In Zen we look at the self and the world as one and the same, a united whole. Do flowers exist because we see them, or do we see flowers because they exist? Even though we try, we cannot divide the subjective from the objective.
When the subject and the object become one and the same, this is the experience of realization. When we move in oneness with the heavens and the earth, this is the experience of Zen.
We see the flowers and the mountains, we hear the bell ringing, and we know it all as ourself. The river is ourself, and so is the other. We see that from the origin we are all one and the same. This experience is Zen.
The moon in the deep spring is so beautiful that we are pulled right into it, and that moon itself is in a vessel that becomes the moon’s very purity and clarity. The moon is me, and I am the moon. We enjoy this world completely.
Except from a talk given by Shodo Harada Roshi. Modern day Rinzai priest.
T. O. M's comment.
I was given a recommendation by a user here for the book, "No single thing : the platform sutra with commentary" by Shodo Harada Roshi.
I thought I would check him out, and listened to a talk by him on you tube.
Shodo Harada is a modern day Japanese Rinzai priest who received dharma transmission in 1982.
For those not familiar with the Japanese Rinzai school, it is the Japanese line of the Chinese Linji school, which was founded during the Tang dynasty by Linji Yixuan
I know that this may be a digression from the normal post of classical period zen masters, and that some users doubt the validity of modern day masters, however, I believe that if we are to be true students of zen, we must keep an open mind, if the zen experience can be realised by modern students like us, then it stands to reason that there will also be modern masters worth listening to, and I think this is one of them.
Peace.
Submitted September 28, 2020 at 11:42AM by transmission_of_mind https://ift.tt/3mTqjaZ
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