Question 6
YOU CONFUSED ME VERY MUCH BY SAYING THAT THE SAMSARA IS THE NIRVANA. NOW, FROM WHERE TO BEGIN?
There is no need to begin. I am not sending you on a journey. Not even the first step is needed. Take the step, and you have moved in the wrong direction. It is not that any direction is wrong; all directions are wrong. Movement is wrong. It is not that a few people go astray and a few don't, no. All going iS going astray.
Let this sink in your heart as deeply as possible.
When I say the world is samsara, I mean don't divide into the profane and the profound. Live the profound in a profound way, live the profane in a profound way. Don't divide into the material and the spiritual. Live the material in a spiritual way; bring the quality of the spirit to matter.
What do I mean when I say live in the ordinary world? I mean live the profane life in a new way, with a new being, with a new style, with a new flavor, the flavor of meditation.
I am not telling you to go away anywhere.
I am for God, but I am not against anything. And God, my God, is so vast, he includes all.
Yes, you can sip your tea in such a meditative way that it becomes prayer. Try it. You can love your woman in such a meditative way that love becomes ecstasy, that when you are lost with your woman or with your man, suddenly you are lost in God. Those moments become of tremendous value. Those moments become the first glimpses of divinity.
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Chapter 10
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 1
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 1, THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN I FEEL NO HOPE, WITHOUT FEELING DESPERATE, WHEN THERE IS RECOGNITION THAT THE 'I' HAS FOUGHT ENOUGH AND CANNOT HELP ANYMORE. YET UNDER THESE MOMENTARY COVERS LINGERS THE ONE AND ONLY LONGING: TO BECOME MY REAL NATURE, TO EXPERIENCE TRUTH AND TO LIVE IT IN THE WORLD. MY MIND PLEASES ITSELF TO CALL THIS LONGING AN AUTHENTIC, GENUINE THIRST. HOWEVER, THE SUSPICION IS THERE THAT IT IS JUST A WAY TO HIDE MY PLAIN GREED at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 2
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 2, WHY DO YOU TALK ONLY TO YOUR DISCIPLES? WHY NOT TO THE MASSES? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 3
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 3, IT ALL SOUNDS SO GREAT, AS PERFECT AS CAN BE ARTICULATED. BUT WHAT THE HELL DO YOU DO IN THE MEANTIME? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 4
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 4, ARE YOU REALLY CRAZY? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 5
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 5, AS SIN CAN BE DEFINED AS 'MISSING THE MARK, ' COULD ONE DEFINE ZEN AS 'HITTING THE MARK '? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 6
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 6, YOU CONFUSED ME VERY MUCH BY SAYING THAT THE SAMSARA IS THE NIRVANA. NOW, FROM WHERE TO BEGIN? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 7
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 7, WHAT IS MATURITY? HOW CAN I BE MATURE? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 8
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 8, I SEEM TO BE MORE INTERESTED IN HELPING OTHERS REACH ENLIGHTENMENT THAN REACHING IT MYSELF; HAVING GRASPED IT INTELLECTUALLY. I LOSE NO OPPORTUNITY OF TALKING ABOUT IT. THE EASE, THE JOY, THE PEACE, AND THE ENERGY THAT I FEEL MAKE ME BELIEVE THAT I AM ON THE RIGHT TRACK. BUT AM I? OR SHOULD I BETTER BE SILENT TILL...? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 9
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 9, CAN YOU GIVE ME TWO VERY FUNDAMENTAL RULES FOR THE SEEKERS? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 10
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 10, WHAT IS THE FIRST PRINCIPLE? at energyenhancement.org