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  • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 1: Mastered By Zen
    Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 1: Mastered By Zen, DATE-JITOKU, A FINE WAKA POET, WANTED TO MASTER ZEN. WITH THIS IN MIND HE MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE EKKEI, ABBOT OF SHOKOKUJI IN KYOTO. JITOKU WENT TO THE MASTER FULL OF HOPES, BUT AS SOON AS HE ENTERED THE ROOM HE RECEIVED A WHACK at energyenhancement.org

  • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 3: Players Of A Game
    Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 3: Players Of A Game, MUSO, THE NATIONAL TEACHER, AND ONE OF THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS MASTERS OF HIS DAY, LEFT THE CAPITAL IN THE COMPANY OF A DISCIPLE FOR A DISTANT PROVINCE. ON REACHING THE TENRYU RIVER THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR AN HOUR BEFORE THEY COULD BOARD THE FERRY. JUST AS THE FERRY WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE THE SHORE A DRUNKEN SAMURAI RAN UP AND JUMPED INTO THE PACKED BOAT, NEARLY SWAMPING IT. HE TOTTERED WILDLY AS THE SMALL CRAFT MADE ITS WAY ACROSS THE RIVER at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 1
      Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 1, I DON'T UNDERSTAND -- WHAT DOES THE WORD GOD MEAN? I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND. GOD, WHAT IS THAT? YOU SAY LIFE IS EVERYTHING. LIFE IS WHAT IS, WHAT COUNTS, HERE AND NOW -- NO PLANNING, NO WISHING, NO WANTING, NO HOPING, NO SEARCHING. LIVE NOW, SPONTANEOUSLY. JUST BE. YES. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHAT IS GOD? IS GOD THE SAME WORD FOR LIFE. FOR WHAT IS? BUT WHY DO WE USE THE WORD 'GOD' AND NOT JUST LIFE? THEY SAY GOD IS THE ONE WHO CREATED THE WORLD. IS THAT WHAT GOD IS? at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 2
      Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 2, IF ONE IS IN THE SITUATION OF MUSO'S DISCIPLE -- WISHING TO TERMINATE A SAMURAI FOR DARING TO ASSAULT THE MASTER -- SHOULD ONE DO IT WITH CONCRETE TOTALITY, AND MEDITATE AFTER- WARDS, OR SUPPRESS THE EGO-BASED IMPULSE, OR IS THERE A THIRD ALTERNATIVE? at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 3
      Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 3, HER HORSE AND BUGGY WAS IN THE STREET AND SHE WAS SITTING THERE. FURTHER UP THE ROAD WAS A HORSE AND CART OUTSIDE THE SADDLER'S SHOP. THE FARM-BOY WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE HORSE'S BRIDLE IN THE STREET. HE TOOK OFF THE BLINKERS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THE HORSE CAUGHT SIGHT OF THE CART HE HAD BEEN PULLING FOR YEARS. SUDDENLY IT BECAME A FEARSOME OBJECT LOOMING UP BEHIND HIM AND HE TOOK OFF IN FRIGHT, GALLOPING DOWN THE STREET WITH THE CART IN TOW. MY MOTHER JUMPED OUT OF HER BUGGY JUST AS THE TERRIFIED HORSE AND HIS CART LEAPED OVER IT, KNOCKING DOWN THE HORSE AND BUGGY. HE KEPT GOING, TIED TO THE CART HE WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE. I AM THE HORSE. WHAT IS THE CART? at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 4
      Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 4, HOW CAN YOU BE A WITNESS WHEN TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH THE MOMENT? I FEEL CONFUSED, BECAUSE WHEN INVOLVED WITH THE BELOVED IT SEEMS PHONEY TO BE WATCHING THE SITUATION at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 5
      Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 5, I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO YOU FOR THE LAST YEAR. STILL I FEEL EVERY MORNING IS A NEW ADVENTURE. I WAIT FOR YOUR ARRIVAL WITH A THRILLED HEART AND WITH A STRANGE EXCITEMENT. DOES THIS HAPPEN EVEN AFTER LISTENING TO YOU FOR ONE YEAR? at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 6
      Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 4: The Drunken Dancer, Question 6, A LOVE-LETTER. YOU TALK TOO MUCH at energyenhancement.org

  • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 5: Killing the buddha
    Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 5: Killing the buddha, SATO-KAISEKI WAS VERY MUCH DISTURBED BY THE IMPLICATIONS OF COPERNICUS' HELIOCENTRIC THEORY, WHICH, OF COURSE, WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE OLD BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY IN WHICH MOUNT SUMERU OCCUPIES THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. HE REASONED THAT IF THE BUDDHIST VIEW OF THE COSMOS WERE PROVED FALSE, THE TRIPLE WORLD, AND THE TWENTY-FIVE FORMS OF EXISTENCE WOULD BE REDUCED TO NONSENSE -- RESULTING IN THE NEGATION OF BUDDHISM ITSELF. SO HE IMMEDIATELY SET ABOUT WRITING A BOOK IN DEFENCE OF THE MOUNT SUMERU POSITION, SPARING HIMSELF NO EFFORT. WHEN HE HAD FINISHED THE WORK HE TOOK IT AT ONCE TO MASTER EKIDO AND PRESENTED IT TRIUMPHANTLY. AFTER LEAFING THROUGH THE FIRST FEW PAGES THE MASTER THRUST IT BACK, SHAKING HIS HEAD AND SAYING: 'HOW STUPID! DON'T YOU REALIZE THAT THE AIM OF BUDDHISM IS TO SHATTER THE TRIPLE WORLD AND THE TWENTY-FIVE FORMS OF EXISTENCE? WHY STICK TO SUCH UTTERLY WORTHLESS THINGS AND TREASURE MOUNT SUMERU? BLOCKHEAD!' DUMBFOUNDED, KAISEKI SHOVED THE BOOK UNDER HIS ARM AND QUICKLY WENT HOME at energyenhancement.org

  • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 7: Fingers at the moon
    Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 7: Fingers at the moon, THE MASTER FOSO HOYEN SAID: 'THEY SAY THAT BUDDHA UTTERED FIVE THOUSAND AND FORTY-EIGHT TRUTHS DURING HIS LIFETIME. THEY INCLUDE THE TRUTH OF EMPTINESS AND THE TRUTH OF BEING. THEY INCLUDE THE TRUTH OF SUDDEN ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE TRUTH OF GRADUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. ARE NOT ALL THESE YEA-SAYINGS? 'BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, YOKA, IN THE 'SONG OF ENLIGHTENMENT' SAYS THERE ARE NO BEINGS AND NO BUDDHAS -- SAGES ARE SEA-BUBBLES, AND GREAT MINDS ARE ONLY FLICKERINGS OF LIGHTNING. ARE NOT ALL THESE NAY-SAYINGS? 'OH MY DISCIPLES, IF YOU SAY YEA, YOU DENY YOKA, AND IF YOU SAY NAY, YOU CONTRADICT BUDDHA. IF BUDDHA WERE HERE WITH YOU, HOW WOULD HE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? 'IF WE KNEW WHERE TO STAND WE WOULD QUESTION BUDDHA EVERY MORNING AND GREET HIM EVERY NIGHT. BUT AS WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO STAND I WILL LET YOU INTO A SECRET: WHEN I SAY THIS IS SO, PERHAPS IT IS NOT A YEA-SAYING. WHEN I SAY THIS IS NOT SO, PERHAPS IT IS NOT A NAY-SAYING. 'TURN TO THE EAST AND SEE THE HOLY WESTERN LAND, FACE SOUTH TO SEE THE NORTHERN STAR' at energyenhancement.org

  • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 9: Dead with dignity
    Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 9: Dead with dignity, THE MASTER FUGAI WAS A FINE PAINTER, AND HE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE WISE AND GENEROUS. BUT HE WAS ALSO MOST SEVERE -- BOTH TO HIMSELF AND TO HIS DISCIPLES. IT IS TOLD THAT FUGAI MET HIS END IN AN EXTRAORDINARY MANNER. FEELING THAT HIS LAST DAY HAD COME, HE QUICKLY HAD A HOLE DUG, THEN CLIMBED IN AND ORDERED THE DIGGER TO COVER HIM WITH EARTH. THE ASTONISHED MAN RAN OFF. ON HIS RETURN TO THE SPOT HE FOUND THE MASTER STANDING IN THE HOLE WITH GREAT DIGNITY -- DEAD at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 1
      Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 1, DURING ONE OF YOUR LECTURES WE LEARNED THAT IF WE TRY TO LEAVE OUR EGO JUST BY TRYING TO BE HUMBLE FOR EXAMPLE, THEN THE EGO COMES THROUGH HUMILITY. WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THE EGO IS MEDITATION. BUT DOESN'T THE EGO COME THROUGH THAT ALSO? I ASK THIS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN LIVE EXAMPLES IN THE ASHRAM at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 2
      Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 2, EVERY TIME I THINK I WANT TO DO SOMETHING, THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE HAPPENS AND I FEEL AS IF I AM GOING CRAZY. IT FEELS AS IF I HAVE NO MORE POWER OVER WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 3
      Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 3, SEVERAL SANNYASINS HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE OF MACROBIOTICS. IS THIS SO? I WONDER WHETHER YOUR CRITICISMS WERE DIRECTED AT OBSESSIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS DIET RATHER THAN AT THE PRINCIPLES OF MACROBIOTICS. MACROBIOTICS IS PURE TAOISM. THERE ARE NO RULES AND NO PROHIBITIONS. ITS EMPHASIS IS ON AWARENESS, FREEDOM, SENSIBILITY AND FLEXIBILITY. IT HAS NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH FOOD FADS, RIGID DIETS OR OBSESSIVE ATTITUDES. BROWN RICE IS MISTAKENLY REGARDED BY SOME AS THE BASIS OF MACROBIOTICS, BUT IT IS ONLY ONE ELEMENT AND CAN BE USED OR DISCARDED, RECOGNIZED OR IGNORED at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 4
      Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 4, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOING WITHIN AND GOING NOWHERE? at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 5
      Talks on Zen, Nirvana: The Last Nightmare Chapter 10: Living in nirvana, Question 5, HOW TO BE CREATIVE WHILE DOING JOBS WHICH SEEM NOT TO LEAVE ANY SPACE FOR CREATIVITY, LIKE CLEANING, ETC.? at energyenhancement.org

 

 

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