…the question of what I love, I couldn't find me at all the me simply disappeared. So it was that when a fellow called Eka came to the man who brought Zen Buddhism to china, who's named daruma, Eka said to daruma: I have no peace of mind please…

…simply disappeared. So it was that when a fellow called Eka came to the man who brought Zen Buddhism to china, who's named daruma, Eka said to daruma: I have no peace of mind please pacify my mind. And daruma said: bring out your mind here in front of…

…have no peace of mind please pacify my mind. And daruma said: bring out your mind here in front of me I'll pacify it. And Eka said: when I look for it I can't find it. So daruma said: it's pacified. Now I have another written question here. Would you…

…other than thoughts, a feeler other than feelings, a sensor other than sensations. That's the meaning of the dialogue between Bodhidharma and Eka, when Eka said: I haven't any peace of mind please pacify my mind and Bodhidharma said: bring out your mind in…

…thoughts, a feeler other than feelings, a sensor other than sensations. That's the meaning of the dialogue between Bodhidharma and Eka, when Eka said: I haven't any peace of mind please pacify my mind and Bodhidharma said: bring out your mind in front of…

…haven't any peace of mind please pacify my mind and Bodhidharma said: bring out your mind in front of me and I will pacify it. Eka said: when I look for it I can't find it. Bodhidharma said: there it is pacified. So Eka, you know, was looking for his…

…me and I will pacify it. Eka said: when I look for it I can't find it. Bodhidharma said: there it is pacified. So Eka, you know, was looking for his mind. It's like who are you? The question that the Maharshi Ramana always asked to anybody who said:…

…story I'm going to read you is the story of the encounter between Bodhidharma and his first disciple, whose name was Eka. Bodhidharma was sitting facing the wall. His future successor, Eka, stands in the snow and presents his severed arm to Bodhidharma.…

…encounter between Bodhidharma and his first disciple, whose name was Eka. Bodhidharma was sitting facing the wall. His future successor, Eka, stands in the snow and presents his severed arm to Bodhidharma. I should explain in parenthesis that Bodhidharma had…

…the snow and presents his severed arm to Bodhidharma. I should explain in parenthesis that Bodhidharma had very much discouraged Eka from becoming his disciple. And this is always the way with oriental philosophical and spiritual teachers: they don't look for…

…snake walks very well without legs and if you stuck some on it would only embarrass him. And so he had said repeatedly to Eka: I have nothing to teach go away. But Eka was so convinced that Bodhidharma had some secret which he could convey to him that…

…you stuck some on it would only embarrass him. And so he had said repeatedly to Eka: I have nothing to teach go away. But Eka was so convinced that Bodhidharma had some secret which he could convey to him that at last as a token of sincerity he cut…

…and he is supposed in legend to have been a line of six patriarchs of which he was the first. The second was named Eka I'm using the Japanese Pronunciation who was formerly a general of the army. Then the third was sosan, who wrote the shinjinme, which…

…Bodhidharma came to china, he didn't have very many disciples, but there was one fellow who sought him out and his name was Eka. And Eka came to Bodhidharma and said: sir I want you to accept me as your disciple. And Bodhidharma replied: I have nothing…

…came to china, he didn't have very many disciples, but there was one fellow who sought him out and his name was Eka. And Eka came to Bodhidharma and said: sir I want you to accept me as your disciple. And Bodhidharma replied: I have nothing to teach.…

…is an experience, in other words and I can't put it into words and therefore go away I can't teach it to you, but Eka insisted on being taught and he waited outside Bodhidharma's cave in the snow. And if you look in the picture by sesshu you can…

…on being taught and he waited outside Bodhidharma's cave in the snow. And if you look in the picture by sesshu you can see Eka standing out there and Eka got so persistent, and Bodhidharma so persistent in his refusal to teach him that at last Eka cut…

…waited outside Bodhidharma's cave in the snow. And if you look in the picture by sesshu you can see Eka standing out there and Eka got so persistent, and Bodhidharma so persistent in his refusal to teach him that at last Eka cut off his arm and handed…

…the person who touched off Zen as a specific movement. Bodhidharma had a pupil by the name of Eka Kuei Ke in Chinese, Eka is the Japanese Pronunciation like Zen is the Japanese Pronunciation of the Chinese Chun. And the story is that when Eka came to…

…Chinese, Eka is the Japanese Pronunciation like Zen is the Japanese Pronunciation of the Chinese Chun. And the story is that when Eka came to Bodhidharma, Bodhidharma refused to accept him as a student. All Zen masters do this. They reject you and this…

…They reject you and this stimulates you, you see to come back stronger I mean if you're going to learn at all. And Eka came back stronger and stronger and stronger, and Bodhidharma resisted him stronger and stronger and finally he cut off his left arm…

…nothing in the world matters to me except to find out what you're all about. All right he said: what do you want to know? Eka said: I have no peace of mind. Please pacify my mind. In Chinese, mind is this word pronounced shin, and shin is here. Shin…

…the heart mind, it's the psychic center. And so Bodhidharma said: bring out your shin here before me and I will pacify it. Eka said: when I look for it I can't find it. Bodhidharma said then: it's pacified. And Eka Immediately understood what all the…

…story I'm going to read you is the story of the encounter between Bodhidharma and his first disciple, whose name was Eka. Bodhidharma was sitting facing the wall. His future successor, Eka, stands in the snow and presents his severed arm to Bodhidharma.…

…encounter between Bodhidharma and his first disciple, whose name was Eka. Bodhidharma was sitting facing the wall. His future successor, Eka, stands in the snow and presents his severed arm to Bodhidharma. I should explain in parenthesis that Bodhidharma had…

…the snow and presents his severed arm to Bodhidharma. I should explain in parenthesis that Bodhidharma had very much discouraged Eka from becoming his disciple. And this is always the way with oriental philosophical and spiritual teachers: they don't look for…

…snake walks very well without legs and if you stuck some on it would only embarrass him. And so he had said repeatedly to Eka: I have nothing to teach go away. But Eka was so convinced that Bodhidharma had some secret which he could convey to him that…

…you stuck some on it would only embarrass him. And so he had said repeatedly to Eka: I have nothing to teach go away. But Eka was so convinced that Bodhidharma had some secret which he could convey to him that at last as a token of sincerity he cut…

…supposed in legend to have been followed by a line of six patriarchs of which he was the first. The second was named Eka I'm using the Japanese Pronunciation who was formerly a general of the army. Then the third was sosan, who wrote the shinjinme,…

…too. It's a more inclusive word you might call it the center of psychic activity. So Bodhidharma said to this man whose name was Eka, bring out your mind here before me I'll pacify it. And Eka said: when I look for my mind, I can't find it.…

…activity. So Bodhidharma said to this man whose name was Eka, bring out your mind here before me I'll pacify it. And Eka said: when I look for my mind, I can't find it. Bodhidharma said: there it's pacified now somehow this answered Eka's question.…

…understanding the story. And you'll see from the story that I told you that what happened was the disappearance of a problem because Eka, when he looked for his mind that was giving him so much trouble, couldn't find it now then these stories go on in…