One day Tokusan came to the dining room from the Meditation Hall, holding his bowl. Seppo saw him coming and asked, “The dinner drum is not yet beaten. Where are you going with your bowl?
Tokusan went back at once to his room. Seppo told Ganto about this incident. Ganto, said, “Tokusan as he is, has not penetrated into the ultimate truth of Zen.”
Tokusan heard of this and sent an acolyte to ask Ganto to come to him. “I have heard,” told Tokusan, “you are not approving my Zen.” Ganto whispered to Tokusan what he meant. Tokusan said nothing, leaving Ganto there.
The next day, ascending the rostrum, Tokusan delivered an entirely different sermon to the monks. Ganto went forward in the Hall, clapped his hands, laughed and said, “What a happy thing! The old man has got hold of the ultimate truth of Zen. From now on, no one in heaven and on earth can surpass him.”
1.What is relation between this little story and present time?
2.What bell had Tokusan heard?
3.If we have present moment what other moments we have?
4.What is relation between self-preservation instinct (with libido most powerful of instincts), time and thinking? (well this one is difficult:)
5.Why are buddhist starting training with overcoming rejecting and grasping and what it has to do with instincts?
6.If you are not in reality and you hear not existing sounds, where are you in that moment?
Don't hesitate to make opinion, I will try overcome my nature and be nice, compassionate and buddhalike :) I mean except seigando.
Submitted November 12, 2018 at 03:47AM by MASTERofDOOM https://ift.tt/2QyZ7xn
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