Ah This ~ 05
| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 7 Jan 1980 am |
| location | Buddha Hall, Pune |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 39min. Quality: good. |
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| video | Not available |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | AHTHIS05 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras/questions: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- Dogo had a disciple called Soshin. When Soshin was taken in as a novice, it was perhaps natural of him to expect lessons in Zen from his teacher the way a schoolboy is taught at school. But Dogo gave him no special lessons on the subject, and this bewildered and disappointed Soshin.
- One day he said to the master, "It is some time since I came here, but not a word has been given me regarding the essence of the Zen teaching."
- Dogo replied, "Since your arrival I have ever been giving you lessons on the matter of Zen discipline."
- "What kind of lesson could it have been?"
- "When you bring me a cup of tea in the morning, I take it; when you serve me a meal, I accept it; when you bow to me, I return it with a nod.
- How else do you expect to be taught in the discipline of Zen?"
- Soshin hung his head for a while, pondering the puzzling words of the master.
- The master said, "If you want to see, see right at once. When you begin to think, you miss the point."
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