Ancient Music in the Pines Talks on Zen Stories
Talks given from 21/02/76 am to 29/02/76 am English Discourse series
9 Chapters
Year published: 1977 Ancient Music in the Pines Chapter #1
Chapter title: A Zen StoryChapter title: The Halo of Yakushi-BuddhaChapter title: Madmen and DevoteesChapter title: Three MysteriesChapter title: You Have My Marrow
< Previous | Contents | Next > Chapter title: A Zen Story 21 February 1976 am in Buddha Hall Archive code: 7602210 ShortTitle: ANCIEN01 Audio: Yes Video: No Length: 88 mins GOSA HOYEN USED TO SAY: 'WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT ZEN IS LIKE I TELL THEM THIS STORY:' NOTICING THAT HIS FATHER WAS GROWING OLD, THE SON OF A BURGLAR ASKED HIS FATHER TO TEACH HIM THE TRADE SO THAT HE COULD CARRY...
< Previous | Contents | Next > Chapter title: Madmen and Devotees 26 February 1976 am in Buddha Hall Archive code: 7602260 ShortTitle: ANCIEN06 Audio: Yes Video: No Length: 78 mins The first question: Question 1 WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MADMAN AND A DEVOTEE? Not much. And yet much. Both are mad but their madness has a totally different quality to it; the center of madness is different. The madman is mad from the head; the devotee is mad from the heart....
< Previous | Contents | Next > Chapter title: The Halo of Yakushi-Buddha 23 February 1976 am in Buddha Hall Archive code: 7602230 ShortTitle: ANCIEN03 Audio: Yes Video: No Length: 83 mins ONE WINTER DAY, A MASTERLESS SAMURAI CAME TO EISAI'S TEMPLE AND MADE AN APPEAL: 'I'M POOR AND SICK,' HE SAID, 'AND MY FAMILY IS DYING OF HUNGER. PLEASE HELP US, MASTER.' DEPENDENT AS HE WAS ON WIDOWS' MITES, EISAI'S LIFE WAS VERY AUSTERE, AND HE HAD NOTHING TO GIVE....
< Previous | Contents | Next > Chapter title: Three Mysteries 28 February 1976 am in Buddha Hall Archive code: 7602280 ShortTitle: ANCIEN08 Audio: Yes Video: No Length: 95 mins The first question: Question 1 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT FACING THE DEATH OF EACH MOMENT AND LETTING GO? Death is already happening. Whether you face it or not, whether you look at it or not, it is already there. It is just like breathing....
< Previous | Contents Chapter title: You Have My Marrow 29 February 1976 am in Buddha Hall Archive code: 7602290 ShortTitle: ANCIEN09 Audio: Yes Video: No Length: 87 mins AFTER NINE YEARS, BODHIDHARMA, THE FIRST ZEN PATRIARCH, WHO TOOK ZEN TO CHINA FROM INDIA IN THE SIXTH CENTURY, DECIDED THAT HE WISHED TO RETURN HOME. HE GATHERED HIS DISCIPLES AROUND HIM TO TEST THEIR PERCEPTION. DOFUKU SAID: 'IN MY OPINION TRUTH IS BEYOND AFFIRMATION OR...