c/shunryu-suzuki
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi was a pivotal Zen monk and author who founded the first Western Zen monastery. Discover his legacy of "nothing special."
…Here we have a common playground. Everyone will play in this common playground. So you shouldn't have according to buddha or Peter Hicks or founder of various religions. You should not have too fancy idea of religion. Religion should be understood. The most…
…poem? Would that anger be anger and nothing else? Or maybe he could get his finger back in like that not dogen, but no, Peter, no, no it's not a good thing. No I mean anybody doesn't not the no the poets, no, couldn't somebody who understands what…
…physical thing anything but else there is some connection. Now if I take the past back infinitely, like I just say that, as Peter called it infinitely, then I have a buddha field, which implies to everyone that we have a vast number of buddha fields,…
…sense. Because of him, I think, we came to this kind of understanding of Zen. We say: you know last year at tassahara, Peter asked me to speak about non sectarianism and after I gave lecture he said that is sectarianism. Maybe our sectarianism is non…
…that way or to understand Zen in that way, it's sectarianism. We are very sectarian but it is not so actually. At least we have sincere enough or honest enough to accept his teaching, so giving up our selfish viewpoint, our criticism. Thank you, Peter.
…elements in our suffering. So this is very different explanation and this is more nearer to teaching of buddha himself. The other day Peter asked Dave this question and did you have the life of buddha written by some apprentice? I forgot his name. Do you…
…not much chance to think about why I came to America or why I became a priest but today, while I was talking with Peter about something, my personal history I have to think about why I came to America and right now I'm thinking about why I became…
…is bodhi mandala, the meaning will be like that bodhi mandala is where the body is the place, like some place to practice mandala. Peter, will you read it? I want to read it rather you may be difficult to understand me if I read it. This geta: the…
…your true mind is watching the mind outside. So mind outside of itself. When I discussed this point at the Sahara after lecture, Peter said: mind out of itself. This is very good you know interpretation of big mind, small mind, mind outside of itself you…
…but not because of that. Perhaps some of you were swimming with me at that time. There were some beautiful girl students and Peter was there. I cannot swim actually, but because they were enjoying swimming so much I thought I may join. But I couldn't…
…is not restricted, he is not under restriction, he is free, always free. He is bounded, always free from the beginning. I am objecting, Peter. I was telling Peter, I was talking about a very good fellow, a very kind fellow and so well but you were you…
…not under restriction, he is free, always free. He is bounded, always free from the beginning. I am objecting, Peter. I was telling Peter, I was talking about a very good fellow, a very kind fellow and so well but you were you were talking about where…