…I shouldn't say technique. It's a kind of way their way to give instruction. We use koan too and actually dogen zenji's Shogo Genzo, in his Shogo Genzo there are many, many koans and there are many, many interpretations of koans. His own answer to the…

…technique. It's a kind of way their way to give instruction. We use koan too and actually dogen zenji's Shogo Genzo, in his Shogo Genzo there are many, many koans and there are many, many interpretations of koans. His own answer to the koan he may say…

…life and everything. So it is necessary for us to have some intellectual understanding of Buddhism before we read shobo Genzo. Intellectual understanding is necessary because his teaching is very, very intellectual. It is pretty hard for us to understand…

…marvelous philosophy. This his philosophy, of course according to Buddhist Philosophy completely of course he must have studied Shogo Genzo and other Buddhist Philosophy. This kind of understanding is necessary. When you understand, when you try to understand…

…have your own head, all it is necessary to tell them you have your head. This is why we study those teachings of shogho Genzo. And dogen zenji disgusted with the people who had many heads, not only one head not only one head, but also many and many…

…of head, but it is useless. The best way is to find your own head, which you have. This is why dogen zenji left shogho Genzo for us. But the people who are so busy in finding their many heads, it is almost impossible to find out their own head. So…

…know tools, you know to carve Buddhism. So I think nowadays you should use more some other tools to carve. Do you think like Shogo Genzo was maybe the best sutra for that time? For that time it was, and it was very unusual one you know, and he used…

…used may be very much appropriate for us to use too. In this sense we are interested, many scholars are interested in buddha, Shogo Genzo. But even so, I don't think that you cannot say that Buddhism was completed by dogen Renzi if we have this kind of…

…even so, I don't think that you cannot say that Buddhism was completed by dogen Renzi if we have this kind of understanding Shogo Genzo, Kashi san on the freeway dogen will be very much angry if you stay there. That is why he wrote it. His intention…

…the buddha's wisdom. And in this chapter, in this sutra, the buddha put emphasis on this point, and I refer to the shobo Genzo. Only buddha and buddha can exalt the reality of these dharmas. Only buddha and buddha can exalt the reality of dharmas. This…

…the reality of these dharmas. Only buddha and buddha can exalt the reality of dharmas. This is very important. In shobo Genzo there is one chapter just for these words. Only buddha, buddha understands buddha. That is actually how we transmit Buddhism. When…

…very much interested in the discussion we had the last four days. 24th dogen zenji talks about that kind of thing in Shogo Genzo so I felt as if we have many dogen zenji here talking about the same thing. The multitude of buddha's disciples, formerly…

…to study Buddhism you will be also discouraged to see many famous Zen masters, according to what dogen zenji described in Shogo Genzo. What kind of experience he had at that time? Good and bad. After he received transmission because of nyojo zenji he…

…that crossing. And they did not know even how to read their mouths. That is why he wrote in one of the first scrolls of Shogo Genzo how to clean up our Face and body after when you go to restroom or when you get up. And he said: you know, their…