Zen The Path of Paradox Vol 3 ~ 03

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event type discourse
date & time 3 Jul 1977 am
location Buddha Hall, Poona
language English
audio Available, duration 1h 42min. Quality: good.
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online text find the PDF of this discourse
shorttitle PARAD303
notes
synopsis
Reader of the sutra: Ma Prem Maneesha.
The sutra
While visiting Gasan, a university student asked "Have you ever read the Christian Bible?"
"No, read it to me," said Gasan.
The student opened the Bible and read from St. Matthew: "And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin, and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.... Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself."
Gasan said: "Whoever uttered those words I consider an enlightened man."
The student continued reading: "Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened."
Gasan remarked: "That is excellent. Whoever said that is not far from buddhahood."


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