- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 1: Catching the First Principle
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 1: Catching the First Principle, ONCE A TYRO ASKED A ZEN MASTER, 'MASTER, WHAT IS THE FIRST PRINCIPLE?' WITHOUT HESITATION THE MASTER REPLIED,'IF I WERE TO TELL YOU, IT WOULD BECOME THE SECOND PRINCIPLE' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 1
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 1, IS GOD REALLY DEAD? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 2
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 2, HOW CAN I BE NOTHING AND UNIQUE? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 3
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 3, I BELONG TO THE INTELLIGENTSIA; I BELIEVE IN INTELLECT AND REASON. IS THERE A WAY OUT FOR ME? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 4
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 4, WHAT IS THE REASON THAT I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE RULES? PART OF ME GETS ANGRY AND INSISTS THAT SANNYASINS FOLLOW SIMPLE RULES LIKE NO SMOKING OR EATING IN THE GARDENS. TEERTHA HAS CALLED ME 'THE COMMANDANT OF THE GARDEN,' BUT DEEP DOWN I HATE THE WHOLE AUTHORITY TRIP; IT IS THE ONLY PART OF MY WORK THAT IS NOT ENJOYABLE. HOW CAN ONE BE A NOBODY WHEN PUT IN A POSITION OF HAVING TO ENFORCE RULES? COULD CHUANG TZU LAY DOWN HIS FISHING POLE AND COME TO POONA TO PLAY LAXMI'S ROLE? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 5
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 5, I AM NO POLITICIAN, NO DIPLOMAT, AND I FEEL LIKE A CLOWN. I WANT TO DANCE ON THE DESK AND SING ON THE PHONE 'HELLO-LUJAH' RATHER THAN 'HELLO.' MAY I SIGN UP FOR THE ASHRAM FOOL? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 6
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 6, ONE BEAUTIFUL DAY WHEN LOVE WAS HUMMING IN THE AIR, EVEN WINNIE THE POOH FORGOT HIS CONSTANT FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR A POT OF BONEY AND JUST SAT DOWN. WHEN HIS EYES OPENED HE WAS BOWLED OVER TO SEE ALL AROUND HIM HUGE POTS OVERFLOWING WITH MORE HONEY THAN HE COULD EVER EAT. WHEN HE ROLLED INTO EEYORE'S LATER THAT NIGHT, ALL STICKY AND CONTENT AND FULL OF HIS DISCOVERY, EEYORE LOOKED WISE AND SAID, 'HONEY IS ALWAYS THERE -- BUT YOU CAN ONLY FIND IT WHEN YOU ARE NOT LOOKING.' POOH BEAR THOUGHT HE UNDERSTOOD, BUT FOR DAYS AFTER WHEN HE MADE SUDDEN SURREPTITIOUS GLANCES OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS EYE -- NO HONEY! HE EVEN TRIED SITTING DOWN AGAIN AND SAYING VERY LOUDLY,'I AM NOT LOOKING FOR HONEY!' BUT WHEN HE OPENED HIS EYES, THE HONEY STILL WAS NOT THERE. DEAR EEYORE, HOW CAN I DROP MY GREED AND MY EXPECTATIONS, AND JUST BE? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 7
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 7, MY PARENTS DECEIVED ME WITH FATHER CHRISTMAS. ARE YOU REAL, OR WILL I BE DISILLUSIONED AGAIN? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 8
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 2: Greed behind greed behind greed, Question 8, THE ZEN MASTERS SAY, 'KILL YOUR PARENTS, ' AND EVEN, 'IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE WAY, KILL HIM IMMEDIATELY. 'IS IT NOT SHOCKING?IS IT NOT IRREVERENT? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 3: The Only One Who Has Not Talked
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 3: The Only One Who Has Not Talked, THE PUPILS OF THE TENDAI SCHOOL USED TO STUDY MEDITATION BEFORE ZEN ENTERED JAPAN. FOUR OF THEM, WHO WERE INTIMATE FRIENDS, PROMISED ONE ANOTHER TO OBSERVE SEVEN DAYS OF SILENCE. ON THE FIRST DAY ALL WERE SILENT, BUT WHEN THE NIGHT CAME AND THE OIL LAMPS WERE GROWING DIM, ONE OF THE PUPILS COULD NOT HELP EXCLAIMING TO A SERVANT: 'FIX THOSE LAMPS. ' THE SECOND PUPIL WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THE FIRST ONE TALK. 'WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY A WORD, ' HE REMARKED. 'YOU TWO ARE STUPID. WHY DID YOU TALK?' ASKED THE THIRD. 'I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS NOT TALKED -- THANK GOD!' CONCLUDED THE FOURTH at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 1
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 1, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 2
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 2, MEHER BABA HAS TALKED ABOUT GOD DESCENDING IN MAN (AVATAR, RASOOL, CHRIST) AND MAN RISING TO BE GOD (THE PERFECT MASTER, SADGURU, QUTUB, TEERTHANKARA) at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 3
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 3, WHEN I WAS A CHILD I WAS INOCULATED AGAINST THE MEASLES. CAN I STILL CATCH THEM NOW? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 4
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 4, I WOULD LIKE TO BE A WORLD TEACHER, THE SECOND TEERTHANKARA OF THE 'TRADITION OF THE MOON ' IS IT POSSIBLE TO EXPOSE THIS DESIRE TO THE PUBLIC? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 5
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 5, WHY AM I THE WAY I AM? I FEEL LIKE THE LOTUS WHO WANTS TO BE THE ROSE at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 6
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 6, NO EFFORT IS REQUIRED TO BE BORN. NO EFFORT IS REQUIRED TO DIE. NO EFFORT IS REQUIRED TO FALL IN LOVE WHY IS SUCH EFFORT REQUIRED TO KNOW GOD (THROUGH MEDITATION) WHEN THIS SEEMS TO BE THE MOST NATURAL THING? IS GOD TRYING TO TEST US IN SOME WAY? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 7
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 4: Go with the River, Question 7, WHY ARE ALL THE RELIGIONS AGAINST SEX? AND WHY ARE YOU NOT AGAINST SEX? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 5: Beyond the Prism of the Mind
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 5: Beyond the Prism of the Mind, HAKUJU SERVED AS A DISTINGUISHED LECTURER AT THE TENDAI-SECT COLLEGE. AS HE WAS LECTURING WITH HIS CUSTOMARY ZEAL ON THE CHINESE CLASSICS ONE HOT SUMMER'S AFTERNOON, HE NOTICED THAT A FEW OF THE STUDENTS WERE DOZING OFF. HE STOPPED HIS LECTURING IN MIDSENTENCE AND SAID, 'IT IS A HOT AFTERNOON, ISN'T IT? CAN'T BLAME YOU FOR GOING TO SLEEP. MIND IF I JOIN YOU?' WITH THIS, HAKUJU SHUT HIS TEXTBOOK, AND LEANING WELL BACK IN HIS CHAIR, FELL ASLEEP. THE CLASS WAS DUMBFOUNDED, AND THOSE WHO HAD BEEN DOZING WERE AWAKENED BY HIS SNORES. ALL SAT UP IN THEIR SEATS AND WAITED FOR THE MASTER TO AWAKEN at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 6: The Irrational Rationalist, Question 1
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 6: The Irrational Rationalist, Question 1, DR. ABRAHAM KOVOOR HAS ATTACKED YOU IN AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY THE WEEKLY Current. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 6: The Irrational Rationalist, Question 2
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 6: The Irrational Rationalist, Question 2, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT I AM UNHAPPY. YOU ARE GIVING MUCH LOVE, BUT I CANNOT TAKE IT. WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE, BUT I CANNOT FOLLOW IT. I WANT TO BE TRANSFORMED, BUT WHAT IS PREVENTING ME? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 6: The Irrational Rationalist, Question 3
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 6: The Irrational Rationalist, Question 3, I AM ALWAYS AFRAID OF WASTING TIME. TIME IS VALUABLE, AND I WANT TO USE IT RIGHTLY. CAN YOU GUIDE ME AS TO WHAT I SHOULD DO SO THAT NO MISTAKE IS COMMITTED? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 6: The Irrational Rationalist, Question 4
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 6: The Irrational Rationalist, Question 4, PLEASE HELP ME at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 7: The Song of Sound and Silence
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 7: The Song of Sound and Silence, A PUZZLED MONK ONCE SAID TO FUKETSU, 'YOU SAY TRUTH CAN BE EXPRESSED WITHOUT SPEAKING, AND WITHOUT KEEPING SILENT. HOW CAN THIS BE?' FUKETSU ANSWERED, 'IN SOUTHERN CHINA, IN THE SPRING, WHEN I WAS ONLY A LAD, AH!. HOW THE BIRDS SANG AMONG THE BLOSSOMS' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 1
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 1, MY EXPERIENCE OF ME IS THE MOST PROFOUND EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. IT IS ALSO THE MOST TRIVIAL at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 2
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 2, A PLAY QUESTION: IF YOU WERE TO COME HERE NOW TO THIS ASHRAM AS A YOUNG UNENLIGHTENED MAN, HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND? WOULD YOU BECOME PART OF THE ASHRAM? WHAT WORK WOULD YOU DO? WHERE WOULD YOU SIT? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 3
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 3, USUALLY I AN 'THIS WAY' OR 'THAT WAY'.' BUT FOR SOME TIME I HAVE EXPERIENCED ALL KINDS OF CONTRADICTIONS, SIMULTANEOUSLY. I SEE WOMEN AS OBJECTS OF WORSHIP, AND AT THE SAME TIME I LUST AFTER THEM. I AM CONTENT TO LET LIFE FLOW, AND I AM AFRAID OF THE FUTURE. I CRAVE TO BE ALONE, AND I CRAVE TO BE ALWAYS WITH PEOPLE. I FEEL BIZARRE BECAUSE THESE CONTRADICTIONS ALL SEEM EQUALLY REAL AND TRUE. IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE UNDERSTOOD OR DONE ABOUT THIS? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 4
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 4, IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN GIVE YOU BACK? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 5
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 5, MEHER BABA REMAINED SILENT FOR THE LAST FORTY-FIVE YEARS OF HIS LIFE at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 6
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 6, THERE ARE A FEW WORDS YOU ALWAYS PRONOUNCE WRONGLY. WHY? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 7
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 8: The Profound and the Trivial, Question 7, WHAT IS PORNOGRAPHY, AND WHY DOES IT HAVE SO MUCH APPEAL? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 9: You: The Greatest Lie There Is
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 9: You: The Greatest Lie There Is, THE OFFICIAL, RIKO, ONCE ASKED NANSEN TO EXPLAIN TO HIM THE OLD PROBLEM OF THE GOOSE IN THE BOTTLE. 'IF A MAN PUTS A GOSLING INTO A BOTTLE,' SAID RIKO, 'AND FEEDS HIM UNTIL HE IS FULL GROWN, HOW CAN THE MAN GET THE GOOSE OUT WITHOUT KILLING IT OR BREAKING THE BOTTLE?' NANSEN GAVE A GREAT CLAP WITH HIS HANDS AND SHOUTED, 'RIKO!' 'YES, MASTER,' SAID THE OFFICIAL WITH A START. 'SEE,' SAID NANSEN, 'THE GOOSE IS OUT!' at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 1
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 1, THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN I FEEL NO HOPE, WITHOUT FEELING DESPERATE, WHEN THERE IS RECOGNITION THAT THE 'I' HAS FOUGHT ENOUGH AND CANNOT HELP ANYMORE. YET UNDER THESE MOMENTARY COVERS LINGERS THE ONE AND ONLY LONGING: TO BECOME MY REAL NATURE, TO EXPERIENCE TRUTH AND TO LIVE IT IN THE WORLD. MY MIND PLEASES ITSELF TO CALL THIS LONGING AN AUTHENTIC, GENUINE THIRST. HOWEVER, THE SUSPICION IS THERE THAT IT IS JUST A WAY TO HIDE MY PLAIN GREED at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 2
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 2, WHY DO YOU TALK ONLY TO YOUR DISCIPLES? WHY NOT TO THE MASSES? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 3
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 3, IT ALL SOUNDS SO GREAT, AS PERFECT AS CAN BE ARTICULATED. BUT WHAT THE HELL DO YOU DO IN THE MEANTIME? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 4
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 4, ARE YOU REALLY CRAZY? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 5
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 5, AS SIN CAN BE DEFINED AS 'MISSING THE MARK, ' COULD ONE DEFINE ZEN AS 'HITTING THE MARK '? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 6
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 6, YOU CONFUSED ME VERY MUCH BY SAYING THAT THE SAMSARA IS THE NIRVANA. NOW, FROM WHERE TO BEGIN? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 7
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 7, WHAT IS MATURITY? HOW CAN I BE MATURE? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 8
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 8, I SEEM TO BE MORE INTERESTED IN HELPING OTHERS REACH ENLIGHTENMENT THAN REACHING IT MYSELF; HAVING GRASPED IT INTELLECTUALLY. I LOSE NO OPPORTUNITY OF TALKING ABOUT IT. THE EASE, THE JOY, THE PEACE, AND THE ENERGY THAT I FEEL MAKE ME BELIEVE THAT I AM ON THE RIGHT TRACK. BUT AM I? OR SHOULD I BETTER BE SILENT TILL...? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 9
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 9, CAN YOU GIVE ME TWO VERY FUNDAMENTAL RULES FOR THE SEEKERS? at energyenhancement.org
- Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 10
Talks on Zen, The First Principle Chapter 10: All Going Is Going Astray, Question 10, WHAT IS THE FIRST PRINCIPLE? at energyenhancement.org
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