE IS NOTHING TO ATTAIN? IT'S THE IMPONDERABLE, THE INCALCULABLE, WHERE THERE'S NO WAY TO APPLY INTELLIGENCE OR CLEVERNESS at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 6: Innocence
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 6: Innocence, THERE IS NOTHING TO ATTAIN ONLY IF THE PERSON TRULY POSSESSES THE FACULTY OF WISDOM AND WILL POWER WILL HE CONSENT TO STEP BACK AND REFLECT at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 7: The Source
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 7: The Source, SEE THE MOON, FORGET THE POINTING FINGER YOU MUST SEE THE MOON AND FORGET THE FINGERS. DON'T DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING BASED ON THE WORDS. AN ANCIENT WORTHY SAID, THE BUDDHAS EXPOUNDED ALL TEACHINGS TO SAVE ALL MINDS; I HAVE NO MIND AT ALL, SO WHAT'S THE USE OF ALL THE TEACHINGS? IF THEY CAN BE LIKE THIS WHEN READING THE SCRIPTURES, ONLY THEN WILL PEOPLE OF RESOLVE HAVE SOME COMPREHENSION OF THE INTENT OF THE SAGES at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 8: Delusion
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 8: Delusion, ENLIGHTENMENT AND DELUSION BUDDHA IS THE MEDICINE FOR SENTIENT BEINGS; ONCE THE DISEASE OF SENTIENT BEINGS IS REMOVED, THE MEDICINE HAS NO FURTHER USE. IF YOU WANT TO ATTAIN ONENESS, JUST GIVE UP BOTH BUDDHAS AND SENTIENT BEINGS AT ONCE! at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 9: Illusion
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 9: Illusion, THE GREAT AFFAIR THIS AFFAIR IS LIKE THE BRIGHT SUN IN THE BLUE SKY, SHINING CLEARLY, CHANGELESS AND MOTIONLESS, WITHOUT DIMINISHING OR INCREASING. IT SHINES EVERYWHERE IN THE DAILY ACTIVITIES OF EVERYONE, APPEARING IN EVERYTHING. THOUGH YOU TRY TO GRASP IT, YOU CANNOT GET IT; THOUGH YOU TRY TO ABANDON IT, IT ALWAYS REMAINS. IT IS VAST AND UNOBSTRUCTED, UTTERLY EMPTY. LIKE A GOURD FLOATING ON WATER, IT CANNOT BE REINED IN OR HELD DOWN. SINCE ANCIENT TIMES, WHEN GOOD PEOPLE OF THE PATH HAVE ATTAINED THIS, THEY'VE APPEARED AND DISAPPEARED IN THE SEA OF BIRTH AND DEATH, ABLE TO USE IT FULLY. THERE IS NO DEFICIT OR SURPLUS: LIKE CUTTING UP SANDALWOOD, EACH PIECE IS IT at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 10: Clinging
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 10: Clinging, LECTURE AT THE REQUEST OF WEI CH'IANG HAVEN'T YOU SEEN THE SAYING OF THE MAN OF OLD: EVEN IF THERE WERE SOMETHING SURPASSING NIRVANA, I WOULD SAY THAT IT TOO IS LIKE A DREAM, AN ILLUSION. IF IN THE MIDST OF DREAMLIKE ILLUSION, YOU ARE ABLE TO WITNESS IT AS IT REALLY IS, TO UNDERSTAND IT AS IT REALLY IS, TO WORK ON IT AS IT REALLY IS, AND TO ACT ON IT AS IT REALLY IS, THEN YOU CAN USE THE METHOD OF `ACCORDING WITH REALITY' TO SUBDUE YOURSELF, AND, AROUSING AN ATTITUDE OF GREAT COMPASSION, CREATE ALL KINDS OF SKILLFUL EXPEDIENTS WHEREBY YOU CAN ALSO SUBDUE ALL SENTIENT BEINGS at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 11: Emptying
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 11: Emptying, STILLNESS AND COMMOTION WORLDLY PASSIONS ARE LIKE A BLAZING FIRE: WHEN WILL THEY EVER END? at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 12: Non-duality
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 12: Non-duality, ILLUSION SPEAKING OF EMPTY ILLUSION, IT IS ILLUSION WHEN CREATED, AND ILLUSION WHEN EXPERIENCED TOO; IT'S ILLUSION WHEN YOU'RE KNOWING AND AWARE, AND ILLUSION WHEN YOU'RE LOST IN DELUSION TOO. PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE ARE ALL ILLUSIONS. TODAY, IF WE REALIZE OUR WRONG, WE TAKE AN ILLUSORY MEDICINE TO CURE AN EQUALLY ILLUSORY DISEASE. WHEN THE DISEASE IS CURED, THE MEDICINE IS REMOVED, AND WE ARE THE SAME PERSON AS BEFORE. IF YOU THINK THAT THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE OR SOME SPECIAL DOCTRINE, THEN THIS IS THE VIEW OF A MISGUIDED OUTSIDER at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 13: Nothingness
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 13: Nothingness, NOTHING TO BE GIVEN THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING TO GIVE TO PEOPLE, ONLY FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO POINT OUT THE ROAD FOR PEOPLE. AN ANCIENT WORTHY SAID, HAVING SOME ATTAINMENT IS THE JACKAL'S YELP; HAVING NO ATTAINMENT IS THE LION'S ROAR at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 14: Clarity
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 14: Clarity, PROFOUND CLARITY I AM GIVING YOU THE NAME CHAN-JAN, PROFOUND CLARITY. A PATRIARCH SAID, AS LONG AS THERE IS MENTAL DISCRIMINATION, AND CALCULATING JUDGMENT, ALL THE PERCEPTIONS OF ONE'S OWN MIND ARE DREAMS. IF MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS ARE QUIESCENT AND EXTINCT, WITHOUT A SINGLE THOUGHT STIRRING, THIS IS CALLED CORRECT AWARENESS at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 15: Suchness
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 15: Suchness, SEE THE TATHAGATA EVERYWHERE WHERE DO WE COME FROM AT BIRTH? WERE DO WE GO AT DEATH? IF YOU KNOW WHERE WE COME FROM AND WHERE WE GO, THEN YOU CAN BE CALLED A STUDENT OF BUDDHA at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 16: Before seeKing
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 16: Before seeKing, BEFORE SEEKING YOU'VE INDICATED YOU WANT ME TO INSTRUCT YOU BY LETTER IN THE DIRECT ESSENTIALS. THIS VERY THOUGHT OF SEEKING INSTRUCTION IN THE DIRECT ESSENTIALS HAS ALREADY STUCK YOUR HEAD INTO A BOWL OF GLUE. THOUGH I SHOULDN'T ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF FROST TO THE SNOW, NEVERTHELESS WHERE THERE'S A QUESTION IT SHOULDN'T GO UNANSWERED. I ASK YOU TO ABANDON AT ONCE ALL THE JOY YOU'VE EVER FELT IN READING THE WORDS OF THE SCRIPTURES YOURSELF OR WHEN BEING AROUSED AND INSTRUCTED BY OTHERS at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 17: No goal
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 17: No goal, DON'T CONSCIOUSLY AWAIT ENLIGHTENMENT WHETHER YOU'RE HAPPY OR ANGRY, IN QUIET OR NOISY PLACES, YOU STILL MUST BRING UP CHAO CHOU'S SAYING, A DOG HAS NO BUDDHA-NATURE. ABOVE ALL, DON'T CONSCIOUSLY AWAIT ENLIGHTENMENT. IF YOU CONSCIOUSLY AWAIT ENLIGHTENMENT, YOU'RE SAYING, RIGHT NOW I'M DELUDED. IF YOU WAIT FOR ENLIGHTENMENT, CLINGING TO DELUSION, THOUGH YOU PASS THROUGH COUNTLESS EONS YOU WILL STILL NOT BE ABLE TO GAIN ENLIGHTENMENT. AS YOU BRING UP THE SAYING, JUST AROUSE YOUR SPIRIT, AND SEE WHAT PRINCIPLE IT IS at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 18: No guilt
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 18: No guilt, CONTEMPLATING NO A MONK ASKED CHAO CHOU, DOES A DOG HAVE BUDDHA-NATURE OR NOT? CHAO CHOU SAID, NO. THIS ONE WORD NO IS A KNIFE TO SUNDER THE DOUBTING MIND OF BIRTH AND DEATH. THE HANDLE OF THIS KNIFE IS IN ONE'S OWN HAND ALONE at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 19: Radiance
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 19: Radiance, PRESENT AWARENESS AND COMPARATIVE AWARENESS YEN T'OU SAID, IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU WANT TO PROPAGATE THE GREAT TEACHING, IT MUST FLOW OUT POINT BY POINT FROM WITHIN YOUR OWN BREAST TO COVER HEAVEN AND EARTH: ONLY THEN WILL IT BE THE ACTION OF A MAN OF POWER. THAT WHICH FLOWS OUT FROM ONE'S OWN BREAST, AS HE CALLS IT, IS ONE'S OWN BEGINNINGLESS PRESENT AWARENESS, FUNDAMENTALLY COMPLETE OF ITSELF. AS SOON AS YOU AROUSE A SECOND THOUGHT, YOU FALL INTO THINKING. AWARENESS IS SOMETHING FROM BEFORE YOUR PARENTS WERE BORN at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 20: Affliction
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 20: Affliction, POWER ... THE SENSES ARE MANIFESTATIONS OF ONE'S OWN MIND. IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THOROUGHLY LIKE THIS, THEN IT'S CALLED THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S NEITHER SELF NOR OTHERS. HEAVEN AND HELL ARE NOWHERE ELSE BUT IN THE HEART OF THE PERSON at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 21: Understanding
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 21: Understanding, UNDERSTANDING RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE IF YOU WANT TO STUDY THIS PATH, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE. AS SOON AS YOU RELY ON THE SLIGHTEST KNOWLEDGE, YOU MISS THE SCENE RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE STANDING. WHEN YOU'VE COMPLETELY COMPREHENDED THE SCENE RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, THEN ALL KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE -- ALL WITHOUT EXCEPTION -- ARE THINGS RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 22: Witnessing
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 22: Witnessing, DISCRIMINATING CONSCIOUSNESS AND WISDOM CONSTANTLY CALCULATING AND MAKING PLANS, FLOWING ALONG WITH BIRTH AND DEATH, BECOMING AFRAID AND AGITATED at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 23: So very close
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 23: So very close, SO VERY CLOSE JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO VERY CLOSE, YOU CANNOT GET THIS TRUTH OUT OF YOUR OWN EYES at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 24: The inescapable
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 24: The inescapable, THE INESCAPABLE WHENEVER YOU RUN INTO SOMETHING INESCAPABLE AMIDST THE HUBBUB, YOU'VE BEEN EXAMINING YOURSELF CONSTANTLY, BUT WITHOUT APPLYING THE EFFORT TO MEDITATE. THIS VERY INESCAPABILITY ITSELF IS MEDITATION: IF YOU GO FURTHER AND APPLY EFFORT TO EXAMINE YOURSELF, YOU'RE EVEN FURTHER AWAY at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 25: Two awakenings
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 25: Two awakenings, TWO AWAKENINGS IN THE OLD DAYS THE VENERABLE YEN YANG ASKED CHAO CHOU, WHAT'S IT LIKE WHEN NOT BRINGING A SINGLE THING? CHOU SAID, PUT IT DOWN. YEN YANG SAID, SINCE NOT A SINGLE THING IS BROUGHT, PUT WHAT DOWN? CHOU SAID, IF YOU CAN'T PUT IT DOWN, PICK IT UP at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 26: Wordlessness
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 26: Wordlessness, THERE IS NO SECOND PERSON MASTER CHANG CHING SAID, THE ULTIMATE TRUTH IS WORDLESS. PEOPLE OF THE TIME DO NOT REALIZE THIS: THEY IMPOSE THE PRACTICE OF OTHER THINGS, CONSIDERING THEM ACCOMPLISHMENTS at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 27: Just being
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 27: Just being, WHO IS IN THE WAY? WHEN MASTER JUI YEN WAS DWELLING CONSTANTLY IN HIS ROOM, HE WOULD CALL TO HIMSELF, BOSS! AND ALSO RESPOND TO HIMSELF, YES?, BE ALERT! at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 28: Mindlessness
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 28: Mindlessness, NOT KEEPING THE MIND STILL, BUT MINDLESSNESS THOUGH YOU MAY NOT FULLY KNOW WHETHER THE TEACHERS OF THE VARIOUS LOCALITIES ARE WRONG OR RIGHT, IF YOUR OWN BASIS IS SOLID AND GENUINE, THE POISONS OF WRONG DOCTRINES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HARM YOU, KEEPING THE MIND STILL AND FORGETTING CONCERNS INCLUDED at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 29: Faith
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 29: Faith, ONE SUCHNESS TO TAKE UP THIS GREAT AFFAIR, YOU MUST HAVE A DETERMINED WILL. IF YOU'RE HALF BELIEVING AND HALF IN DOUBT, THERE'LL BE NO CONNECTION. AN ANCIENT WORTHY SAID, STUDYING THE PATH IS LIKE DRILLING FOR FIRE at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 30: Be thorough going
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 30: Be thorough going, BE THOROUGHGOING NOW THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN UP THIS AFFAIR, YOU MUST STEADFASTLY MAKE YOURSELF THOROUGHGOING, AND SIT UPRIGHT IN A ROOM WITH WHAT YOU'VE TRULY EXPERIENCED AND AWAKENED TO IN THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE. IT'S LIKE CROSSING A BRIDGE MADE OF A SINGLE PLANK CARRYING A TWO-HUNDRED-POUND BURDEN at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 31: Release
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 31: Release, RELEASE IN OUR FAMILY THERE IS INDEED A SUBTLE MARVEL NOT TRANSMITTED. IT WOULDN'T HELP EVEN IF THE SKY BECAME MY MOUTH, AND GRASS, TREES, PEBBLES, AND STONES ALL EMITTED LIGHT TO HELP ME EXPOUND THE TRUTH. THUS WE BELIEVE THAT THIS THING CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED AND CANNOT BE STUDIED: IT REQUIRES ONE'S OWN REALIZATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 32: Desirelessness
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 32: Desirelessness, RELEASE ONE DAY KU SHAN APPROACHED HSUEH FENG. FENG KNEW HIS CIRCUMSTANCES WERE RIPE, SO HE SUDDENLY GOT UP, HELD HIM TIGHT, AND SAID, WHAT IS IT? OPENING UP, KU SHAN WAS COMPLETELY ENLIGHTENED -- HE EVEN FORGOT HIS COMPREHENDING MIND AND JUST RAISED HIS HAND AND WAVED, NOTHING MORE. FENG SAID, WILL YOU EXPRESS SOME PRINCIPLE? at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 33: Serenity
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 33: Serenity, SILENT ILLUMINATION OLD P'ANG SAID, JUST RESOLVE TO EMPTY ALL THAT EXISTS: DON'T MAKE REAL ALL THAT DOESN'T EXIST at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 34: Enlightenment
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 34: Enlightenment, ENLIGHTENMENT: THE KEY SOME TAKE SITTING WORDLESSLY WITH EYES SHUT BENEATH THE BLACK MOUNTAIN, INSIDE THE GHOST CAVE at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 35: Discontinuity
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 35: Discontinuity, A TALK TO THE ASSEMBLY (PART ONE) DO YOU WANT TO ATTAIN TRUE ONE SUCHNESS OF MIND AND OBJECTS? at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 36: Compassion
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 36: Compassion, A TALK TO THE ASSEMBLY (PART TWO) BUDDHA SAID, ONE MAY WISH TO REVEAL IT WITH COMPARISONS, BUT IN THE END THERE IS NO COMPARISON THAT CAN EXPLAIN THIS. SAYING IT'S BROAD AND VAST HAS ALREADY LIMITED IT at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 37: This moment
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 37: This moment, A TALK TO THE ASSEMBLY (PART THREE) DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I'VE SAID, AND CONSIDER IT RIGHT at energyenhancement.org
- The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 38: Transformation
Zen, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Chapter 38: Transformation, A TALK TO THE ASSEMBLY (PART FOUR) IF YOU WERE A MAN, A REAL CH'AN MAN, WHEN YOU HEARD ME SAY, WHERE ARE THERE OLD ADEPTS APPEARING IN THE WORLD? at energyenhancement.org
Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing
- Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 1: The Great Way
Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 1: The Great Way, THE GREAT WAY IS NOT DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NO PREFERENCES. WHEN LOVE AND HATE ARE BOTH ABSENT EVERYTHING BECOMES CLEAR AND UNDISGUISED. MAKE THE SMALLEST DISTINCTION, HOWEVER, AND HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE SET INFINITELY APART. IF YOU WISH TO SEE THE TRUTH THEN HOLD NO OPINION FOR OR AGAINST. THE STRUGGLE OF WHAT ONE LIKES AND WHAT ONE DISLIKES IS THE DISEASE OF THE MIND at energyenhancement.org
- Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 2: The way is perfect
Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 2: The way is perfect, WHEN THE DEEP MEANING OF THINGS IS NOT UNDERSTOOD THE MIND'S ESSENTIAL PEACE IS DISTURBED TO NO AVAIL. THE WAY IS PERFECT LIKE VAST SPACE WHERE NOTHING IS LACKING AND NOTHING IS IN EXCESS. INDEED, IT IS DUE TO OUR CHOOSING TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THAT WE DO NOT SEE THE TRUE NATURE OF THINGS at energyenhancement.org
- Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 3: Truth cannot be sought
Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 3: Truth cannot be sought, TO DENY THE REALITY OF THINGS IS TO MISS THEIR REALITY; TO ASSERT THE EMPTINESS OF THINGS IS TO MISS THEIR REALITY. THE MORE YOU TALK AND THINK ABOUT IT, THE FURTHER ASTRAY YOU WANDER FROM THE TRUTH. STOP TALKING AND THINKING, AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KNOW at energyenhancement.org
- Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 4: Return to the root
Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 4: Return to the root, TO RETURN TO THE ROOT IS TO FIND THE MEANING, BUT TO PURSUE APPEARANCES IS TO MISS THE SOURCE. AT THE MOMENT OF INNER ENLIGHTENMENT THERE IS A GOING BEYOND APPEARANCE AND EMPTINESS. THE CHANGES THAT APPEAR TO OCCUR IN THE EMPTY WORLD WE CALL REAL ONLY BECAUSE OF OUR IGNORANCE. DO NOT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH; ONLY CEASE TO HOLD OPINIONS at energyenhancement.org
- Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 5: The unity of emptiness
Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 5: The unity of emptiness, WHEN THOUGHT OBJECTS VANISH, THE THINKING SUBJECT VANISHES, AS WHEN THE MIND VANISHES, OBJECTS VANISH. THINGS ARE OBJECTS BECAUSE OF THE SUBJECT; THE MIND IS SUCH BECAUSE OF THINGS. UNDERSTAND THE RELATIVITY OF THESE TWO AND THE BASIC REALITY: THE UNITY OF EMPTINESS at energyenhancement.org
- Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 6: Strive to no goals
Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 6: Strive to no goals, TO LIVE IN THE GREAT WAY IS NEITHER EASY NOR DIFFICULT, BUT THOSE WITH LIMITED VIEWS ARE FEARFUL AND IRRESOLUTE: THE FASTER THEY HURRY, THE SLOWER THEY GO, AND CLINGING CANNOT BE LIMITED; EVEN TO BE ATTACHED TO THE IDEA OF ENLIGHTENMENT IS TO GO ASTRAY. JUST LET THINGS BE IN THEIR OWN WAY AND THERE WILL BE NEITHER COMING NOR GOING at energyenhancement.org
- Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 7: All dreams must cease
Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 7: All dreams must cease, REST AND UNREST DERIVE FROM ILLUSION; WITH ENLIGHTENMENT THERE IS NO LIKING AND DISLIKING. ALL DUALITIES COME FROM IGNORANT INFERENCE. THEY ARE LIKE DREAMS OR FLOWERS IN THE AIR: FOOLISH TRY TO GRASP THEM. GAIN AND LOSS, RIGHT AND WRONG: SUCH THOUGHTS MUST FINALLY BE ABOLISHED AT ONCE at energyenhancement.org
- Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 8: Life in true faith
Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 8: Life in true faith, CONSIDER MOVEMENT STATIONARY AND THE STATIONARY IN MOTION, AND BOTH THE STATE OF MOVEMENT AND THE STATE OF REST DISAPPEAR. WHEN SUCH DUALITIES CEASE TO EXIST ONENESS ITSELF CANNOT EXIST. TO THIS ULTIMATE FINALITY NO LAW OR DESCRIPTION APPLIES. FOR THE UNIFIED MIND IN ACCORD WITH THE WAY ALL SELF CENTERED STRIVING CEASES at energyenhancement.org
- Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 9: Neither this nor that
Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 9: Neither this nor that, IN THIS WORLD OF SUCHNESS THERE IS NEITHER SELF NOR OTHER-THAN-SELF. TO COME DIRECTLY INTO HARMONY WITH THIS REALITY JUST SIMPLY SAY WHEN DOUBTS ARISE, 'NOT TWO.' IN THIS 'NOT TWO' NOTHING IS SEPARATE, NOTHING IS EXCLUDED.
NO MATTER WHEN OR WHERE, ENLIGHTENMENT MEANS ENTERING THIS TRUTH.
AND THIS TRUTH IS BEYOND EXTENSION OR DIMINUTION IN TIME OR SPACE; IN IT A SINGLE THOUGHT IS TEN THOUSAND YEARS at energyenhancement.org
- Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 10: No Yesterday, No tomorrow, No today
Zen Buddhism, Talks on the Faith Mind of Sosan, Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing Chapter 10: No Yesterday, No tomorrow, No today, EMPTINESS HERE, EMPTINESS THERE, BUT THE INFINITE UNIVERSE STANDS ALWAYS BEFORE YOUR EYES. INFINITELY LARGE AND INFINITELY SMALL; NO DIFFERENCE, FOR DEFINITIONS HAVE VANISHED AND NO BOUNDARIES ARE SEEN. SO TOO WITH BEING AND NON-BEING. DON'T WASTE TIME IN DOUBTS AND ARGUMENTS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS at energyenhancement.org
Dang Dang Doko Dang:
- 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 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 1, HAPPINESS IS NOT BEING SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT TO WORRY ABOUT at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 2
Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 2, DURING MY DANCING MEDITATION I KEPT HAVING FLASHES ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID CONCERNING THE SOCIETY, DRUGS, ETC. AND WONDERING THAT NOW THAT I AM INTOXICATED BY THE ULTIMATE DRUG, YOU, OSHO, CAN ANYONE TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME? BRING ME DOWN FROM THAT ETERNAL HIGH? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 3
Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 3, I KEPT WONDERING WHAT YOU MEANT ABOUT OUR HAVING TO GO ASTRAY -- WONDERING WHAT I WOULD HAVE TO DO, AND THEN SUDDENLY REALISED, WE ARE ASTRAY at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 4
Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 4, I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH CHUANG TZU, WITH JOSHU, WITH MUMON, WITH BODHIDHARMA. HOW CAN I NOT FOLLOW THEM? I FEEL ALREADY THEY HAVE TRANSFORMED ME. HOW CAN I NOT BE THANKFUL? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 5
Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 5, I HAVE GOT A FUTURE-EGO. IT KEEPS TELLING ME WHAT A SUPER PERSON I AM GOING TO TURN OUT TO BE IN A FEW YEARS' TIME WHEN I AM FINISHED WITH THIS TRIP. IT IS VERY SMUG AND IN THE MEANTIME, LIKE RIGHT NOW, IT IS PRETENDING TO BE SO HUMBLE, SO MALLEABLE, SO ADAPTABLE, AND SO UNTOUCHABLE. COULD YOU HELP ME TO GET AT IT? IT IS BUGGING ME at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 6
Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 6, YESTERDAY IN YOUR DISCOURSE YOU SAID THAT ONE HAS TO CHOOSE THE PATH BEST SUITED TO ONE'S TEMPERAMENT -- EITHER THE PATH OF MEDITATION OR THE PATH OF THE HEART -- BUT I DO NOT FEEL BOTH PATHS TO BE TOTALLY SEPARATE. CAN ONE TRAVEL A PATH THAT IS SOMEHOW A FUSION OF THE TWO? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 7
Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 4: When Grapes Are Sour, Question 7, ARE YOU THE TRICK OR THE TREAT? 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 8: Another Sunday, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 8: Another Sunday, Question 1, AS A CHILD, SUNDAYS HAVE BEEN SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL TO ME. NOW, SINCE A FEW DAYS, I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND GO OUT, SEE THE SUN SHINING THROUGH THE TREES, HEAR THE BIRDS SINGING AND GET THIS FEELING, 'AH, ANOTHER SUNDAY.' I PUT ON MY BEST CLOTHES AND HAVE SUNDAY FOR THE WHOLE DAY. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 8: Another Sunday, Question 2
Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 8: Another Sunday, Question 2, I AM HAVING A GREAT STRUGGLE DEEP INSIDE ME BEFORE TAKING THE FINAL STEP, BUT LAST NIGHT, WHEN I SLEPT IN ORANGE CLOTHES, I FELT MYSELF A DIFFERENT PERSON. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 8: Another Sunday, Question 3
Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 8: Another Sunday, Question 3, I AM HAVING A GREAT STRUGGLE DEEP INSIDE BEFORE TAKING THE.FINAL STEP, BUT LAST NIGHT, WHEN I SLEPT IN ORANGE CLOTHES, I FELT MYSELF A DIFFERENT PERSON. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 8: Another Sunday, Question 4
Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 8: Another Sunday, Question 4, SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE WHEREVER I GO I AM FACING THE WALL at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 8: Another Sunday, Question 5
Talks on Zen, Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 8: Another Sunday, Question 5, WHEN THE OTHER BANK IS THIS VERY BANK, THEN THERE IS NO NEED FOR ENLIGHTENMENT. IF ONE IS ALIVE IN THIS MOMENT, THEN WHY SHOULD ONE DREAM OF ENLIGHTENMENT? 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
Nirvana: The Last Nightmare:
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 1: Mastered By Zen
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 1: Mastered By Zen, DATE-JITOKU, A FINE WAKA POET, WANTED TO MASTER ZEN. WITH THIS IN MIND HE MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE EKKEI, ABBOT OF SHOKOKUJI IN KYOTO. JITOKU WENT TO THE MASTER FULL OF HOPES, BUT AS SOON AS HE ENTERED THE ROOM HE RECEIVED A WHACK at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 2: The Ultimate Nightmare, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 2: The Ultimate Nightmare, Question 1, YOU TELL US TO BE HERENOW, WITHOUT GOALS AND WITHOUT PURPOSE, BUT THEN YOU ALLURE US ALSO BY TALKING ABOUT ECSTASY, ENLIGHTENMENT, FREEDOM, AND THE POSSIBLE FULFILLMENT. IT LOOKS CONTRADICTORY at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 2: The Ultimate Nightmare, Question 2
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 2: The Ultimate Nightmare, Question 2, I UNDERSTAND THAT NONE OF YOUR DISCIPLES HAVE YET ACHIEVED. HOW CAN I CONSIDER THE IDEALISM OF PREPARING MYSELF FOR LOSING MY EGO BETTER THAN THE IDEALISM OF WHICH YOU SPOKE TODAY? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 2: The Ultimate Nightmare, Question 3
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 2: The Ultimate Nightmare, Question 3, WU-WEI AND THE WAY OF THE HEART -- HOW ARE THEY INTERRELATED? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 2: The Ultimate Nightmare, Question 4
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 2: The Ultimate Nightmare, Question 4, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT I AM HERE WITH YOU. WHAT PUSHED ME TOWARDS YOU -- A SEARCH FOR SOMETHING? BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT EITHER. IS THAT IDEALISTIC? ANY EXPECTATION HIDDEN UNDER THAT? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 3: Players Of A Game
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 3: Players Of A Game, MUSO, THE NATIONAL TEACHER, AND ONE OF THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS MASTERS OF HIS DAY, LEFT THE CAPITAL IN THE COMPANY OF A DISCIPLE FOR A DISTANT PROVINCE. ON REACHING THE TENRYU RIVER THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR AN HOUR BEFORE THEY COULD BOARD THE FERRY. JUST AS THE FERRY WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE THE SHORE A DRUNKEN SAMURAI RAN UP AND JUMPED INTO THE PACKED BOAT, NEARLY SWAMPING IT. HE TOTTERED WILDLY AS THE SMALL CRAFT MADE ITS WAY ACROSS THE RIVER at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 1, I DON'T UNDERSTAND -- WHAT DOES THE WORD GOD MEAN? I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND. GOD, WHAT IS THAT? YOU SAY LIFE IS EVERYTHING. LIFE IS WHAT IS, WHAT COUNTS, HERE AND NOW -- NO PLANNING, NO WISHING, NO WANTING, NO HOPING, NO SEARCHING. LIVE NOW, SPONTANEOUSLY. JUST BE. YES. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHAT IS GOD? IS GOD THE SAME WORD FOR LIFE. FOR WHAT IS? BUT WHY DO WE USE THE WORD 'GOD' AND NOT JUST LIFE? THEY SAY GOD IS THE ONE WHO CREATED THE WORLD. IS THAT WHAT GOD IS? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 2
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 2, IF ONE IS IN THE SITUATION OF MUSO'S DISCIPLE -- WISHING TO TERMINATE A SAMURAI FOR DARING TO ASSAULT THE MASTER -- SHOULD ONE DO IT WITH CONCRETE TOTALITY, AND MEDITATE AFTER- WARDS, OR SUPPRESS THE EGO-BASED IMPULSE, OR IS THERE A THIRD ALTERNATIVE? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 3
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 3, HER HORSE AND BUGGY WAS IN THE STREET AND SHE WAS SITTING THERE. FURTHER UP THE ROAD WAS A HORSE AND CART OUTSIDE THE SADDLER'S SHOP. THE FARM-BOY WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE HORSE'S BRIDLE IN THE STREET. HE TOOK OFF THE BLINKERS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THE HORSE CAUGHT SIGHT OF THE CART HE HAD BEEN PULLING FOR YEARS. SUDDENLY IT BECAME A FEARSOME OBJECT LOOMING UP BEHIND HIM AND HE TOOK OFF IN FRIGHT, GALLOPING DOWN THE STREET WITH THE CART IN TOW. MY MOTHER JUMPED OUT OF HER BUGGY JUST AS THE TERRIFIED HORSE AND HIS CART LEAPED OVER IT, KNOCKING DOWN THE HORSE AND BUGGY. HE KEPT GOING, TIED TO THE CART HE WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE. I AM THE HORSE. WHAT IS THE CART? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 4
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 4, HOW CAN YOU BE A WITNESS WHEN TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH THE MOMENT? I FEEL CONFUSED, BECAUSE WHEN INVOLVED WITH THE BELOVED IT SEEMS PHONEY TO BE WATCHING THE SITUATION at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 5
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 5, I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO YOU FOR THE LAST YEAR. STILL I FEEL EVERY MORNING IS A NEW ADVENTURE. I WAIT FOR YOUR ARRIVAL WITH A THRILLED HEART AND WITH A STRANGE EXCITEMENT. DOES THIS HAPPEN EVEN AFTER LISTENING TO YOU FOR ONE YEAR? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 6
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 6, A LOVE-LETTER. YOU TALK TOO MUCH at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 5: Killing the buddha
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 5: Killing the buddha, SATO-KAISEKI WAS VERY MUCH DISTURBED BY THE IMPLICATIONS OF COPERNICUS' HELIOCENTRIC THEORY, WHICH, OF COURSE, WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE OLD BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY IN WHICH MOUNT SUMERU OCCUPIES THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. HE REASONED THAT IF THE BUDDHIST VIEW OF THE COSMOS WERE PROVED FALSE, THE TRIPLE WORLD, AND THE TWENTY-FIVE FORMS OF EXISTENCE WOULD BE REDUCED TO NONSENSE -- RESULTING IN THE NEGATION OF BUDDHISM ITSELF. SO HE IMMEDIATELY SET ABOUT WRITING A BOOK IN DEFENCE OF THE MOUNT SUMERU POSITION, SPARING HIMSELF NO EFFORT. WHEN HE HAD FINISHED THE WORK HE TOOK IT AT ONCE TO MASTER EKIDO AND PRESENTED IT TRIUMPHANTLY. AFTER LEAFING THROUGH THE FIRST FEW PAGES THE MASTER THRUST IT BACK, SHAKING HIS HEAD AND SAYING: 'HOW STUPID! DON'T YOU REALIZE THAT THE AIM OF BUDDHISM IS TO SHATTER THE TRIPLE WORLD AND THE TWENTY-FIVE FORMS OF EXISTENCE? WHY STICK TO SUCH UTTERLY WORTHLESS THINGS AND TREASURE MOUNT SUMERU? BLOCKHEAD!' DUMBFOUNDED, KAISEKI SHOVED THE BOOK UNDER HIS ARM AND QUICKLY WENT HOME at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 6: Taking the risk, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 6: Taking the risk, Question 1, IN THE BEGINNING YOU TOLD ME WHAT I HAD TO DO. IT WAS HARD. NOW YOU TELL ME THAT I CAN DECIDE FOR MYSELF, THAT I CAN DO WHAT I FEEL. THIS IS HARD TOO. I AM AFRAID OF MAKING A WRONG DECISION at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 6: Taking the risk, Question 2
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 6: Taking the risk, Question 2, YOU ARE THE SURVIVOR OF A SHIPWRECK. YOU ARE ABLE TO FIND A SMALL PLANK JUST CAPABLE OF STAYING AFLOAT WITH ONE PERSON ON IT. JUST THEN ANOTHER SURVIVOR APPEARS AND ATTEMPTS TO JOIN YOU ON THE PLANK at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 6: Taking the risk, Question 3
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 6: Taking the risk, Question 3, YOU HAVE MENTIONED MANY TIMES THE CHRISTIAN TRINITY: THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY GHOST. COULD YOU TELL US PLEASE, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MOTHER? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 6: Taking the risk, Question 4
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 6: Taking the risk, Question 4, COULD YOU PLEASE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PATIENT NON-REACTION OF THE ZEN MASTER AND THE POISONOUS NON-REACTION OF REPRESSIVE SELF-CONTROL? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 6: Taking the risk, Question 5
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 6: Taking the risk, Question 5, THE EGO FEELS SO CUNNING THAT EVEN MOMENTS OF INNER SILENCE, MOMENTS OF LET-GO, SEEM TO BE BUT SUBTLE TRICKS OF THE CONTROL MONSTER. IT IS LIKE A SKILLFUL FISHERMAN PLAYING WITH THE FISH HE HAS HOOKED, GIVING IT ROOM TO RUN AND GET TIRED BEFORE PULLING IT IN at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 6: Taking the risk, Question 6
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 6: Taking the risk, Question 6, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE EASTERN MIND MEETS WITH THE WESTERN MIND? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 7: Fingers at the moon
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 7: Fingers at the moon, THE MASTER FOSO HOYEN SAID: 'THEY SAY THAT BUDDHA UTTERED FIVE THOUSAND AND FORTY-EIGHT TRUTHS DURING HIS LIFETIME. THEY INCLUDE THE TRUTH OF EMPTINESS AND THE TRUTH OF BEING. THEY INCLUDE THE TRUTH OF SUDDEN ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE TRUTH OF GRADUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. ARE NOT ALL THESE YEA-SAYINGS? 'BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, YOKA, IN THE 'SONG OF ENLIGHTENMENT' SAYS THERE ARE NO BEINGS AND NO BUDDHAS -- SAGES ARE SEA-BUBBLES, AND GREAT MINDS ARE ONLY FLICKERINGS OF LIGHTNING. ARE NOT ALL THESE NAY-SAYINGS? 'OH MY DISCIPLES, IF YOU SAY YEA, YOU DENY YOKA, AND IF YOU SAY NAY, YOU CONTRADICT BUDDHA. IF BUDDHA WERE HERE WITH YOU, HOW WOULD HE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? 'IF WE KNEW WHERE TO STAND WE WOULD QUESTION BUDDHA EVERY MORNING AND GREET HIM EVERY NIGHT. BUT AS WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO STAND I WILL LET YOU INTO A SECRET: WHEN I SAY THIS IS SO, PERHAPS IT IS NOT A YEA-SAYING. WHEN I SAY THIS IS NOT SO, PERHAPS IT IS NOT A NAY-SAYING. 'TURN TO THE EAST AND SEE THE HOLY WESTERN LAND, FACE SOUTH TO SEE THE NORTHERN STAR' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 8: Collecting seashells, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 8: Collecting seashells, Question 1, HOW CAN I FEEL LIFE FRESH DAY BY DAY? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 8: Collecting seashells, Question 2
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 8: Collecting seashells, Question 2, WHAT AM I FOR? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 8: Collecting seashells, Question 3
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 8: Collecting seashells, Question 3, YOU SAID YESTERDAY THAT EVERYTHING IS PERFECT HERENOW, NOTHING HAS TO BE CHANGED, EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE. THEN, OSHO, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE IN THE MEDITATION CAMPS? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 8: Collecting seashells, Question 4
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 8: Collecting seashells, Question 4, THE OTHER DAY YOU SAID, 'DON'T FOLLOW ME!' LATER, YOU ADVISED US TO BECOME SANNYASINS. IT SEEMS TO ME A CONTRADICTION. I DON'T FOLLOW YOU at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 9: Dead with dignity
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 9: Dead with dignity, THE MASTER FUGAI WAS A FINE PAINTER, AND HE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE WISE AND GENEROUS. BUT HE WAS ALSO MOST SEVERE -- BOTH TO HIMSELF AND TO HIS DISCIPLES. IT IS TOLD THAT FUGAI MET HIS END IN AN EXTRAORDINARY MANNER. FEELING THAT HIS LAST DAY HAD COME, HE QUICKLY HAD A HOLE DUG, THEN CLIMBED IN AND ORDERED THE DIGGER TO COVER HIM WITH EARTH. THE ASTONISHED MAN RAN OFF. ON HIS RETURN TO THE SPOT HE FOUND THE MASTER STANDING IN THE HOLE WITH GREAT DIGNITY -- DEAD at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 1
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 1, DURING ONE OF YOUR LECTURES WE LEARNED THAT IF WE TRY TO LEAVE OUR EGO JUST BY TRYING TO BE HUMBLE FOR EXAMPLE, THEN THE EGO COMES THROUGH HUMILITY. WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THE EGO IS MEDITATION. BUT DOESN'T THE EGO COME THROUGH THAT ALSO? I ASK THIS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN LIVE EXAMPLES IN THE ASHRAM at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 2
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 2, EVERY TIME I THINK I WANT TO DO SOMETHING, THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE HAPPENS AND I FEEL AS IF I AM GOING CRAZY. IT FEELS AS IF I HAVE NO MORE POWER OVER WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 3
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 3, SEVERAL SANNYASINS HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE OF MACROBIOTICS. IS THIS SO? I WONDER WHETHER YOUR CRITICISMS WERE DIRECTED AT OBSESSIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS DIET RATHER THAN AT THE PRINCIPLES OF MACROBIOTICS. MACROBIOTICS IS PURE TAOISM. THERE ARE NO RULES AND NO PROHIBITIONS. ITS EMPHASIS IS ON AWARENESS, FREEDOM, SENSIBILITY AND FLEXIBILITY. IT HAS NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH FOOD FADS, RIGID DIETS OR OBSESSIVE ATTITUDES. BROWN RICE IS MISTAKENLY REGARDED BY SOME AS THE BASIS OF MACROBIOTICS, BUT IT IS ONLY ONE ELEMENT AND CAN BE USED OR DISCARDED, RECOGNIZED OR IGNORED at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 4
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 4, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOING WITHIN AND GOING NOWHERE? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 5
Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 5, HOW TO BE CREATIVE WHILE DOING JOBS WHICH SEEM NOT TO LEAVE ANY SPACE FOR CREATIVITY, LIKE CLEANING, ETC.? at energyenhancement.org
A BIRD ON THE WING:
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 1: Empty Your Cup
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 1: Empty Your Cup, THE JAPANESE MASTER NAN-IN GAVE AUDIENCE TO A PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY. SERVING TEA, NAN-IN FILLED HIS VISITOR'S CUP, AND KEPT POURING. THE PROFESSOR WATCHED THE OVERFLOW UNTIL HE COULD RESTRAIN HIMSELF NO LONGER: STOP! THE CUP IS OVERFULL, NO MORE WILL GO IN. NAN-IN SAID: LIKE THIS CUP, YOU ARE FULL OF YOUR OWN OPINIONS AND SPECULATIONS. HOW CAN I SHOW YOU ZEN UNLESS YOU FIRST EMPTY YOUR CUP? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 1: Empty Your Cup, Question 1
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 1: Empty Your Cup, Question 1, THE LAST PART OF WHAT YOU SAID TO US IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND BLISSFUL, BUT THE FIRST PART IS VERY FRIGHTENING -- BREAKING THE CUP, SUFFERING, FALLING DOWN ON THE GROUND, YOU NOT BEING THERE. THEN OUR MINDS COME IN AND WE PLAY TRICKS WITH OUR BODIES. WE SAY, 'I HAVE THIS PAIN. I HAVE THIS BLISTER.' CAN YOU GIVE US SOME CLUE AS TO HOW WE CAN GET OVER THE BARRIERS WE CREATE FOR OURSELVES WHEN WE COME UP AGAINST FEAR? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 1: Empty Your Cup, Question 2
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 1: Empty Your Cup, Question 2, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OUR HAVING TO SUFFER, YOU TELL US TO BE JOYFUL AT THE SAME TIME. TRYING TO COMPROMISE THESE TWO THINGS SEEMS DIFFICULT at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 2: No Mind, No Truth
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 2: No Mind, No Truth , THE STUDENT DOKO CAME TO THE MASTER AND SAID, 'IN WHAT STATE OF MIND SHOULD I SEEK THE TRUTH?', THE MASTER REPLIED, ' THERE IS NO MIND, SO YOU CANNOT PUT IT IN ANY STATE, AND THERE IS NO TRUTH, SO YOU CANNOT SEEK IT.' DOKO SAID, 'IF THERE IS NO MIND AND NO TRUTH, WHY DO ALL THESE STUDENTS GATHER BEFORE YOU EVERY DAY TO STUDY?' THE MASTER LOOKED AROUND AND SAID, 'I DON'T SEE ANYONE.' THE INQUIRER ASKED, 'THEN WHO ARE YOU TEACHING?' 'I HAVE NO TONGUE, SO HOW CAN I TEACH?', REPLIED THE MASTER. THEN DOKO SAID SADLY, 'I CANNOT FOLLOW YOU; I CANNOT UNDERSTAND.' THE MASTER SAID, 'I DON'T UNDERSTAND MYSELF' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 2: No Mind, No Truth, Question 1
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 2: No Mind, No Truth, Question 1, YOU JUST TOLD US YOU HAVE NOTHING TO TEACH US, AND LAST NIGHT IT WAS A GREAT SHOCK WHEN YOU SAID AS FAR AS YOU ARE CONCERNED YOUR WORK IS DONE, THAT YOU'RE CARRYING YOUR BODY FOR US. A YOUNG JESUS ALSO SAID, 'WIST YE NOT THAT I AM ABOUT MY FATHER'S BUSINESS.' WHAT IS OR WHAT WAS YOUR BUSINESS? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 3: The Gates of Heaven and Hell
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 3: The Gates of Heaven and Hell, A WARRIOR CAME TO THE ZEN MASTER HAKUIN AND ASKED 'IS THERE SUCH A THING AS HEAVEN AND HELL?' HAKUIN SAID 'WHO ARE YOU?' THE WARRIOR REPLIED 'I AM CHIEF SAMURAI TO THE EMPEROR.' HAKUIN SAID 'YOU, A SAMURAI? WITH A FACE LIKE THAT, YOU LOOK MORE LIKE A BEGGAR.' AT THIS THE WARRIOR BECAME SO ANGRY HE DREW HIS SWORD. STANDING CALMLY IN FRONT OF HIM, HAKUIN SAID 'HERE OPEN THE GATES OF HELL.' PERCEIVING THE MASTER'S COMPOSURE, THE SOLDIER SHEATHED HIS SWORD AND BOWED. HAKUIN THEN SAID 'AND HERE OPEN THE GATES OF HEAVEN' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 3: The Gates of Heaven and Hell, Question 1
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 3: The Gates of Heaven and Hell, Question 1, HOW DOES WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT HEAVEN AND HELL TIE IN WITH WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SAYING ABOUT ROOTS AND WINGS? WHEN YOU SAY ROOTS INTO THIS EARTH AND WINGS INTO THAT HEAVEN, I'VE GOT A FEELING OF BEING INFINITELY STRETCHED -- THAT THIS EARTH IS CLOSE AND THAT HEAVEN IS FAR AWAY. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 'THIS' AND 'THAT'? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 4: Have a Cup of Tea
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 4: Have a Cup of Tea, JOSHU, THE ZEN MASTER, ASKED A NEW MONK IN THE MONASTERY, 'HAVE I SEEN YOU BEFORE?' THE NEW MONK REPLIED, 'NO SIR.' JOSHU SAID, 'THEN HAVE A CUP OF TEA.' JOSHU THEN TURNED TO ANOTHER MONK, 'HAVE I SEEN YOU HERE BEFORE?' THE SECOND MONK SAID, 'YES SIR, OF COURSE YOU HAVE.' JOSHU SAID, 'THEN HAVE A CUP OF TEA.' LATER THE MANAGING MONK OF THE MONASTERY ASKED JOSHU, 'HOW IS IT YOU MAKE THE SAME OFFER OF TEA TO ANY REPLY?' AT THIS JOSHU SHOUTED, 'MANAGER, ARE YOU STILL HERE?' THE MANAGER REPLIED, 'OF COURSE, MASTER.' JOSHU SAID, 'THEN HAVE A CUP OF TE' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 4: Have a Cup of Tea, Question 1
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 4: Have a Cup of Tea, Question 1, I FEEL I WANT TO BE CLOSE TO YOU, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO RUN AS FAR AWAY FROM YOU AS I CAN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS FEAR, SINCE I AM NOT AWARE OF A FEELING LIKE THIS ABOUT ANYONE ELSE at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 5: Master of the New Monastery
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 5: Master of the New Monastery, HYAKUJO CALLED HIS MONKS TOGETHER AS HE WISHED TO SEND ONE OF THEM TO OPEN A NEW MONASTERY. PLACING A FILLED WATER JAR ON THE GROUND, HE SAID, 'WHO CAN SAY WHAT THIS IS WITHOUT USING ITS NAME?' THE CHIEF MONK, WHO EXPECTED TO GET THE POSITION, SAID, 'NO ONE CAN CALL IT A WOODEN SHOE.' ANOTHER MONK SAID, 'IT'S NOT A POND BECAUSE IT CAN BE CARRIED.' THE COOKING MONK, WHO WAS STANDING NEARBY, WALKED OUT, KICKED THE JAR OVER, AND THEN WALKED AWAY. HYAKUJO SMILED AND SAID, 'THE COOKING MONK BECOMES THE MASTER OF THE NEW MONASTERY.' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 5: Master of the New Monastery, Question 1
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 5: Master of the New Monastery, Question 1, EVERY DAY WHEN I SIT HERE, I TRY SITTING WITHOUT A QUESTION IN MY MIND, STAYING IN THE MOMENT WITH WHAT I M HEARING, NOT REHEARSING, AND TRYING NOT TO REHEARSE. THEN YOU SAY, 'ANYTHING MORE?' AND IT'S AS IF A SHIELD COMES DOWN AND I CAN'T REACH YOU. I AM TALKING TO MYSELF, AND THE MIND IS ALWAYS MAKING THINGS SAFE FOR ME at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 5: Master of the New Monastery, Question 2
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 5: Master of the New Monastery, Question 2, MY MIND IS ALREADY WORKING ON THE PARADOX I FIND BETWEEN YESTERDAY'S TALK AND TODAY'S. TODAY YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SPONTANEITY OF RESPONSE TO NEW SITUATIONS, SEEING THEM AS FRESH. YESTERDAY, ONE OF THE MESSAGES FROM THE STORY ABOUT JOSHU WAS THAT SITUATIONS ARE ALL THE SAME, PEOPLE THE SAME. HENCE JOSHU OFFERED THREE PEOPLE A CUP OF TEA. TO ME, THIS IS A PARADOX at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 6: The Miracle of Ordinariness
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 6: The Miracle of Ordinariness, BANKEI WAS PREACHING QUIETLY TO HIS FOLLOWERS ONE DAY WHEN HIS TALKING WAS INTERRUPTED BY A PRIEST FROM ANOTHER SECT. THIS SECT BELIEVED IN THE POWER OF MIRACLES, AND THOUGHT THAT SALVATION CAME FROM REPEATING HOLY WORDS. BANKEI STOPPED TALKING, AND ASKED THE PRIEST WHAT HE WANTED TO SAY. THE PRIEST BOASTED THAT THE FOUNDER OF HIS RELIGION COULD STAND ON ONE BANK OF THE RIVER WITH A BRUSH IN HIS HAND AND WRITE A HOLY NAME ON A PIECE OF PAPER HELD BY AN ASSISTANT ON THE OPPOSITE BANK OF THE RIVER. THE PRIEST ASKED, 'WHAT MIRACLES CAN YOU DO?' BANKEI REPLIED,'ONLY ONE. WHEN I AM HUNGRY I EAT, AND WHEN I AM THIRSTY I DRINK.' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 6: The Miracle of Ordinariness, Question 1
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 6: The Miracle of Ordinariness, Question 1, YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT FOOD, AND NOW IN THE WEST FOOD IS A BIG CULT. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS COMING IN AS A BASIS OF SPIRITUALITY. YOU SAID IF WE'RE NATURAL, WE'LL KNOW WHAT TO EAT AND WHEN TO EAT, BUT NOW WE ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH OUR CHILDLIKE NATURE. ALSO, MANY RELIGIONS SAY THAT THE FOOD YOU EAT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO ONE'S SPIRITUAL PATH. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT FOOD AS A GUIDE FOR THE WEST? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 6: The Miracle of Ordinariness, Question 2
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 6: The Miracle of Ordinariness, Question 2, WHENEVER YOU SPEAK OF OUR FAILINGS, YOU USUALLY MENTION ANGER, SEX AND JEALOUSY. ANGER AND SEX SEEM FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT JEALOUSY IS, AND IT'S HARDER TO GET TO THE CORE. WOULD YOU TELL US ABOUT JEALOUSY? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 7: The Severe Teacher
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 7: The Severe Teacher, THE JAPANESE MASTER EKIDO WAS A SEVERE TEACHER AND HIS PUPILS FEARED HIM. ONE DAY, AS ONE OF HIS PUPILS WAS STRIKING THE TIME OF DAY ON THE TEMPLE GONG, HE MISSED A BEAT BECAUSE HE WAS WATCHING A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHO WAS PASSING THE GATES. UNKNOWN TO THE PUPIL, EKIDO WAS STANDING BEHIND HIM. EKIDO STRUCK THE PUPIL WITH HIS STAFF, AND THE SHOCK STOPPED THE HEART OF THE PUPIL, AND HE DIED. BECAUSE THE OLD CUSTOM OF THE PUPIL SIGNING HIS LIFE OVER TO THE MASTER HAD SUNK TO A MERE FORMALITY, EKIDO WAS DISCREDITED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC. BUT AFTER THIS INCIDENT, EKIDO PRODUCED TEN ENLIGHTENED SUCCESSORS, AN UNUSUALLY HIGH NUMBER at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 7: The Severe Teacher, Question 1
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 7: The Severe Teacher, Question 1, THE LAST LINE OF THIS ZEN STORY SAYS TEN WERE ENLIGHTENED AND THAT THIS WAS A GREAT NUMBER. TEN DOESN'T SEEM A GREAT NUMBER TO ME. CAN WE BUY YOUR STICK AND USE IT ON OURSELVES TO HELP SURRENDER HAPPEN? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 7: The Severe Teacher, Question 2
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 7: The Severe Teacher, Question 2, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL QUESTIONS CONCERNING WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT WARRIORS AND BUSINESSMEN. SINCE MOST OF US WERE BUSINESSMAN AND PROFESSIONALS, AND NOT WARRIORS, ARE WE GOING TO MISS ENLIGHTENMENT? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 8: Zen Without Writing
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 8: Zen Without Writing, THE ZEN MASTER MU-NAN HAD ONLY ONE SUCCESSOR. HIS NAME WAS SHOJU. AFTER SHOJU HAD COMPLETED HIS STUDY OF ZEN, MU-NAN CALLED HIM INTO HIS ROOM AND SAID, 'I AM GETTING OLD, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO WILL CARRY ON THIS TEACHING. HERE IS A BOOK. IT HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM MASTER TO MASTER FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS, AND I HAVE ALSO ADDED MANY POINTS ACCORDING TO MY UNDERSTANDING. THIS BOOK IS VERY PRECIOUS, AND I AM GIVING IT TO YOU TO REPRESENT YOUR SUCCESSORSHIP.' SHOJU REPLIED, 'PLEASE KEEP THE BOOK. I RECEIVED YOUR ZEN WITHOUT WRITING, AND I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH IT, THANK YOU.' MU-NAN REPLIED, 'I KNOW THAT, BUT THIS GREAT WORK HAS BEEN CARRIED FROM MASTER TO MASTER FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS, AND IT WILL BE A SYMBOL OF YOUR LEARNING. HERE, TAKE THE BOOK.' THE TWO WERE TALKING IN FRONT OF A FIRE, AND THE INSTANT SHOJU FELT THE BOOK IN HIS HANDS HE THRUST IT INTO THE FLAMES. MU-NAN, WHO HAD NEVER IN HIS LIFE BEEN ANGRY BEFORE, SHOUTED, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?' AND SHOJU SHOUTED BACK, 'AND WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 8: Zen Without Writing, Question 1
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 8: Zen Without Writing, Question 1, THERE WILL BE A PRECIOUS VALUE TO THIS BOOK WHEN IT COMES OUT, BECAUSE IT CAN TELL PEOPLE THAT THERE IS A BUDDHA AVAILABLE NOW, AND THAT HE HAS METHODS SUITABLE TO THE TIME AND TO US. BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH HAS ARISEN HERE AND WILL CERTAINLY ARISE IN THE WEST IS: HOW DO I KNOW I NEED A MASTER? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 8: Zen Without Writing, Question 2
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 8: Zen Without Writing, Question 2, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY CAN'T REALLY LET THEMSELVES GO IN MEDITATION BECAUSE OF THE PHYSICAL PAIN, BECAUSE OF BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER AND FALLING DOWN. THEY FEEL THIS MAY BE SOME SORT OF EXCUSE FOR NOT REALLY LETTING GO. COULD YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THIS PHYSICAL ASPECT? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 9: Save the Cat
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 9: Save the Cat, NANSEN FOUND TWO GROUPS OF MONKS SQUABBLING OVER THE OWNERSHIP OF A CAT. NANSEN WENT TO THE KITCHEN AND BROUGHT BACK A CHOPPER. HE PICKED UP THE CAT AND SAID TO THE MONKS, 'IF ANY OF YOU CAN SAY A GOOD WORD, YOU CAN SAVE THE CAT.' NOT A WORD WAS SAID, SO NANSEN CUT THE CAT IN TWO AND GAVE HALF TO EACH GROUP. WHEN JOSHU RETURNED THAT EVENING, NANSEN TOLD HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. JOSHU SAID NOTHING. HE JUST PUT HIS SANDALS ON HIS HEAD AND WALKED OUT. NANSEN SAID, 'IF YOU HAD BEEN THERE, YOU COULD HAVE SAVED THE CAT' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 9: Save the Cat, Question 1
Talks on Zen, A Bird on the Wing Chapter 9: Save the Cat, Question 1, IN PLACE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, WITH WHICH I WAS BROUGHT UP, I HAVE GIVEN MYSELF A NEW SET OF RULES -- BE ALERT, BE PATIENT, BE SPONTANEOUS, ACCEPT MYSELF at energyenhancement.org