< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 To create a few more rainbows 26 December 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED BHAGWAN, ONCE A MONK WAS ASKED BY KYOZAN, “WHERE HAVE YOU COME FROM?” TO WHICH THE MONK REPLIED, “FROM YUSHU.” KYOZAN THEN ASKED HIM, “I’D LIKE TO KNOW SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT YUSHU; WHAT’S THE PRICE OF RICE THERE?” THE MONK REPLIED, “AS I WAS COMING HERE, I UNINTENTIONALLY PASSED OVER THE BRIDGE OF THAT TOWN AND TROD ON THE GIRDERS OF THE BRIDGE, BREAKING THEM....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 To study the way ... to forget the self ... 25 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, DOGEN WROTE: TO STUDY THE WAY IS TO STUDY THE SELF. TO STUDY THE SELF IS TO FORGET THE SELF. TO FORGET THE SELF IS TO BE ENLIGHTENED BY ALL THINGS. TO BE ENLIGHTENED BY ALL THINGS IS TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS BETWEEN ONE’S SELF AND OTHERS....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 To walk with one’s own light 11 October 1975 am in Buddha Hall A YOUNG RABBI COMPLAINED TO THE RABBI OF RIZHYN: – ’DURING THE HOURS WHEN I DEVOTE MYSELF TO MY STUDIES, I FEEL LIFE AND LIGHT, BUT THE MOMENT I STOP STUDYING, IT IS ALL GONE. WHAT SHALL I DO?’ THE RABBI IF RIZHYN REPLIED: – ’THAT IS JUST AS WHEN...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Toward the Awakening 8 July 1973 pm in Mt Abu Meditation Camp INVOCATION AUM, MAY BRAHMAN PROTECT US BOTH. MAY HE NOURISH US BOTH. MAY WE BOTH ACHIEVE ENERGY. MAY THIS STUDY MAKE US BOTH ILLUMINED. MAY WE NEVER HATE EACH OTHER. AUM, PEACE, PEACE, PEACE. AUM, MAY MY LIMBS BECOME STRONG. ALSO, LET MY SPEECH, PRANA – VITAL AIR – SIGHT, HEARING, AND ALL THE SENSE ORGANS, BE VIGOROUS....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Towards the Truth 11 January 1974 pm in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India AUM, MAY MY SPEECH BE ROOTED IN MY MIND, AND MY MIND ROOTED IN MY SPEECH. O SELF-ILLUMINED BRAHMAN, BE MANIFEST UNTO ME. SPEECH AND MIND FORM THE BASIS OF MY KNOWLEDGE, SO PLEASE DO NOT UNDO MY PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. DAY AND NIGHT I SPEND IN THIS PURSUIT....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Until You Die 11 April 1975 am in Buddha Hall THERE WAS A RICH AND GENEROUS MAN OF BOKHARA. BECAUSE HE HAD A HIGH RANK IN THE INVISIBLE HIERARCHY, HE WAS KNOWN AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD. EVERY DAY HE GAVE GOLD TO ONE CATEGORY OF PEOPLE – THE SICK, WIDOWS, AND SO ON. BUT NOTHING WAS GIVEN TO ANYONE WHO OPENED HIS MOUTH....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Voluntary death 11 February 1977 am in Buddha Hall WHEN LIEH TZU WAS EATING AT THE ROADSIDE ON A JOURNEY TO WEI, HE SAW A HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD SKULL. PICKING A STALK HE POINTED TO THE SKULL AND, TURNING TO HIS DISCIPLE PAI FENG, SAID ‘ONLY HE AND I KNOW THAT YOU WERE NEVER BORN AND WILL NEVER DIE. IS IT HE WHO IS TRULY MISERABLE, IS IT WE WHO ARE TRULY HAPPY?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Whatever the cost enlightenment is cheap 17 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, KOKE RECEIVED A HORSE FROM THE EMPEROR DOKO AS A REWARD FOR HIS TEACHING. HE RODE AWAY ON IT, BUT THEN FELL OFF AND BROKE HIS LEG. WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE TEMPLE HE HAD THE HEAD MONK MAKE SOME CRUTCHES. SUPPORTED BY THE CRUTCHES, KOKE CAME ACROSS A MONK, TO WHOM HE SAID, “DO YOU KNOW ME?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 When the Disciple is Ready 21 June 1978 am in Buddha Hall A CERTAIN MAN DECIDED THAT HE WOULD SEEK THE PERFECT MASTER. HE READ MANY BOOKS, VISITED SAGE AFTER SAGE, LISTENED, DISCUSSED AND PRACTISED, BUT HE ALWAYS FOUND HIMSELF DOUBTING OR UNSURE. AFTER TWENTY YEARS HE MET A MAN WHOSE EVERY WORD AND ACTION CORRESPONDED WITH HIS IDEA OF THE TOTALLY REALIZED MAN....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 When The Shoe Fits 11 October 1974 am in Buddha Hall CHU’I THE DRAFTSMAN COULD DRAW MORE PERFECT CIRCLES FREEHAND THAN WITH A COMPASS. HIS FINGERS BROUGHT FORTH SPONTANEOUS FORMS FROM NOWHERE. HIS MIND WAS MEANWHILE FREE AND WITHOUT CONCERN WITH WHAT HE WAS DOING. NO APPLICATION WAS NEEDED, HIS MIND WAS PERFECTLY SIMPLE AND KNEW NO OBSTACLE. SO, WHEN THE SHOE FITS, THE FOOT IS FORGOTTEN, WHEN THE BELT FITS, THE BELLY IS FORGOTTEN, WHEN THE HEART IS RIGHT, ‘FOR’ AND ‘AGAINST’ ARE FORGOTTEN....