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Shunryu Suzuki Roshi was a pivotal Zen monk and author who founded the first Western Zen monastery. Discover his legacy of "nothing special."
…or you don't know. You should do it in order. You should not change the order. This is next one. And the fourth one is Eka Sannika Eka Sannika it means that to make to eat at certain time, not to eat many times. They do not eat supper, they eat…
…don't know. You should do it in order. You should not change the order. This is next one. And the fourth one is Eka Sannika Eka Sannika it means that to make to eat at certain time, not to eat many times. They do not eat supper, they eat just…
…successive patriarch bodhisattva. You know buddha is bodhisattva and for us you know we understand it, Bodhidharma is bodhisattva and Eka is bodhisattva. Dogma is bodhisattva and the precepts you will have, you know in their ordination is called bodhisattva:…
…story about first patriarch of china and the second patriarch in china. Ahem ahem, the first patriarch, Bodhidharma, told the second patriarch, Eka, he he said: if you if you want to enter our practice, you should stop or you should cut off yourself from…
…like a brick or stone wall, you will enter. That is how you enter our way. That was what Bodhidharma said to his disciple Eka. But it was actually for him. It was a very difficult practice, as you must have experienced. Even to stop your mind is…
…20 minutes break or 30 minutes break? Is there some break in your practice, in your cessation? He said, Bodhidharma said, and Eka said: no break, no cessation in our practice. Bodhidharma said then: who are you? Full heart, you know constant practice, who…
…our practice. Bodhidharma said then: who are you? Full heart, you know constant practice, who are you? He just said who are you. And Eka said: because I know myself very well so it is difficult to say who I am, because I understand myself so well so I…
…is talking about Buddhism, discussing about Buddhism and whatever we do actually expression of buddha nature. So at last you know. The Eka, the second patriarch, understood, came to this point. So he said: you know, I think I understood what you mean, what…
…have in your practice. Not difficult at all if I say spirit, you know good spirit or bad spirit. Maybe someone like Eka can be a you know, Bodhidharma's Disciple. But everyone can be Bodhidharma's Disciple you know, without cutting your arm. Okay, maybe…