…treat everything in the right way, it looks like very rigid and formal, but it is not so. This secret of Dongen Zenji will work. Someone said western people failed in creating their culture by ignoring true religion. Oriental people made a great mistake…

…will be blunt but it will not be sharp enough. So you should not use LASER when you cut paper. That is why Dongen Zenji emphasizes the purity of religion. Religion should be pure and sharp always so that it can serve its original purpose, its own…

…when encountering the true law. So to meet the true law is also a part of training. It is the training itself. That is what Dongen Zenji meant. But usually in Buddhism we have order, you know to hear. We say mon si Shu, Mon is to hear, si is to…

…a lineage from buddha to us, the Chinese, the Chinese first patriarch, from buddha to Chinese first master and from Bodhidharma to Dongen Zenji. We count 51 and those names are clearly written. And in our lineage we have 80 or 81 or 85. Mostly names…

…of culture, human culture, we cannot make appropriate effective effort in helping ourselves and others. This kind of instruction given by Dongen Zenji is like a lighthouse in the stormy ocean. When the sea is very calm, you should rather expect, you should…

…it means that something Superior teaching in contrast with hinayana. But this may not be a real understanding. According to Dongen Zenji this is not a right understanding to say hinayana or mahayana. From the beginning of the agama sutra it's supposed…

…in its comparative sense. When you have right attitude in your study, the teaching you study is the absolute teaching. So, as Dongen Zenji says, we do not discuss the meaning of teaching in its comparative sense, but we should practice it in it. Our…

…you will be discouraged. You know, one student out of thousand, you know cannot attain enlightenment in that way. So naturally, Dongen Zenji you know, couldn't satisfy that kind of answer. So he actually went to china, not because of study of philosophy of…

…we mean by? What does the sixth patriarch or old Zen masters mean by practice and by enlightenment? This is the point he Dongen Zenji strives to explain and he thought people of his age, of his time will not understand this point fully and he brought…

…to briefly explain this point: enlightenment and practice what is enlightenment and what is practice? The enlightenment, according to Dongen Zenji, enlightenment equals practice. We use you know soku. Soku means equal, but not just equal. When you say equal,…

…up and taken care of by us. But someone carelessly will dirty zendo with dirty shoes. Such kind of things always happen. So Dongen Zenji in its rules of monastery: if you come to monastery by mistake you should go out. This is very important. In zendo…

…practice all those practices and indifference to be patient and wisdom, to have wisdom, those are six practices of bodhisattva and Dongen Zenji. I count four practices and one is Dana Prajnaparamita, which is to give something and to give kind words and to…

…you know, escape from it immediately. You are involved in the idea of self already. So that is not just to sit. So Dongen Zenji, shikantaza Zen, you know, he says originally: we are enlightened. Why is it necessary to sit? It is not necessary to sit,…

…you give up everything, you have Soto or rinzai when you give up everything, there is no Soto or rinzai. In Dongen Zenji describing various teachers, ways of practice. Among them there are rinzai teachers, Soto Teachers and some other schools, teachers of…

…tassahara we recite sutra for Bodhidharma, who is the first patriarch of china, and next third, excuse me and Bodhidharma and Dongen Zenji who is the first patriarch in Japan. So in India we recite for shakyamuni buddha, in china Bodhidharma, and in Japan…

…is the first patriarch in Japan. So in India we recite for shakyamuni buddha, in china Bodhidharma, and in Japan Dongen Zenji, the first prajnaparamita sutra is recited for those patriarchs and buddhas. But originally, even nowadays in Japan, we recite this…

…is recited for those patriarchs and buddhas. But originally, even nowadays in Japan, we recite this first sutra for buddha and Dongen Zenji and Keizan Zenji, who is the founder of soji Ji Monastery, and then Keizan Zenji and many deities who protect or…

…Keizan Zenji, who is the founder of soji Ji Monastery, and then Keizan Zenji and many deities who protect or who is related to Dongen Zenji. When Dongen Zenji went to china, as you know he went to china when he was 24 with myosin and he arrived after…

…is the founder of soji Ji Monastery, and then Keizan Zenji and many deities who protect or who is related to Dongen Zenji. When Dongen Zenji went to china, as you know he went to china when he was 24 with myosin and he arrived after he arrived. After…

…the last power which Buddhists have, the power to be free from karma. And for that purpose we practice our way. Dongen Zenji in his shobo Genzo, the paschal of supernatural power, jinzu, Roku Jinzu, we say sixth jin is usually translated maybe supernatural…

…to those step brother like practice, so that it cannot be step brother practice. We should you know understand this point. So Dongen Zenji did not ignore this kind of practice and this kind of commentary and this kind of step brother practice, but he…

…some new field in psychology. But Zen is you know originally Zen is completely different from that kind of practice. Actually, Dongen Zenji you know point at this point very sharply in sesshin sessho, in shobo Genzo. In chapter of sesshin sessho, he…

…sign, you know if some sign is shown, you will you know go that direction to have this. This is the real practice Dongen Zenji meant if your practice does not go with everything with he doesn't say with with your friend, with everything, it is not real…

…each time you shut, you do it you know with confidence, you are sure to hit the mark. That is, you know, important. So Dongen Zenji said 99 failures is okay so anyway I will continue to try to hit the mark that doesn't work. So each time you sit,…

…you know his teacher's lineage was wrong because Dongen Zenji's lineage consists of two lineages rinzai and Soto and came to Dongen Zenji, one from nyojo Soto Lineage another is from myosen rinzai. Master disciple of Eisai but his lineage is just Soto Oka…