< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 The tremendous statement 3 December 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, ONCE, WHEN HE WAS STILL WITH HIS MASTER, KYOZAN SAID TO ISAN, “WHERE DOES THE REAL BUDDHA DWELL?” ISAN REPLIED, “BY MEANS OF THE SUBTLETY OF THOUGHTLESS THOUGHT, CONTEMPLATE THE BOUNDLESS SPIRITUAL BRIGHTNESS. CONTEMPLATE IT UNTIL RETURNING TO THE GROUND OF BEING, THE ALWAYS ABIDING NATURE, AND ITS FORM OF THE UNDICHOTOMOUS PRINCIPLE....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 Zen is like wild flowers 4 December 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, ONCE, KYOZAN’S MASTER ASKED HIM, “THE NIRVANA SUTRA HAS ABOUT FORTY CHAPTERS OF THE BUDDHA’S TEACHING. HOW MANY OF THESE ARE DEVIL TEACHINGS?” “ALL OF THEM,” REPLIED KYOZAN. THE MASTER COMMENTED: “FROM NOW ON, NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO DO WHAT HE LIKES WITH YOU....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 A very fresh communion 5 December 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, WHEN HE WAS WITH KYOZAN, RYUSEN WAS THE MONK IN CHARGE OF FOOD. ONE DAY A STRANGE MONK CAME AND ASKED FOR A MEAL, AT WHICH RYUSEN GAVE HIM PART OF HIS OWN. KYOZAN KNEW OF THIS BUT CALLED RYUSEN TO HIM AND ASKED, “THAT ENLIGHTENED MONK WHO CAME JUST NOW – DID HE GIVE YOU ANY FOOD?...

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 4 A stone striking bamboo 6 December 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, KYOZAN WAS UNCERTAIN AS TO THE VALIDITY OF KYOGEN’S ENLIGHTENMENT SO, BY WAY OF TESTING HIM, HE SAID TO KYOGEN, “I HAVE HEARD THAT YOU COMPOSED A VERSE EXPRESSING YOUR ENLIGHTENMENT. PLEASE LET ME HEAR IT AND I WILL STUDY IT.” WHEN KYOGEN HAD FINISHED RECITING THE VERSE, HE SAID, “WE WILL LEAVE IT READY FOR SOME LEISURE TIME,” AND HE THEN PROCEEDED TO MAKE ANOTHER VERSE:...