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MA TZU: THE EMPTY MIRROR
Chapter 8: This moment
Question 1
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Question 1
Maneesha has asked:
OUR BELOVED MASTER,
I DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF BODHIDHARMA'S COMING FROM THE WEST, BUT THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A SIGNIFICANCE IN HIS TAKING THE EXISTENTIAL RELIGION OF ZEN TO THE EAST, AND YOU -- SO MANY CENTURIES LATER -- BRINGING IT BACK AGAIN TO CONTEMPORARY MAN. THROUGH THE TWO OF YOU, ZEN HAS MADE A FULL CIRCLE. ARE YOU IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BODHIDHARMA?
Maneesha, that is an open secret.
It is Sardar Gurudayal Singh's time.
Sardar Gurudayal Singh has a new job as a waiter in the swank Ken's House of Pancakes. Two gentlemen have just finished their dinner, and Sardar Gurudayal Singh approaches them.
"Tea or coffee, gentlemen?" asks Sardar Gurudayal Singh.
"I will have tea," says the first man.
"Yes, I will also have tea," says the second, "but make certain the glass is clean."
A few minutes later, Sardar Gurudayal Singh returns and says, "Here we are, two teas. Now, which one of you gentlemen asked for the clean glass?"
Doctor Feelgood is at a psychiatrists' convention in New York. During one of the breaks he goes into the cafeteria. He notices a beautiful woman sitting alone in the corner, drinking coffee. She is so beautiful and attractive that Feelgood cannot resist the temptation to talk to her.
He goes up close to her and asks quietly, "Can I join you?"
The young lady shrink looks at him for a few seconds and then replies, "Why, do I look like I'm falling apart?"
Get it now?
Walter and Larry, two Australian boundary riders, are drinking beer and discussing how smart their dogs are.
"My dog Rex is so smart," says Walter, "that I can give him five instructions at once and he will carry them out, one by one."
"That's nothing!" replies Larry. "My dog Butch just needs one instruction from me, and then he anticipates the rest."
After a few more beers, Walter whistles for Rex. He tells him to run down the street, turn left at the traffic lights, go half a mile and bring back a black sheep from the field there.
Ten minutes later, Rex is back with the sheep.
"Not bad," says Larry, "but watch this!" Then he calls to Butch.
"Butch," says Larry, "I am hungry!"
Butch races away down the road until he sees a chicken shed. He digs a hole under the fence, lifts a hen off its nest, and picks up an egg from underneath it.
Then he races back to Larry, puts down the egg, picks up a small pot, races off to fetch some water, puts the pot on the fire and then drops the egg in.
Exactly three minutes after the water boils, Butch tips out the water, picks up the egg, delivers it to Larry and then stands on his head with his tail in the air.
"That is incredible!" says Walter, "but tell me -- why is he standing on his head like that, with his ass in the air?"
"Well, he's a smart dog," replies Larry. "He knows that I don't have an egg cup."
Nivedano...
(Drumbeat)
(Gibberish)
Nivedano...
(Drumbeat)
Be silent.
Close your eyes.
Feel your body to be completely frozen.
Look inwards with great urgency.
You have to reach, this very moment, to your center.
Your center is your eternity.
The moment you are at the center,
you are just a witness --
a mirror that reflects the body, the mind,
but knows perfectly well it is utterly empty.
The empty mirror...
and the doors of all the mysteries of existence
open for you.
Deeper and deeper...
Make this evening a milestone in your life.
Recognize your buddha
and then act it out twenty-four hours,
round the clock --
in every gesture, in every activity,
peacefully, gracefully,
with a watching heart, silently.
This is the very essence of religion;
all other things are only
nonessential commentaries.
The word witness contains all the scriptures.
Nivedano...
(Drumbeat)
Make it clear that you are not the body, nor the mind,
but just the watching consciousness,
the witness.
The evening is great,
and your silence has made it greater.
It is so beautiful,
and your witnessing has added
immense beauty to it.
On the whole earth at this moment, this place,
where ten thousand people are simply witnessing,
has a unique character.
In the past, many places like this used to be.
Unfortunately, those golden days are past,
but my effort is to bring those golden moments again
in the future of humanity.
You are going to be the vehicles.
Nivedano...
(Drumbeat)
Come back...
but come back as a buddha,
without any hesitation,
without any doubt.
This is the only trust I teach.
You are the buddha.
Sit down for a few moments,
just to recollect the whole experience.
The rains have come to welcome you.
What a splendor, this moment.
What a silence, this moment.
Okay, Maneesha?
Yes, Beloved Master.
Can we celebrate the ten thousand buddhas?
Yes, Beloved Master.
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