Talks on Zen
Talks given from 26/12/88 pm to 07/01/89 pm English Discourse series
1 To create a few more rainbows2 An assembly of two buddhas3 A meeting of two rivers4 In your eyes is the hope of the world5 I am just myself6 My change has taken me higher7 The world of the gurus has ended8 Truth has no history9 Be ready to be chopped10 When I call you my friends, I mean it11 Only creation shows your power12 Nothing to choose, nothing to discard
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 8 Truth has no history 2 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED BUDDHA, A MONK CAME TO SEE MASTER DAIZUI, AND SAID TO HIM, “MOUNT GOTAI AND MOUNT DAIZUI – WHAT ARE THEY LIKE? HOW IS MOUNT DAIZUI?” DAIZUI SAID, “SPEAK LOUDER – I’M HARD OF HEARING.” THE MONK REPEATED THE QUESTION IN A LOUD VOICE. DAIZUI SAID: “IT IS LIKE A THOUSAND MOUNTAINS, TEN THOUSAND MOUNTAINS!...
< Previous | Contents | Next > CHAPTER 9 Be ready to be chopped 3 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium BELOVED BUDDHA, MAYOKU CAME TO SHOKEI CARRYING HIS BELL STAFF WITH HIM. HE CIRCUMNAVIGATED SHOKEI’S SEAT THREE TIMES, SHOOK HIS STAFF, RINGING THE BELLS, STUCK THE STAFF IN THE GROUND, AND THEN STOOD UP STRAIGHT. SHOKEI SAID, “GOOD.” MAYOKU THEN WENT TO NANSEN. HE WALKED AROUND NANSEN’S SEAT, SHOOK HIS STAFF, RINGING THE BELLS, STUCK THE STAFF IN THE GROUND AND STOOD UP STRAIGHT....