The First Principle ~ 03
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| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 13 Apr 1977 am |
| location | Buddha Hall, Poona |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 40min. Quality: good. |
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| video | Not available |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | PRINCI03 |
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- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- The pupils of the Tendai school used to study meditation before Zen entered Japan. Four of them, who were intimate friends, promised one another to observe seven days of silence.
- On the first day all were silent, but when the night came and the oil lamps were growing dim, one of the pupils could not help exclaiming to a servant: "Fix those lamps."
- The second pupil was surprised to hear the first one talk. "We are not supposed to say a word," he remarked.
- "You two are stupid. Why did you talk?" asked the third.
- "I am the only one who has not talked -- thank God!" concluded the fourth.
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