< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 God is a puppeteer 6 February 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, ON THEIR FIRST MEETING, SEIGEN ASKED SEKITO, “WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?” AND SEKITO REPLIED, “I COME FROM SOKEI.” SEIGEN HELD UP A WHISK AND SAID, “DID YOU FIND THIS OVER THERE?” SEKITO REPLIED, “NO, NOT ONLY WAS IT NOT OVER THERE, BUT IT WAS ALSO NOT IN THE WEST LAND....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 God is an insult to man 7 February 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, WHEN SEKITO RECEIVED THE PRECEPTS, HIS MASTER, SEIGEN, ASKED HIM, “NOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE PRECEPTS, YOU WANT TO LEARN THE VINAYA, DON’T YOU?” SEKITO REPLIED, “THERE’S NO NEED TO LEARN THE VINAYA.” SEIGEN ASKED, “THEN, YOU WANT TO READ THE BOOK OF SHEELA?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 God is just like tomorrow 8 February 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, ON ONE OCCASION SEIGEN COMMENTED TO SEKITO, “SOME SAY THAT AN INTELLIGENCE COMES FROM THE SOUTH OF THE LING.” SEKITO SAID, “THERE IS NO SUCH INTELLIGENCE FROM ANYBODY.” SEIGEN SAID, “IF NOT, WHENCE ARE ALL THOSE SUTRAS OF THE TRIPITAKA?” SEKITO SAID, “THEY ALL COME OUT OF HERE, AND THERE IS NOTHING WANTING....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 God is a lie 9 February 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, AFTER NANGAKU’S COMMENT ABOUT SEKITO, HE ONCE MORE SENT THE ATTENDANT MONK TO SEKITO TO ASK HIM A QUESTION. ON ARRIVAL, THE MONK ASKED SEKITO, “WHAT IS LIBERATION?” SEKITO SAID, “WHO BOUND YOU?” THE MONK ASKED, “WHAT IS THE PURE LAND?” SEKITO RESPONDED, “WHO MADE YOU DIRTY?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 God is your insecurity 10 February 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, SEKITO WROTE: THE MIND OF THE GREAT SAGE OF INDIA WAS INTIMATELY COMMUNICATED FROM INDIA TO CHINA. IN HUMAN BEINGS THERE ARE WISE MEN AND FOOLS, BUT ON THE WAY THERE IS NO NORTHERN OR SOUTHERN TEACHER. THE MYSTERIOUS SOURCE IS CLEAR AND BRIGHT, THE BRANCHING STREAMS FLOW THROUGH THE DARKNESS....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 6 God is the original sinner 11 February 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, SEKITO WROTE: CAUSE AND EFFECT BOTH NECESSARILY DERIVE FROM THE GREAT REALITY. THE WORDS ‘HIGH’ AND ‘LOW’ ARE USED RELATIVELY. WITHIN THE LIGHT THERE IS DARKNESS, BUT DO NOT BE ATTACHED TO THIS DARKNESS. WITHIN THE DARKNESS THERE IS LIGHT, BUT DO NOT LOOK FOR THAT LIGHT....

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 7 God is the business of the priest 12 February 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, WHEN IMPO TOOK LEAVE OF MA TZU, MA TZU ASKED, “WHERE ARE YOU GOING?” IMPO REPLIED, “I’M GOING TO SEKITO.” MA TZU WARNED, “THE PATH ON THE STONE-HEAD IS SLIPPERY!” IMPO SAID, “I HAVE THE POLE OF AN ACROBAT WITH ME – I CAN MAKE A SHOW WITH IT WHENEVER I WANT,” AND WITH THAT HE LEFT....