The Zen Manifesto ~ 01
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event type | discourse |
date & time | 20 Feb 1989 pm |
location | Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Poona (Pune), India |
language | English |
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- Our Beloved Master,
- When Tenjiku was asked about the incident of Tanka burning the statue, he replied, "When it is cold we gather around the hearth by the fire."
- "Was he wrong or not?" persisted the monk.
- "When it is hot we sit in a bamboo forest in the valley," said Tenjiku.
- The day after the burning of the statue, Tanka Tennen went to see Nan-Yo, who had once been a disciple of Eno and was the emperor's Zen master. When Tanka unrolled his Zazen rug, Nan-Yo said, "There's no need."
- Tanka took a few steps backward.
- Nan-Yo said, "That's right."
- At this, Tanka took a few steps forward.
- Nan-Yo said, "That's not right."
- Tanka walked around Nan-Yo one time and left.
- Nan-Yo commented, "The old, golden days are far away, and people are now so lazy. Thirty years from now, it will be difficult to get hold of this fellow."
- The second question:
- D.T. Suzuki, the man who introduced Zen to the western intelligentsia, said: "Zen must be seized with bare hands, with no gloves on."
- Would you like to comment?
- (Maneesha's question)
- D.T. Suzuki describes two different kinds of "Seeing" as denoted by two different Chinese characters.
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