Buddha Is the Center of Gravity PDF
Preview Buddha Is the Center of Gravity
(cid:6)NT(cid:7)N;5 INTRODUCTIO.N . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SANZEN 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE HEART SUTRA 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FIRSTT EISHO MUMONKAN ONE - Joshaun da P uppy 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECOND TEISHO MUMONKAN TWO - Hyakujaon da W ildF ox 25 . . . . . . . . . . . THIRD TEISHO MUMONKAN TWO,c ontinued 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FOURTH TEISHO MUMONKAN TWO,c ontinued . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QUESTIONSA ND ANSWERS 53 . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FIFTHT EISHO MUMONKAN TWO,c ontinued 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIXTHT EISHO MUMONKAN THREE - GutaRia iseOdn eF inge.r. ....7.5. SEVENTHT EISHO MUMONKAN FOUR - TheB arbariHaansN oB eard 8(cid:21) . . . . . THE FOURG REATV OWS 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We offehre reisnev ent eisohrol ecturdeesl iverbeydJ o shuS asaki Roshtio 3 6m embersof a Dai-Sesshheilnad t t heL amaF oundation inS eptembe1r9,7 3W.e incluadles ao q uestion-and-asnesswseiro n helodn t hea fternoooftn h ef ourtdha y.A personianlt roducttoi on Sanze(np rivaitnet erviweiwt hR oshif)o llotwhsi isn troduction. Roshgia veh isl ecturienJs a paneswei tha translaptroers ent. In transcribtihnetg a per ecordintgrsa,n slatwiaosn i mproved. Finalltyh,ee ditetdr anscriwpetrser etransliantteJoda panesfeo r Roshia'psp rovaaltw, h icht imeh em adea fewm odifications. JoshuS asakRio shein tereRdi nzaZie nt rainiantgt hea geo f fourteaennd h asd evoted lhiiftseo Z enp ractiecvee rs incIen.1 962 hec amet ot heU niteSdt ateass,a f ullqyu alifZieendM asterf,o rt he purposoeft eachiZnegn t oA mericanHse. h ass tudenattsC imarron ZenC enteirn L osA ngeleMso,u ntB aldZye nC enteirn C alifornia. andJ emezB odhiM andala Nienw Mexico(.I nformatoino Mnt . BaldyC,i marroann,d Bodhi Mainstd oab leaf ounadt t hee ndo ft his Ina dditihoeni ,s o nt her oadp arto fe achy earc,o nducting sesshifno ro therr egulaarn d beginnisntgu dentast colleges, monasteriaensdr, e trecaetn tearrso untdh ec ount.r y TheM umonkano,n w hichR oshit'esi shaor eb asedi,s a 13th Centurcyo mpilatoifo4 n8 Z enk oansa ndc ommentarbyy Mumon Ekaiw,r ittedno wnb ya discipTlhee.t ranslatuisoendi st hato f Fushiki HNiarkoajmiu raa,n dh asb een pribnytt ehde MouBnatl dy ZenC enterR.o shhia sm ades omec hangeisn t het extfso rt hese teisho. The inseritn cludecdo nsisotfs the Japanestee xta nd pronunciaitniR oonm anl etteorfst heH earStu traI.ti st ob er ead fromt opt ob ottomr,i ghtto l efcth,a nteodn eb eatp erw ord.R oshi telluss n ott ob ec aughitn m eanin(gs etee xt). Nevertwhee less, haver eproductehdet ranslatoifDo ani S etsSuu zuki. Iti sn oto uri ntereastt L ama toe mphasizoer judget he differenbceetsw eetnh eS otoa ndR inzasic hoolosfm odernZ en Buddhisbmu,t t oe mphasize thet rutohf a nyd octriinseb est II acceptoendt heb asiosf e xperienrcaet hetrh anc oncep* tF.o ro ur partw,e present hae frrea gmenotfo uro wn experience. N eithewro rdsn orc oncepctasn s uffitcoeb rintgr uef reedom intoo ne'lsi feN.o nethelewses ,h opet hatt hec ontenotf t hese lecturmeasy i llumianned,b ei lluminbeydy ouro wn experience. 1974 LamaF oundation, * A scholairnltyr oducttoiZ oenna ndi tssc hooclasn b ef ounidn t hew ritings D. TheE ssentoialZfse nB uddhism B. of T.S uzukiin,p articular (Ed. Phillips, & 1963). TheZ en Ryder Co.L,o ndon, Inr eferentcoRe i nzaZie n,w e suggest MasteHra kuin P.B. (Translabtye d Yampolsky, ColUunmibvPi.ra e ssN,e w 1971). York, Int hey earbse focroem intgoL amaI hads tudiweidt ah numbeorfs pirittueaalc heIrnIs n.d ian,o rtthos outah , teacher appearienvd a rioufso rmsa ndb lewm y younmgi ndB.a cki n AmericIas aatl ititnlS ea nF ranciasncdio nt hey eaart L amah ad receisvoemdie n tentsrea ining. Beforem yf irssets shtihjnei k#iitcshuio efffi coefrt hzee ndo] hadd escribtehden exmto rnings'asn zen: "Roswhiili ln tervyioeuHw.e s pealkist Etnlgel iHsehw .i lgli ve youa k oana,p robleaZm e,n q uestiaonndy, o uwi llma nifeysotu r answeErn.t etrh es anzreono mp,r ostrtahtreet ei measp,p roach Roshkin,e ealn dp'r ostrSapteea.ck l earBlayc.ko utw henR oshi rings btehlePl r.o strBaetq eu.i c"k . Itw asfi vei nt hem orningd,a rka ndv eryc oldT.h efi rst Octobsenro ww asa bouttoh it. Ip rostrtahtreetdei mewsa,l kaecdr otshsoe n cfea milLiaarm a libraanrdyk nelbte foarg ei abnot uldeorfa B uddhfaa,sr t ronger andm orev ibrainntt r anquitlhiatanyn yB uddhIa c oulhda ve cookuepd. He opehniemsdo uttho s milaen da w hitlei gghlte amferdo m hitse eth. "Whaitsy ounra me?" "S". "Whaist y ouorc cupation?" "Schotoela ch"e r. "Howo ldi sB uddha?" Huh?b inflgi pf lip. "Noa ge". "Morzea ze"n . TING Bacoku tc arefuplrloys,t rMaotreez. a zen. Familiaritwyi tthh ep roceosfsS anzeinn t hef ollowdianygs i,n followiynega risn f actn,e verl essenmeyd sensoef e nterintgh e unknownt,h es pacoef a lplo ssibilities. Sanzeinst hem omento fr eckoniRnogs.h iis t herwea tchiansg youa nsweyro urK oan,o rd on'mta,n ifeysotu rB uddhan aturoer don'Atn.d t om akei te venm orea wesomeo,n es uspectthsa ats s oon aso nee ntertsh er oomR,o shkin ows onmei'nsd w,h ethetrh erhea s beena breakthrouwghhe,t hearn intellectuali si rmempalnye nt, whethezra zewna sm erelay s leepsyt ruggloer,o nei sa boutto g ive a primals creamo,rj usbtr eadko wnw eepinogr,. .. Sanzewna st om e,i s-Kurukshe-trtah efi nalc ombatb,e tween imaginasriyd eosf a warringS elf,w hicho nlyo ccasionsahlalkye handasn dd issolSvteu.d enatrseu sualaldyv isneodt t od iscutshse ir koans. Then exts anzeanf teRro shid iscovermeyd H indut rainiIn g wasc uto fifn s omew eakr eplwyi thb laas t":T heriesn oG od!T"h en softl"yB,u tH e'sa lwaywsi thy ou." Then extt hresea nzenwse rea lmosidte ntictaolt hatI. w as beinsgt rippeodfm y lasts ecuritmyy, attachmetnomt y Guru and hist eachings. Int hef irfsetw d aysIw ouldc arrys omethiinngt soa nzeOnn.c e itw asa g estur-ec uti nh albfy t hes ticokn,c aec ry- strangblye d theb ello,n cea no bjec-td estroybeydd isinterest. I tasteidn credidbelsep aiMry. imagea s heroisca dhu sputtered. "60%• M orez azen". WhenI realizIe hda dt oe ntesra nzeunna rmed, stupiadn,d nakedt,h inggso tm ovinga,n di ne acohf t hes ucceeding intIe rviews answeremdy koana ndw asg ivean n ewo ne. Int heR inzamio nastersya,n zehna ppenefdr equentalfyt,e r evercyo uploefz aze[ns ittipnegri]o dsO.n ep ersomna y got hrough a dozeonr m orek oanisn a week-losnegs shiAnn.o thepre rsomna y stayw itht hes amek oanf ory earsa,n de venb e givekno ansh e previouasnlsyw ereIdc .o uldns'atyt hatth ef ormerw asn ecessarily beinegn lighteanneyfd a sttehra tn hel atteTrh.o ugIhs uspetchte re isa progresshieorne- butw hoc oulsda yi nw hicdhi rectiAonnd? whilteh eries a dramatipcl ayfulnaebsosu tt hep roceduriet,' s deadlsye rious. "Didna'lttl h ostee achetresa cmhe anythiantga llW?a sa lmly meditatiao wna steo ft ime?M y readinmgy, previous sitting ...a ndm y shouldaecrh e.s. .a ndt hefl ies. .. " "Yout eacshc hooaln dy ouh avenr'eta lizyeodu selVfe?r yb ad. Morez azen." . .o hn o,n otm orez azen. · SoI w entt oL .A.I k newi tw ouldb es omet imeb eforReo shi returnedA.n d thougeha chk oanw ass omewhatth es amea, ndo f coursteh eya ppearetdob es elf-evidIe nste,n setdh att hiwsa sa wayI c oulgdr ounmdy "bhaktsip"i riatn,d a lso pgeertf efcete dback duringt hep rocess. Onem orninga t6 :0t0h ez endsoh oofko firv em inutebse forteh e L.A.earthquackaeu sead h alf-hboruera fkr omt heu suaslc hedule. Itw asn othin(cid:126)go mparetdos anzen. Ie ntertehde r ooma,n di tw ass orotf l ikteh ela sts cenoef 2 001. AsI e nterIen do ticReods hwia st herbeu,t h ew asn'Itw ,a sw alking forwaradnsd b ackwaradtst hes amet imeI,h adr ealizmeyd k oan anda lsfoo rgottietsn,k ippetdh ep rostrat[iboencsa utshee rwea s noo net o prosttroa]atn ed h ads pentto ol onign t hemb,e causteh e roomw asp ackewdi thP resenacned I h adf orgottmeyns elf. Was Roshinjaupspti nFgr?o mh isn eatlpyr esserdo be[sR oshi, Ih adr ealizbeynd o w,w ass malnlo,t g ianta ta lla]j ack-in-the-box spranfgo rth. "YOUM UST DIE COMPLETELY/" Everythidnrgo ppe.d. .j usta sl onags i tt ookt ov eryn eatly gashoa,n dfi ndm y wayb ackt ot heZ endoT.h enI satf ort hefi rst time.
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