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Number 72 December 2006 from Shodo Harada Roshi, Abbot of Sogenji, Okayama, Japan Number 72 December 2006 From Shodo Harada Roshi, Abbot of Sogenji, Okayama, Japan Hakuin Zenji’s Song of Zazen last section. Within Hakuin Zenji’s teaching on samadhi, it is revealed that the greatest merit of zazen is in its samadhi. All sentient beings are essentially Buddhas. As with water and ice, there is no ice without water; apart “How vast and wide the unobstructed sky of samadhi! How from sentient beings there are no Buddhas. bright and clear the perfect moonlight of the Fourfold Wisdom! At this moment what more need we seek? As the Not knowing how close the truth is, we seek it far away-- eternal tranquility of Truth reveals itself to us, this very what a pity! place is the Land of Lotuses and this very body is the body We are like one, who in the midst of water cries out of the Buddha.” desperately in thirst. We are like the son of a rich man, who “How vast and wide the unobstructed sky of samadhi! How wandered away among the poor. bright and clear the perfect moonlight of the Fourfold The reason, we transmigrate through the Six Realms, is Wisdom!” because we are lost in the darkness of ignorance. Going There are many varieties of samadhi; depending on the daily further and further astray in the darkness, how can we ever task, it unfolds in the simplicity of the work. In sewing or be free from birth-and-death? cooking, there is the samadhi of that specific act. In our As for the Mahayana practice of Zazen, there are no everyday activities, if our mind is absorbed fully in what we words to praise it fully. The Six Paramitas, such as giving, are doing, then no matter what we do, walking or working, we maintaining the precepts and various other good deeds, forget our body, engage in no outside thoughts, and become like invoking the Buddha’s name, repentance and spiritual the activity itself. We become what we are doing completely. training, all finally return to the practice of Zazen. Even We become each moment and each place and are manifested those, who have sat Zazen only once, will see all karma there completely. erased. Nowhere will they find evil paths and the Pure Land will not be far away. While the samadhi of being absorbed in each and every activity is very important, our samadhi of zazen, which is If we listen even once with open heart to this truth, then that samadhi of the Buddha and Patriarchs, is of the greatest praise it and gladly embrace it, how much more so then, importance. “How vast and wide the unobstructed sky of if on reflecting within ourselves, we directly realize self- samadhi!” This is what is being written about here. nature, giving proof to the truth, that self-nature is no- nature. We will have gone far beyond idle speculation. The gate of the oneness of cause and effect is thereby opened Our five senses, all of our windows, are thrown wide open. and not-two, not-three, straight ahead runs the way. In all the things we perceive, we aren’t attached to any of them whatsoever. If we have thoughts and feelings, we don’t Realizing the form of no-form as form, whether going or linger on them. We receive everything exactly as it’s given, returning, we cannot be any place else. not dwelling or becoming caught on anything. We make use Realizing the thought of no-thought as thought, whether of each moment and each encounter, but we are just what we singing or dancing, we are the voice of the Dharma. see, no matter what seeing arrives. We have to become this kind of samadhi. How vast and wide the unobstructed sky of samadhi! How bright and clear the perfect moonlight of the Fourfold Wisdom! At this moment what more need we seek? As the When we can do this, it’s as if we’re sitting on the bridge eternal tranquility of Truth reveals itself to us, this very of the busy Shijo street, with people coming and going place is the Land of Lotuses and this very body is the body constantly, and we see all of them exactly as they are. This is of the Buddha. how it’s put in the poem of Daito Kokushi. We are, in our everyday life, just as we are in zazen. Functioning this way becomes our zazen, so that zazen is done The Rohatsu osesshin has arrived right before our eyes, and not only when we are sitting in the zendo but also in our work everyone is preparing for it. I wanted to write this newsletter and in all of our life activities. No matter what we are doing, sooner, but I could not find the time. We have reached the our mind doesn’t become the slightest bit disturbed. This is very end of Hakuin’s Song of Zazen, and I want to finish this the greatest importance of samadhi. teaching before Rohatsu. We have been studying this Song of Zazen for a long time, and now we have finally reached the This is why it is written in the classic instructions for zazen, the Zazengi, that we should open our eyes when we do zazen. clarity of samadhi. Because it’s so bright and clear, like the moon, our basic wisdom is brightly revealed. “If you enter zazen, its power is incomparable. In the old days there was a monk of high attainment who always The Buddha cultivated this samadhi for six years, refining his practiced zazen with his eyes open. There was also a Zen state of mind. The Buddha realized the meaning of this world master who used to scold those who practiced zazen and the purpose for being fully alive. Why is there a world with eyes closed. He called them the devils of the Black and for what purpose were we born? This is the question Mountain cave. A deep significance lies here, Only a person the Buddha sought to answer, and in doing so, deepened his of attainment would know it.” state of mind. Because he couldn’t find the answer in the In summary, we can’t do zazen if it’s not clear whether we external world, he dug deeply within his mind. Only then, are awake or asleep. With our eyes and mind engaged in that for the first time, was he able to realize that fresh mind which kind of blurred activity, we won’t know samadhi. If our mind gives creation to the world. This actuality is that to which he isn’t clear and sharp, it’s only intoxication, not samadhi. With awakened, samadhi, our state of mind is bright and wide open. We see everything in this world from one end to the other. If it’s not The Buddha saw the meaning of the existence of this world a clear, bright open state of mind, it’s not samadhi. That’s why and also the meaning of why we are each born into this world. Daruma Daishi is always depicted with eyes wide open. A clear He saw his true Mind. He saw how we and the world aren’t bright mind functions here. separate but are one being; already complete. By discovering his own true mind he realized that we have never lacked If it’s not like this, we easily confuse our samadhi with anything. When he realized his true nature, he saw that all intoxication. We use this awareness everyday, encountering people’s true nature is the same. He knew that we all have the each moment, and not getting stuck on anything. Neither same root as the Buddha and the same eyes. If our awakening must we be stagnant or fixed in any moment. This is called is true, we see that all people have these same eyes and we unselfconscious awareness. It’s also called the mind moment know how to liberate each and every person. It becomes clear of empty mind. While encountering the world of each how to do this, and so we liberate ourselves and others. This moment, our mind doesn’t get snagged anywhere, nor become is the great round fulfillment and life which is flowing always. stagnant. To realize that is the Buddha Dharma. We don’t get caught or stopped by any one mind moment, With everyone together, we open our mind, and this actuality but instead are renewed in each moment. This way, we meet is zazen. Zazen aligns our disordered state of mind and leads each and every moment precisely and exactly as it unfolds. us to realize the true source of our mind completely. When we’re clear in our mind and in our awareness in this way, we awaken and perceive clearly each moment, yet we This is a very important road sign and guideline. aren’t at all attached to what we perceive. We have to be this brightness of unattached clarity. We realize this world of not two, where there is no fence or seam between ourselves and others. Through this hugeness, This is why it is written in The Unfettered Mind by Takuan which is our true mind, we then encounter each other with Zenji that we do not get caught on our opponent’s handhold joy and happiness. This is the truth of the Buddha Dharma. or on his sword tip. When we truly encounter this world in a serious and earnest way, then this bright open awareness If we sit in a way that we cannot tell if a person is awake or becomes our eyes and sees; this whole Mind is giving life to asleep, that will not do at all.
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