Through the stories of Master Bodhidharma, Eka and Obaku, Zen Master Kosen, a disciple of Taisen Deshimaru, explains to us that the mind is elusive. This kusen was given during Zoom's zazen mediation in October 2020.
00:00 • Introduction
04:03 • Tale 1
13:07 • Tale 2
16:45 • Tale 3
29:06 • Ceremony
A disciple of Bodhidharma begs his master: "I beg you to give my mind peace" Eka had killed a lot of men because he had been in the military and felt guilty about it. In Japanese, they said: "Shin fukatoku" is negation, "nothing". "Ta": Enter. Enter, find. "Toku" means "to get".
"Reaching your goal" In Zen, finding the root of the mind is more important than finding the essence of the state of your mind. It's the untraceable, elusive mind that is key to peace. The mind is the foundation of all things, and it can only be found if it is searched for and searched for. The heart, the brain, the heart and the will are the four foundations of the body, or thought, the Zen teacher says. The four foundations are like the four hooves of a horse: will, volition, will and volition is something stronger than you, the second is the mind, the third is forward progression, the fourth is thought.
The second. I had talked about it during summer camp, but I wasn't done. I'm going to tell you three Zen stories… … that explain better the nature of mind, says Zen master. In zazen, there's no distraction or concentration. Simply sit still.
The rest are techniques. The distraction has no origin after all. The mental state of the distraction that appears… … goes nowhere. And it doesn't go anywhere else either. It's not clear whether the mind is in the brain or in the heart.
In "Shingyo", "Shin" means mind, or heart. "Gyo" means sutra. "These six senses are empty!" "Like a wave with no real beginning nor end." Baso: "The mind, it's like a super good actor!" "The meaning of his thought is like the extravagance of a jester." "The non-mind can very well give a lecture." "Yes, exactly!" Baso answers him: - "Yes,. exactly!" 'The non of the mind can very much give a lecturing" "The six senses that make us feel like we're watching a movie at the cinema…… are empty." "These five senses areempty!" "These four senses are like a movie in a cinema." "In this case, in this case it's already pacified!" "I can't even find it!" Bodhidharma said to him. Baso: "From birth to death, it is so." "We think, we do things," "spontaneously." Ryo wanted to prostrate himself
Ryo's body was completely covered with sweat. "Today I asked Baso a question," he said. "And he cleared the fog of my whole life." Ryo gave up lectures. And withdrew to the heart of the mountains. And one never heard from him again.
The thought, the consciousness… … and even reality… … sometimes appears… ... sometimes disappears. Sometimes appears, sometimes disappears… When it disappears, we don't know where it is. Where it is'nt, it's present too.