Open the gift. Inside is only don’t know. Such an expensive gift, and yet few will accept it. Accepting it means abandoning the familiar, and that can be terrifying. And yet, not knowing is very familiar territory for us all, a place where we can be empowered.
In the great work of life and death, time will not wait for you.
If you die tomorrow, what kind of body will you get?
Is not all of this of great importance?
Hurry up! Hurry!
Once a year, our school celebrates Buddha's birthday. We celebrate the birth of a man who was born somewhere between 2,500 - 2,600 years ago. But the meaning of this in Zen is not celebrating a man; it's celebrating this awakening. But it's not his awakening; it's our awakening. So what is our awakening?
Volt egyszer egy beteg ember, aki sok orvoshoz fordult segítségért, de azok csak tehetetlenül tárták szét a karjukat – nem tudtak rajta segíteni.
What is this: being human? We all say: “I”. But do we understand this I? In nature, everything and anything has its job. The tiger, the snake, the flower… everyone understands his job.
Only the human seems not to know why he came into this world.
The nature of the Dharmas is perfect. It does not have two different aspects.
All the various Dharmas are unmoving and fundamentally still.
They are without name and form, cut off from all things.
This is understood by enlightened wisdom, and not by any other sphere.
The direction of bowing is very important. I want to put down my small "I", see my true nature and help all beings.
Then their center will become very strong, they can control their karma, take away their karma, and become clear. This helps the practitioner and this world.
We say the true teacher is always in front of us.
That actually means the true student is always inside.
These two are never separate.
Talking about opposite worlds or absolute world or complete world is an intellectual style where more explanation, more analysis becomes necessary. Zen only points to the moment world, the world of this moment.
Question: Can you explain why Zen Master Saung Sahn calls will, emotion & intellect the three clouds?
While there are many approaches to practicing, practicing with a sangha — together action — is the most powerful.
