…special view, second step of noble eightfold path I forget second step you're a bit out of it. So I told this story to Morimoto Roshi in Kyoto and he said: first step of noble eightfold path is shakyamuni. View, he said, is view. So what you have to…

…Second step of noble eightfold path I forget second step you look it up in the book. So I told this story to Morimoto Roshi in Kyoto and he said: first step of noble eightfold path, in Japanese, Shau ken shau means correct ken means view, he said…

…everything else in the same way, needing no translation. Alan in an instant, what is it that needs no translation? Roshi Morimoto, Roshi Morimoto Sahara Mitaji shoken gon kaikudo Issai Kuyaku Sari Shiki Furi kuku furi Shiki Shiki Sokuze kuku sokuze Shiki Zu…

…got to say. Only you don't translate it. See, the wisest thing I heard in Japan when I was last there, from Morimoto Roshi. He said the sound of the rain needs no translation. We were talking about translating Buddhist texts into English. He said you…

…is the great art. You do that so in the same way that we had some time ago a discussion in Kyoto with Morimoto Roshi, a marvelous dinner party, and we were talking about the work that is being done in Japan to translate Zen Literature into English…

…dinner party, and we were talking about the work that is being done in Japan to translate Zen Literature into English and Morimoto Roshi shook his head and said: I don't think that's necessary. He said you can use any book you like to teach Zen.…