Ancient Music in the Pines ~ 07

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event type discourse
date & time 27 Feb 1976 am
location Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona
language English
audio Available, duration 1h 28min. Quality: good.
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shorttitle ANCIEN07
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synopsis
Reader of the sutras: Sw Ananda Teertha.
The sutra
When wolves were discovered in the village near master Shoju's temple, Shoju entered the graveyard nightly for one week and sat in zazen. This put a stop to the wolves' prowling.
Overjoyed, the villagers asked him to describe the secret rites he had performed.
'I didn't have to resort to such things,' he said, 'nor could I have done so. While I was in zazen a number of wolves gathered round me, licking the tip of my nose, and sniffing my windpipe, but because I remained in the right state of mind, I wasn't bitten.
As I keep preaching to you, the proper state of mind will make it possible for you to be free in life and death, invulnerable to fire and water. Even wolves are powerless against it. I simply practice what I preach.'


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