< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Leaving the mind far behind 8 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, BANSHO GYOSHU STUDIED MEDITATION FIRST WITH MASTER SHOMOKU. HE TOLD BANSHO, “STUDYING THIS PATH IS LIKE REFINING GOLD. WHEN IT IS IMPURE, THE PURE GOLD DOES NOT SHOW. “AS I LOOK BETWEEN YOUR EYEBROWS, THERE IS VERY MUCH SOMETHING THERE. IF YOU DON’T PIERCE THROUGH COLD BONES, ONCE, YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO CAST THIS THING OFF....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 Spread the message 9 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, A MONK ASKED KOYO SEIJO, “DAITSU SAT IN ZAZEN FOR TEN KALPAS AND COULD NOT ATTAIN BUDDHAHOOD; HE DID NOT BECOME A BUDDHA. HOW CAN THIS BE?” SEIJO SAID, “YOUR QUESTION IS QUITE SELF-EXPLANATORY.” THE MONK ASKED, “HE MEDITATED SO LONG; WHY COULD HE NOT ATTAIN BUDDHAHOOD?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 Our responsibility is tremendous 10 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, EMPEROR SHUKUSO ASKED CHU KOKUSHI, “WHAT IS THE TEN-BODIED HERDSMAN?” KOKUSHI REPLIED, “GO AND TRAMPLE ON VAIROCANA’S HEAD!” THE EMPEROR SAID, “I CANNOT FOLLOW YOU.” KOKUSHI SAID, “DON’T TAKE THE SELF FOR THE PURE DHARMA BODY.” A MONK ONCE ASKED KOKUSHI, “WHAT IS THE TRUE BODY OF THE DHARMAKAYA BUDDHA?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 Now it is my turn 11 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, ONCE, A MONK ASKED MASTER NAN-YIN, “WHAT IS YOUR SPECIAL TEACHING?” NAN-YIN REPLIED, “IN AUTUMN WE REAP; IN WINTER WE STORE.” ANOTHER MONK ASKED NAN-YIN, “WHAT IS THE WAY?” NAN-YIN ANSWERED, “A KITE FLIES ACROSS THE GREAT SKY; NOTHING REMAINS THERE.” ON ANOTHER OCCASION, NAN-YIN ASCENDED THE ROSTRUM AND SAID, “ABOVE THE MASS OF RED FLESH STANDS ONE AT AN IMMEASURABLE HEIGHT....

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 5 The day has been hilarious 12 January 1989 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium OUR BELOVED MASTER, ONCE CHOKOMAN WAS ASKED, “WHAT IS THE PLACE OF RELIGIOUS EXERCISES OF THE ANCIENT BUDDHAS?” CHOKOMAN SAID, “JUST BY WALKING, THEY TROD ON IT.” THE MONK WENT ON, “AND AFTER THEY HAD TROD ON IT?” CHOKOMAN REPLIED, “ICE MELTING, TILES BREAKING UP.” THE MONK THEN ASKED, “HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?...