The Master and the Assassin

Zen is beyond time and watches the continuous repeating, cycle after cycle, of all the same life situations. The Master and the Assassin is one of Zen's timeless and secular dialogues. There are always two interlocutors, in the usual sequence of questions and answers, searching and finding freedom from all the conditioning. The Zen Master tells you that you have nothing to change in what you do and in your behavior; you have to change the attitude you are doing all you do. It tells you, then, that how you are and where you are, is perfectly fine and entirely in line with the dimension of Zen. Your state of presence, attention, and awareness of what you are doing is not yet in line. An Assassin is also an ordinary person involved in the typical dynamics of ordinary people. He knows he is trapped and recognizes in the Master his only chance of redemption from the constant perpetuation of everyday daily actions. "It can only change by changing the level of presence within you and each one," replies the Master, "and only one method works on it, the inner silence. Learn to see, feel, and perceive life as it is, being a simple witness. Cross the border of nothingness every day and know the other dimension's dynamics and state. Open the door of your evolution. The search for the answer and the search for the question indicate that Samsara is Nirvana." That's universal teaching.

author: Andrea Scarsi

language: English

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