…tikkur paramitā and dāna dāna prajñāpāramitā and prajñāpāramitā, wisdom paramitā. Those are the six paramitas, all bodhisattva's practice. Buddha provided it's all six practices. Dāna paramitā, the store of material and teaching. Sīla paramitā, keeping precepts.…

…out. This kind of practice is our practice. When your meal is ready, someone who is responsible for the kitchen will bow to Zen Buddha. This bow is for you who practice dazen here, including buddha, and you do not answer the bow. But usually he bows in…

…you know even though you become, you attain enlightenment, you are also human being and buddha is another name for human being. Buddha and human being is same in nature, same quality, same one quality, strictly speaking. It does not mean you become buddha…

…than to kill some other person. He should protect his buddha nature. To protect his own buddha nature is to protect others. Buddha nature because others are a part of you. So forgetting all about protecting himself to protect others means just you know…

…our big mind is our true practice. So in our practice there is no evil or no good. It is not a matter of evil or good. Buddha is good. There is no need to fight with it. Just let them come, let them go out. A so called evil or good are something…

…a museum here. By the time we reach Seattle Someone will understand it. So if you don't understand it I don't mind at all. Buddha said: whether you take my medicine or not, it is not my responsibility. Just to talk about it, just to try to help people…

…sense he is sambhogakaya buddha, rewarded body by good merit and perfect practice he attained sambhogakaya buddha, Hoshi Hoshi Hoshi Buddha. He, after practicing long time, he attained Hoshi no no hoji hoji buddha. Long ho hoji, rewarded body. And nirmakaya…

…the buddha, the teaching and the Buddhist Community that was truly transmitted from India to china by the buddhas and patriarchs. Buddha and the sangha, and then the Buddhist Community are also precepts of observation. Those are how we practice Buddhism. So…

…this refuge. The embodiment increases through the various stages of existence and ultimately leads to the highest enlightenment. Buddha himself confirmed the merit of the triple treasures as supremely valuable and inconceivably profound. All living beings should…

…lazy way of life. When you are lazy or when you are not sincere enough in your practice you are killing buddha. Buddha will not manifest itself. You are keeping buddha within. Yourself without doing anything. That is actually to kill buddha or to kill…

…testing 1, 2 3 4, 5, 6. It means that the mind of a buddha man, for a buddha man there is nothing to be offered. Buddha mind is absolute mind. For the absolute mind there is nothing to offer, but for it we are all present. There is no need to be…

…if we say it is wrong because what will I do but buddha is doing it, if so buddha is doing it for self improvement. Buddha is going to do it that is true. So true practice is three points. One is we practice. The next is: buddha practices. The third…

…is our wisdom. We found with wisdom. The third one is: the experience point is finished and that is: buddha has the power to do it. Buddha has to find it to do it. There is, we are at the same time buddha. I don't know who, I don't know but when…

…for themselves, she doesn't say that. But here but here, there is no idea self, it is buddha who understands policy. Buddha understands policy. That is true, that is right. Do not, do not depart from the time, space and existence, not completely.…

…because suffering itself nirvana and buddha. So if buddha dwells in birth and death, birth and death disappear because it is one. Buddha understands only that birth and death is itself nirvana. So if you understand, as I said, birth and death is one,…

…palatable. You cannot say it is not palatable for a dragon, it is actually palatable. If you laugh at a fish, you say that is palatable. Buddha laughs when he is dead. It is 2 o clock, 3 o clock, it is the same thing. So if we know this fact, we…

…Enlightenment is that things advance and understand themselves. That is enlightenment. It is buddhas who understand ignorance. Who is buddha? Buddha is someone who understands people, who is people people are ignorant of enlightenment. So he said it is people…

…god. We are human beings through and through. When we are human beings through and through we are buddha. But how to be buddha? Buddha must obtain perfect freedom. So when we find out our true nature we are buddha and for us there is no chance to do…

…to the moon. Our world, human world, will be completely blacked out. That is true. We should know that. So it is quite. Buddha was quite right to accept both sides and because of his mercy he emphasized the negative side more than positive side. There…

…to do some good things especially, you will do it your way. That is why we should have bodhisattva mind at where we are at. Buddha mind, idea of nothing, idea of nothing as well as to believe in nothing good we have to believe in we have to find…

…real joy of life in pain and in difficulty, that is true joy. According to Buddhism we say there is no natural joy. Buddha is someone who attains enlightenment with human path, who gets through the human path and who finds eternal joy in human, in…

…who finds eternal joy in human, in immortal life. Thank you very much. We say that is why there is no natural cause. Buddha is someone who strived, strived for difficulties. He is good, he but he does not strive for difficulties or strive. No, he…

…is good what is mind and what is truth? In the conclusion he says: mind is truth and buddha is truth and each is good. Buddha is mind is truth. Buddha itself is good. And he says: mind is buddha and each is buddha and itself is buddha. Buddha is…

…what is truth? In the conclusion he says: mind is truth and buddha is truth and each is good. Buddha is mind is truth. Buddha itself is good. And he says: mind is buddha and each is buddha and itself is buddha. Buddha is truth when you say buddha.…

…is good. Buddha is mind is truth. Buddha itself is good. And he says: mind is buddha and each is buddha and itself is buddha. Buddha is truth when you say buddha. There is another word you can say: it's mind. When you say this it is being or such…

…last statement of the shishyon: so called buddha is shakyamuni buddha himself. Shakyamuni buddha is mind itself is buddha. Buddha in past, present and future buddha's past, present and future. When he becomes buddha, without exception, he becomes shakyamuni…

…is actually going back to buddha. You say in an orderly sense, buddha was born 3 000 years ago. But that is not so. Buddha is here when we believe in buddha, even though you say the new experience that is buddha's experience. There is no two buddhas.…

…is here when we believe in buddha, even though you say the new experience that is buddha's experience. There is no two buddhas. Buddha is always one. As I said last night, there is no difference between future and past. Past is future, future is past.…

…So this is two different ways of putting one experience. But usually there is a lot of misunderstanding being transmitted our way. Buddha, when we say buddha, there is such a thing. When we say buddha when you say one many, it simultaneously exists one…

…students? The monk said: they teach us they teach them directly transmitted way, which is called the mind itself is buddha. Buddha means enlightened one. It has the enlightened mind has all the consciousness and all the enlightened answers. This mind makes…

…the land. That was the old system, especially in feudal age in Japan. So ordinary people think that thief stems from study. Buddha said, however, that enlightenment dwells within training. I have never heard of anyone who came to thief, who had a thief,…

…dream because you have enlightenment there. The buddha did not force this. It comes from the effort of those who seek the way. Buddha did not force anything to us, even though he forces something on us. If we do not practice it, there is no Buddhism…

…force anything to us, even though he forces something on us. If we do not practice it, there is no Buddhism for us. Buddha did not force this. It comes from the effort of those who seek the way. Training invites enlightenment. Your own treasure does not…

…people, many people think buddha taught that teaching but buddha was taught by teaching by enlightenment. Enlightenment taught buddha. Buddha. Until we come to this understanding, how many practices are inevitable. How many practices are inevitable, how many it…

…many people, how hard they strive for this teaching. That is not the teaching. Who taught? Who made buddha good? That is struggle. Buddha who was born by teaching by enlightenment. Why we are not buddha when we practice our way with our mind and body,…

…buddhahood and everyone of us is nothing but the embodiment of the buddha. Here buddha becomes more popular or more religious. Buddha took a form of religion rather than some special teaching. This department was very important for Buddhism, or for the…

…which is the bodhisattva's practice, the bodhisattva. I didn't explain what is bodhisattva and bodhisattva is a little bit different from buddha. Buddha is the perfect one and bodhisattva is the one who is. His purpose is his motto is to help others before…

…appropriate because if I say everything has buddha nature, then buddha nature and everything is realistic. Actually, everything itself is buddha. Buddha nature we say but this word is not so appropriate buddha nature. If I say buddha nature it looks like we…

…buddha nature, even though it sounds very dualistic and according to Dongen Zen, to say a part of it is not perfect enough. Buddha includes everything whatever there is in this world, that is a part of buddha nature. If there is something outside of it,…

Buddha. All the buddha started teaching at paranasi but actually when he attained enlightenment under the buddha's bodhi tree, he started his teaching for the people. Now after sitting for seven days, I want to see and I want to hear your true teaching.…

…buddha. We have three ways of meaning of buddha or understanding of buddha: dhammakaya buddha sammayakaya buddha and nirmakaya buddha. Buddha as the truth, as the truth, it's dhammakaya buddha. The buddha as rewarded body is sammayakaya buddha. And buddha…

…it is more concrete, it is more tangible. And here again there are two meanings in samantabhadra. One is the Universal Buddha, other dhammakaya buddha, and the other is the Universal Buddha as the dhammakaya buddha. He is dhammakaya buddha but on the…

…again there are two meanings in samantabhadra. One is the Universal Buddha, other dhammakaya buddha, and the other is the Universal Buddha as the dhammakaya buddha. He is dhammakaya buddha but on the other hand he is dhammakaya buddha, he is also dhammakaya…

…buddha. But dhammakaya buddha may be various beings which have four colors. So this bodhisattva has two sides: he is Universal Buddha as the dhammakaya buddha and also nirmakaya buddha as a more concrete buddha which has four colors. He is Universal Buddha…

…Buddha as the dhammakaya buddha and also nirmakaya buddha as a more concrete buddha which has four colors. He is Universal Buddha as the dhammakaya buddha and nirmakaya buddha. His body is omnipresent, truth itself. As the nirmakaya buddha, his body is more…

…and those will be destroyed. And above the sixth one there will be to have a cut, to have a cut the bodhisattva buddha. Buddha is hungry. It includes all of god's beings. By name of god's beings we call, we describe the reality in the name of god's…

…own coffin ready. And when you go to the city, then you go to the city and you begin your activity there. Buddha is everywhere, otherwise nothing could exist. But just to say buddha is everywhere may sound rather trite, but something is supporting all…

…sin is, I don't know Christian way of how you think about sin. But Buddhists think by nature, as we say buddha nature. Buddha nature is Universal Nature to everyone, and that is more good nature than sinful nature. That is our understanding of our nature…

…And I remember all what buddha said. If buddha says something when I was not with him, I'll ask him to tell him again. Buddha was very pleased and he became his Disha and there were some more things which he told him what I get from people is…

…was. But only mahakasyapya smiled beautifully and buddha said: you are the one who could understand this in that way, mahakasyapya. Buddha transmitted all his teaching to mahakasyapya. So that is why we do not depend on any special scriptures. But if you…

…happy. That kind of co existence is necessary with the same spirit you can do things like now, after a thousand years. Buddha passed away. I think I am not mahakasyapa, but that kind of spirit is necessary. This is especially transmitted from my master…

…buddha is the buddha who will come, there will be, there must be future buddha too. We call him by name of maitreya. Buddha attained enlightenment and saw his dharma nature and he became the nimakaya buddha and also he knew the source of his buddhahood…

…is not so. Do you understand what I am saying? It is rather difficult for my language ability to explain this part. Buddha this is Buddhism started from buddha's disciples and mahayana Buddhists and this sutra was told by someone who was here mahayana.…

…to know what is, who is buddha and what was his purpose of telling teaching. Do you understand this point? So for Buddhists, Buddha is not only historical buddha, he is not just a historical person, he is truth itself. And we think he should be truth…

…understand ourselves in this way, what will be the way of why we live in this world is to continuously try to Express Buddha nature moment after moment. And that is the effort we should make, instead of being caught by some certain color or form. But…

…interesting the more and more you will be involved in thinking Buddhism. Well, arahat, you know direct disciples of Buddhism, Buddhist Buddha, direct disciples of buddha were the people who were subduing all the thought. You see, they went more and more in…

…is not so. Do you understand what I am saying? It is rather difficult for my language ability to explain this part. Buddha, you know this is Buddhism, started from buddha's disciple and mahayana Buddhists. And this sutra was told by someone who was here,…

…doing is to know what is, who is buddha and what was his purpose of teaching. Do you understand this point? So for Buddhists, Buddha is not only historical buddha, he is not just a historical person, he is truth itself and we think he should be truth…

…in this way, you know what will be the way of why we live in this world: to try to continuously try to Express Buddha nature moment after moment. And that is the effort we should make, instead of being caught by some certain color or form. But even…

…buddha is very important, as I explained, nyingmogakaya buddha appeared for the first time after buddha passed away. Buddha was understood as nyingmogakaya buddha, sambhogakaya buddha and sambhogakaya. Buddha itself was is dhammakaya buddha so sambhogakaya…

…for the first time after buddha passed away. Buddha was understood as nyingmogakaya buddha, sambhogakaya buddha and sambhogakaya. Buddha itself was is dhammakaya buddha so sambhogakaya buddha. Actually we experienced buddha. Actually we experienced. And when we…

…of dhammakaya buddha. In china there were there were a kind of dispute, you know discussion, three Kaya Buddha, dhammakaya buddha, sambhogakaya buddha, nyingmogakaya buddha and to analyze nyingmogakaya buddha into nyingmogakaya buddha and sambhogakaya buddha. To…

…not they did not afraid of anything, even death, and their way seeking mind went even beyond the suffering of life and death. Buddha did not talk about the problem of birth and death just to make us you know unhappy, but because after he attained…

…forgot, or he couldn't do this because he was his father always he was his servant. So it was rather difficult bowing to him. Buddha was very angry with Nanda and he gave him a long lecture not to discriminate with class, whatever the class is. This is…

…I think buddha. So they did not know in what kind of occasion they will be scolded, when they expect to be scolded. Buddha was very gentle, but when they didn't expect anything, they didn't fear anything bad. They were scolded terribly. He had you know…

…sutra was not taught actually by buddha, this sutra was taught by someone else after long, long after he passed away. Buddha passed away maybe one or two centuries a d, so perhaps this kind of srilavakas practice or srilavakas practice, sometimes mahayana…

…monkey minded buddha not just ordinary monkey mind. That is monkey minded buddha. When it is hot, it is hot buddha. Buddha yaksan demonstrated, you know, his practice without words without saying anything, he just sits, tendu, you know pointed out one…

…one is human being and the other is super human being. This is two elements of historical buddha. Historically, such a character exists. Buddha is, as you know, god himself was not god himself, but he was human being. But for his followers he was a kind…

…know, saw well their disciples wonder how he could acquire such a lofty character, such a good character, according to buddha's teaching. Buddha told them that if you do something good, you will have good good result. If if you practice hard you will have…

…lecture we explained about what is nimakaya buddha and this morning I want to explain sammonakaya buddha. What is sammonakaya buddha? Buddha is actually telling this lotus sutra, why I was interested in the question how buddha may feel about it. You know…

…or some other person. That is not the point. As long as you attach to historical buddha too much, you cannot understand Buddhism. Buddha was great you know because he understood things in this way. How do we know buddha had this kind of attitude towards…

…you know, for pre Buddhist teaching to be hinayana teaching. It is impossible. What was the bridge? The bridge was buddha. Buddha made bridge from pre Buddhist text thought to hinayana text thought. And when we realize this point, you know hinayana…

…problem. Thank you, thank you, okay, okay, okay, okay okay. Yesterday the emperor of Gyan asked Bodhidharma what is the first principle? Buddha said: there is no holy person or common person. And the emperor said: who are you in front of me? Bodhidharma…

…a viewpoint of life or world, this is buddha's word. Then sometimes they must hit you, give a blow. Then the why is it? Buddha kick out the shaliputra's questions twice because, no the, as buddha says, it is real truth, it is real. The truth is that…

…is buddha nature? You know buddha nature it's actually when I said hi that hi is buddha nature itself in its true sense. Buddha nature which you have proudly within yourself is not buddha nature. Actual buddha nature is when you say hi or when you…

…will have another name of buddha or buddha nature. So nature is not something which appear which will appear in future. Buddha nature should be something which is actually there. If you cannot see actually what is buddha nature it doesn't mean anything.…

…buddha. So buddha and tree is one. In that sense it may be sometime we call it a tree, sometime we call it a buddha. Buddha or tree or you is many and you are related to various beings. And when you have perfect composure in your practice it means…

…is emptiness. But after you attain you start the practice of form is emptiness. You should find out that everything is buddha. Buddha is everything. So that is emptiness is form. And emptiness is emptiness means to get rid of the attainment you attain.…

In other Buddhist, of course, the most important precept is to believe in buddha and his teaching and his disciples. Buddha for us is someone who attained enlightenment, not only historical buddha but also buddha's disciples. Who attained enlightenment is…

…one coin. So we say: if you know the cause of suffering, which is ignorance, you will know how to attain perfect understanding. Buddha says: because this arises, you know a arises and b arises and because a exists, b exists. Because a arises, b arises.…

…something bad or something good, but something which is not, which we everything is appears because of ignorance like buddha nature. Buddha nature is that buddha nature in or being so buddha nature is also something from which we cannot escape from. So…

…that is buddha's practice. So anyway you should practice but actually you don't feel so good. So you think doesn't practice. Buddha nature is something so smoky and so drowsy. That kind of misunderstanding will happen. But if you think kerosene oil is…

…the experience I have I had the experience various, my teacher had, and maybe buddha had you reach this kind of conclusion. Buddha suffered in this way and my teacher had same experience as me. Then you have transmission already. Actually there is nothing…

…not so realistic but it is more realistic than Zen Shinayana. There are a lot of Buddhists at first. You know Buddhism Buddha just helped his disciples and people. You know that teaching may be teaching of buddha or teaching for disciples, but in mahayana…

…is not so. The hinayana Buddhists thought that we disciples cannot be like a buddha in other words, it is impossible to be a buddha. Buddha is some super human being and we are human beings. So for us it is not possible to be a buddha. There is a…

…under some limitation. They try to be something like buddha by his teaching. But buddha himself wanted to make everyone like him. Buddha wanted everyone to be a various buddha. So we say: buddha taught us in one word, but people understand in various…

…mahayana or hinayana. So what actually means by hinayana or mahayana is one of the many things which you should know. Buddha originally left teaching sometime for some special people. But even so, people who listen to that hear the buddha's teaching may…

…Because if people in some country in some time are not good, they will not have good buddha. That is very interesting remark. Buddha did not think himself to be some special person. He tried to be the most common people wearing rugged robes you know,…

…self. To forget idea of self is, as dogen zenji says, to be proved by everything. Here everything means buddha, everything. Buddha which includes everything, which unifies everything as one that is buddha, that is the one which sees the relationship between…

…minute. It is so Swift, so alert it's so alert he said it means that you know, evil desire is good desire. Buddha and common people are not different, not different now we are originally buddha there is no difference in between original, originally. There…

…he said to him, and to hit a Bell means to hit to enough to give a bow to buddha. So each time you hit the Bell Buddha will appear. So when you at eheiji, if you go to eheiji, you should mount bow each time they hit big Bell. With that spirit you…

…when you want to accept our Buddhist teaching. For instance, you know freedom you mean is not the freedom we Buddhists make. Buddha you know rejected asceticism but still in the Buddhist way there is ascetic element in it. That love you mean is not…

…or north. True way is one you know. But before you study, you know hard. You don't know what you have in your sleep that's all. Buddha had same thing and I had same thing all it is amazing me so we must have that is the spirit we must have, you…

…way: yeah, but I couldn't stop. Yeah, yeah, but it hit some other place some other place, but into it yeah, can't you hear buddha? Buddha killed him and it made me very happy rokugyo, yeah, you know to read in this part is not so easy. That's not at…

…not? It will exist? Then he will get a big slap. What are you talking about? Don't you understand what I mean? Buddha nature will not exist is right. Will exist is right from the viewpoint of Independence. Everything exists with its buddha nature, even…

…you invented something new, but buddha is here. Oh you come here good boy, I have some more things for you. Come nearer to me. Buddha would say so it is very hard to surpass his teaching. Okay, that is more valuable than my talk. You are a very good…

…of buddha could be a stone, like u mon said. It may be a toilet paper. What is true way or what is buddha? Buddha is something which is beyond our understanding. So buddha could be everything it is you know just, instead of buddha, we say you know…

…buddha, you may say: here is buddha too. If you say too it is okay, it is not so definite too, you know so somewhere else. Buddha may be somewhere else too. This is the Sahara rules, but it is not always so. This is as long as you are at the…

…heard that you have six supernatural powers. What is the last one and the ghetto or you know, the hermit or sage asked buddha. Buddha didn't say anything but he said the hermit said in this way, what is that power which we do not have? He asked sage…

…but he said the hermit said in this way, what is that power which we do not have? He asked sage asked hermit asked. Buddha said, without answering to his question, yeah he said what will be that you know what will be that last super, not supernatural…

…such thing as the last period or the first period or second period that is just buddha to encourage people to believe in Buddhism. Buddha said so to encourage people. So that is just skillful means. So even it is the time of mappo, if we practice hard,…

…to warm hand without any cessation, without any hindrance. To be completely one with your master is how to be a buddha. Buddha said once, according to mahaparinibbana sutra, you should rely on self right, right of self, and you should rely on right of…

…like something, a jewel or burning fire in the air, floating in the air. We do not believe in buddha's soul in that way. Buddha is always with us. That way you know realize our our true nature is to realize buddha's nature, so that you realize buddha's…

…we have observed for a long, long time and this is you know how to repay to the benevolence of the buddha and arahats. Buddha and arahats are the people who you know supported themselves by their practice only. So if we observe, if we pay full respect…

…appropriate word: bodhisattva way or buddha way. I don't know maybe you know better to call it bodhisattva way rather than buddha way. Buddha way is something like dead way, not active not alive, and it looks like we are not buddha. When we say buddha,…

…see, all what we hear about, it's expression of buddha nature when we say buddha nature so buddha nature is everything we say. Buddha nature is our innate true nature, which is Universal to every one of us, or even to various beings, sentient beings, or…

…in the buddha lands. In all directions there are trembling and prowling forks. What is the meaning of such an extraordinary sight? Buddha says it is a miracle of the bodhipitta. For us who want to receive that present, having listened to a discourse on…

…exist here is that buddha exists, and that buddha exists means that you exist here. There is no difference between buddha and you. Buddha exists in that way and you exist in that way. So if you are buddha, buddha is of course buddha and everything could…

…way and you exist in that way. So if you are buddha, buddha is of course buddha and everything could be buddha. Buddha is someone who attained buddhahood after making a great effort for six years before he attained buddhahood, before he realized this…

…you know if you think about the sickness more according to the person, the real meaning of sickness will be quite different. Buddha left us the teaching, which could be real medicine of true sickness. So Buddhist has knows what is sickness for each one…

…activity should start from this kind of feeling. When I was young, Zen masters or many Zen masters said: what is buddha? Buddha is something which makes bamboo long, which makes stone round. That is buddha nature, they said. I couldn't understand because I…

…everyone? Medicine should be just for yourself. It may be better than nothing, but each one must have his own medicine. Buddha you know, prescribed the medicine for patient according to the person. That is real medicine. But scientific mind creates you know…

…if it is not too much, buddha is ready to give you some more problems, just to survive. You know just to appreciate problems. Buddha is always giving you something, because if you have nothing to cope with, you know it may be a terrible life, as if…

…it is. That is how you practice zazen. So if you only practice zazen, there is no need to expect buddha to help you. Buddha is always helping you, but usually what we are doing is refusing buddha's offer. For instance, if you you know ask help, ask…

…know that is more. It is the activity of buddha. It is a true activity. Or small wishes, not wishes or small desires. Buddha meant you ought to accept them. Accept them is right you ought to accept them as medicine, you know, with full appreciation of…

…It's the teaching you know, although according to the situation, according to the time, there were many ways of explaining it. Buddha explained it in his own way, according to the people, according to the people with him. Bodhidharma, you know Bodhidharma…

…or active. If we try to be karma and die or fade away into emptiness, then you know, naturally we will be taken care of. Buddha will take care of us, because we lose mother's bosom. We are not anymore her children, you know. So if we like you know…

…something which you wear. It is not dhamma itself. You may think I told you yesterday about lux or kesa and kesa. Buddha made kesa, gathering various materials and sewing together and designing it in this way after the shape of buddha appeared. But here…

…mirror, is buddha's teaching. But all that we will know is about ourselves. So here in manifested three treasures, same thing is true. Buddha and sangha and teaching is one. We are buddha, so sangha we say. But each one of the sangha member of sangha is…

…he himself became buddha and he realized that he himself is also the function of great being and function the great being itself. Buddha is great being, buddha himself was great being and his activity is activity of the great being. So he became one with…

…to be he himself and ready to understand the true teaching. And that is why we accept precepts we receive precepts from buddha. Buddha says in lotus sutra: people you know talk about something which is very convenient in all ways but if I say buddha…

…dhamma is another name of the buddha, the absolute one and the third one is sangha. Sangha means to keep harmony, to be buddha. Buddha and the law of the universe is not two. And when someone who is practicing zazen and buddha and his law is one, that…

…you know that wind is everywhere, but you don't know what is the function of the wind. If it's, you know wind means buddha nature. Buddha nature is everywhere we have all of us have buddha nature. But if so, why is it necessary to use fire? Why is it…

…any idea that we have buddha nature. Why do we practice that? Just when you just sit, then there is actually buddha nature. Buddha nature is there if you really understand what it's done. That was answer. So until you get it you feel it is necessary…

…And it may take for buddha. It took for buddha 68 and and after Bodhidharma attain the enlightenment, you sit 9 years. Buddha who attain the enlightenment, who was supposed to have enlightenment when he was born buddha who came to this world after…

…your everyday activity. That composure cannot be gained by fun, funny, some drugs or wine or or some intoxicants, including bay of pigs. Buddha said so so I must do it. That is a kind of intoxicant. But you know even though buddha didn't say anything…

…we study what kind of such buddha's time buddha observed, then you will find out various elements. Last night I explained about it. Buddha sees various kinds of flowers in a basket. There are many kinds of flowers. Some of the flowers are about the human…

…the absolute first principle, or you may call it buddha ness or nothingness or voidness. That is buddha buddha in Zen. Buddha created us and how buddha you know naturally manifested itself. Our realization now naturally happens by example, by the law of…

…a lot about it and that was a culture taught by buddha. And who realized the bodhichitta buddha who was buddha? Buddha buddha in the sangha, in the original people think that uniformity or harmony, voidness and emptiness, voidness and truth. Truth covers…

…did you do? How do you feel? He asked: well he said I have been standing around the mountain I did it already. Buddha was speaking about it's unpractical starting over. You know, I do not I mean start over you have no particular intention of going…

…good culture in your eyes, to tell what is buddha, what is god. What is buddha in Buddhism? It can't be written down. Buddha means all those letters, because that's what we think we are taught. The most important point is to have good culture in your…

…this it is fun. If you are daring, you can continue. You don't have to be confined to your framework. You have big freedom. Buddha is waiting for you. You are very good. Don't cry even if people don't respond to you it is okay. You do that yourself.…

…good to see. So if someone gives you something to hear or something to eat, most human beings will stay knowing this fact. Buddha became more and more strict with us. Yeah it's something, you know which you must think about. And when you study or when…

…establishing some rules, we can't do it, we cannot change for good. That is the nature of things, the nature of people. Buddha didn't establish people, disciples didn't establish people. He only did what he could. He didn't have to stand for that he…

…class as we were talking he called me. He said: people now are in a bad mood so it is too soon to worry about it. Buddha will take care of everything and if buddha's rule is good, it will help. This is why I became angry. You know, you see, someone…

…good because after buddha's time buddha's idea was a way of life and the rules belong to human beings, not buddha. Buddha had the first principle, but human beings had second principle for themselves. So this kind of understanding is very suitable idea…

…best. You shouldn't depend on tathagata too much. All the confusion comes from that point because you depend on tathagata too much. Buddha said: you know, without depending on yourself, how is it possible to depend on something else? Or only thing you can…