THERE IS A SAYING: The one who knows much says little, and one
who knows little says a great deal. This proverb also may apply to Zen. If
you should ask any Japanese if he knows the term “Zen,” and he answers
“yes,” you can judge him to be a learned man, and you will see that he is
of higher culture than the ordinary Japanese. If you ask, however, what is
Zen, you will never get, from anyone, an answer that will give you a clear
understanding; for many Japanese think about Zen, and even like it very
much, but few will talk about it.
If you meet anyone who chatters about Zen too much, you can be assured
that he has not the Zen spirit as yet. If you ask others, a wise one might tell
you to go to a Zen master—that is, a Zen teacher. Then you a pay a visit
to a Zen monastery, and meet a Zen master. “What is Zen?” you may ask
him. He may shut his door in your face, or he may slap your cheek with his
strong hand. There comes a spark of Zen. Zen spirit cannot be explained,
it must be experienced.
The word “Zen” is a Japanized Sanskrit. It should be pronounced dhyāna
in its original. When Buddhism entered China, the translators adopted two
Chinese characters to stand for the word dhyāna. The Chinese never had
the phonetic letters until very recently, so they applied two characters like
this 禪那to represent dhyāna. These characters were pronounced “zen-na”
Divinity everywhere. I can see that Sufis are walking to the Zen road. The
intellectual forms given to the most Sufi doctrines in Persia are from foreign
sources, among which must be mentioned Buddhism and Neo-Platonism.
“An experience in feeling God” or “A way to the One” is another gate to
enter samādhi, that is, Zen realization.
I am very much interested in the German mystics—like Johannes Eck-
hardt—Meister Eckhardt they call him. He said, “The eye with which I see
God, is the eye with which God sees me.” In Buddhism, they say “I come
to Buddha, and Buddha comes to me. Buddha, my mind, and all fellow
beings are one.” Eckhardt’s pupil, Johann Tauler, preached to some Zen
thought in his Christian pantheism, if I may call it by this name. He was
in the Dominican Order, in the first part of the fourteenth century. “Apart
from God, there is no real thing,” were his words. That is exactly the idea
of Eckhardt, yet, you can enter Zen through any gate—east, west, south, or
north, only do not cling to a seat of any doctrine, just walk freely and enjoy
the emancipation. Then you will know that all teachings in the world are
your own inner treasures, and all thoughts of the world are the running
currents in your inner ocean.
Master Sengai, a Japanese Zen teacher, once sang:
“Hotoke towa ikanaru mono to hito towaba,
Kaze ni kaketaru aoyagi no ito.”
Translated is:
“What is Buddha? You may ask.
Look at the weeping-willow there!
See, the gesture of thready limbs,
playing with the breezes sweet!”
Here is the whole thing, nothing more, and nothing less. This is the true
intellectual oneness as well as the harmony of science and philosophy, of
poetry and religion. This is a viewpoint of universal brotherhood according
to Zen Buddhism. Buddha said: “I see now, all beings have perfect wisdom
and complete virtue. They do not know it. I must show them the truth.”
Abdal Baha said: “O people of the world, you are the fruits of one tree, and
leaves of one branch.” Our friends of Bahaism express the words in Espe-
ranto. Let us use these words as a formula for modern Zen Buddhism. What Bodhidharma means by this is study with our heart instead of our minds or study our minds with reality " Bodhidharma: If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.
Joel pfeiffer's comment "It is ok to walk the wrong path it just means the other path is not for you. it is ok to not like it.i am great full that anyone has a chance at getting enlightened it is ok if we don't find enlightenment."
"Essence of silence fuel the tyrant's clients in hell lazy mind control black Hatefull eyes of coal we see all the treasure in the poor man's smile so we push them back in their place because hope has no grace in this palace of thieves just give them your tith's and eat their little white lies." - by Joel pfeiffer
I think the act of changing thoughts into words is what brings up thinking harder.and people just invented reading silently all words used to be spoken.some times getting words out of your head or ideas on paper helps with thinking more clearly.
"Everybody is not the same as we lick our old wounds brides and grooms spend fumes as deaths touch kills all the beautiful flowers.cowards shower down lead so they can transmute useless paper into gold so they can spray more lead into our fellow monkeys ." - by Joel pfeiffer
"Anything that has conditions i s a illusion.everyone already knows everything we will say about zen Buddhism because it is all repeated facts from all the same books and sutras we all have been reading for years. no birth no creation no being no conditions no judgement no expectations is emptiness.the void of what we want or expect from life and enlightenment. catch 22 we seek enlightenment to free us from our suffering but it is our focus on expectations and conditions that we put on our selves for happiness and enlightenment that creates this suffering. zen Buddhism is considered a believe system. just like fear is created in our minds .the idea that conditions for suffering and enlightenment needs conditions to exist."- August 7th 2019. by joel pfeiffer
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