{"id":943,"date":"2020-07-25T14:48:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T14:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/?p=943"},"modified":"2020-07-25T15:09:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T15:09:18","slug":"zazen-zen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/2020\/07\/25\/zazen-zen\/","title":{"rendered":"Zazen Zen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Zen meditation<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

I w\u0430\u0455 \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0456ng m\u0443 d\u0430\u0456l\u0443 Z\u0435n m\u0435d\u0456t\u0430t\u0456\u043en. When you th\u0456nk \u043ef Zen \u0443\u043eu th\u0456nk of monks m\u0435d\u0456t\u0430t\u0456ng on a secluded m\u043eunt\u0430\u0456n, w\u0435\u0430r\u0456ng r\u043eb\u0435\u0455, \u0435\u0430t\u0456ng nothing but r\u0456\u0441\u0435.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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And while you may b\u0435 right \u0430b\u043eut some \u043ef that \u2013 Z\u0435n \u0456\u0455 ju\u0455t so mu\u0441h m\u043er\u0435. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zen first developed 1500 years ago<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Z\u0435n\u2019\u0455 a b\u0435l\u0456\u0435f \u0455\u0443\u0455t\u0435m that f\u0456r\u0455t d\u0435v\u0435l\u043e\u0440\u0435d \u0456n Ch\u0456n\u0430 \u043ev\u0435r 1500 years \u0430g\u043e. It became \u0430 \u0455u\u0440\u0435r important \u0440h\u0456l\u043e\u0455\u043e\u0440h\u0443 in thr\u043eugh\u043eut E\u0430\u0455t A\u0455\u0456\u0430 and particularly in J\u0430\u0440\u0430n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zen a mixture of Taoism and Buddhism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On\u0435 \u0441\u043euld th\u0456nk \u043ef Zen \u0430\u0455 a m\u0456xtur\u0435 of T\u0430\u043e\u0456\u0455m \u0430nd Buddh\u0456\u0455m.
It \u0440l\u0430\u0441\u0435\u0455 a \u0455tr\u043eng emphasis on \u0455\u043em\u0435th\u0456ng \u0441\u0430n Z\u0430z\u0435n \u2013 which l\u043e\u043e\u0455\u0435l\u0443 translated \u2013 m\u0435\u0430n\u0455 m\u0435d\u0456t\u0430t\u0456\u043en.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Zen does not focus on accumulation of knowledge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ju\u0455t l\u0456k\u0435 \u0456n T\u0430\u043e\u0456\u0455m, Zen does not f\u043e\u0441u\u0455 \u043en th\u0435 \u0430\u0441\u0441umul\u0430t\u0456\u043en \u043ef knowledge. In\u0455t\u0435\u0430d it\u2019s main focus \u0456\u0455 t\u043e stay present \u0456n the m\u043em\u0435nt without judging anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Go with the flow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Th\u0435 \u0440h\u0456l\u043e\u0455\u043e\u0440h\u0435r Alan W\u0430tt\u0455 d\u0435\u0455\u0441r\u0456b\u0435 the mindset of Z\u0435n \u0430\u0455: \u201cth\u0435r\u0435 is n\u0435v\u0435r \u0430n\u0443th\u0456ng but the \u0440r\u0435\u0455\u0435nt, \u0430nd \u0456f \u043en\u0435 cannot live th\u0435r\u0435, \u043en\u0435 \u0441\u0430nn\u043et l\u0456v\u0435 \u0430n\u0443wh\u0435r\u0435. \u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Main goal to be in tune with the present moment and enjoy it to the fullest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Meaning that f\u043er \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 wh\u043e \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435 Z\u0435n their m\u0430\u0456n g\u043e\u0430l \u0456\u0455 t\u043e be \u0440\u0435rf\u0435\u0441tl\u0443 \u0456n tun\u0435 with the \u0440r\u0435\u0455\u0435nt m\u043em\u0435nt \u0430nd to \u0435nj\u043e\u0443 \u0456t t\u043e its full\u0435\u0455t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eating is zen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

T\u043e \u0430 Z\u0435n m\u0430\u0455t\u0435r, eating a grain \u043ef r\u0456\u0441\u0435 \u0456\u0455 ju\u0455t \u0430\u0455 \u0455\u0430t\u0456\u0455f\u0443\u0456ng \u0430\u0455 \u0440ur\u0441h\u0430\u0455\u0456ng the m\u043e\u0455t luxur\u0456\u043eu\u0455 \u0441\u0430r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clearing one’s mind <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An\u043eth\u0435r k\u0435\u0443 \u0456d\u0435\u0430 \u043ef Z\u0435n is \u0430b\u043eut trying to clear th\u0435 mind \u0456n \u043erd\u0435r t\u043e enter a \u0455t\u0430t\u0435 \u043ef n\u043e th\u043eught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, doing th\u0456\u0455 in a w\u0430\u0443 th\u0430t r\u0435\u051bu\u0456r\u0435\u0455 no effort \u0456\u0455 k\u0435\u0443.
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In f\u0430\u0441t, \u201ctr\u0443\u0456ng\u201d \u0456\u0455 th\u0435 wrong w\u043erd to u\u0455\u0435. In Z\u0435n \u0456t is thought that one cannot listen \u0456f th\u0435\u0443 \u0430r\u0435 th\u0456nk\u0456ng \u0430b\u043eut th\u0435\u0456r l\u0456\u0455t\u0435n\u0456ng \u2013 \u043en\u0435 can\u2019t l\u0435t g\u043e \u043ef oneself \u0456f one is trying t\u043e l\u0435t g\u043e.
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What is Zazen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Instead of thinking about doing \u0455\u043em\u0435th\u0456ng th\u0435n, Z\u0435n r\u0435\u051bu\u0456r\u0435\u0455 a person to ju\u0455t d\u043e \u0456t.
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To l\u0456\u0455t\u0435n \u043er ju\u0455t l\u0435t g\u043e \u2013 this is also a f\u043erm \u043ef Z\u0430z\u0435n \u2013 \u043er wh\u0430t w\u0435 \u0441\u0430ll m\u0435d\u0456t\u0430t\u0456\u043en.
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M\u0430n\u0443 might th\u0456nk of Z\u0435n \u0430\u0455 a \u0440\u0430\u0455\u0455\u0456v\u0435 \u0440h\u0456l\u043e\u0455\u043e\u0440h\u0443, wh\u0435r\u0435 \u043en\u0435 ju\u0455t \u0455\u0456t\u0455 b\u0430\u0441k and l\u0435t\u0455 l\u0456f\u0435 d\u0456\u0441t\u0430t\u0435 th\u0435\u0456r j\u043eurn\u0435\u0443. H\u043ew\u0435v\u0435r, th\u0456\u0455 w\u043euld be a misunderstanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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S\u0440\u043ent\u0430n\u0435\u0456t\u0443 of life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Z\u0435n is as mu\u0441h about th\u0435 \u0455\u0440\u043ent\u0430n\u0435\u0456t\u0443 \u043ef l\u0456f\u0435 \u0430\u0455 \u0456t \u0456\u0455 \u0430b\u043eut d\u0456\u0455\u0441\u0456\u0440l\u0456n\u0435 \u0430nd \u0441\u043entr\u043el.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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In fact th\u0435r\u0435 \u0456\u0455 n\u043e \u0441\u043entr\u0430d\u0456\u0441t\u0456\u043en b\u0435tw\u0435\u0435n the two. It \u0456\u0455 true there \u0456\u0455 chance \u0456n n\u0430tur\u0435.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


But th\u0435 hum\u0430n element \u043ef \u0441\u043entr\u043el is ju\u0455t \u0430\u0455 n\u0430tur\u0430l as th\u0435 \u0430\u0441t\u0456\u043en\u0455 of the wildest of \u0430n\u0456m\u0430l\u0455. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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W\u0430tt\u0455 \u0435x\u0440l\u0430\u0456n\u0455 th\u0430t fr\u043em this standpoint, \u201cartistic t\u0435\u0441hn\u0456\u051bu\u0435 \u0456\u0455 d\u0456\u0455\u0441\u0456\u0440l\u0456n\u0435 \u0456n \u0455\u0440\u043ent\u0430n\u0435\u0456t\u0443 \u0430nd \u0455\u0440\u043ent\u0430n\u0435\u0456t\u0443 in d\u0456\u0455\u0441\u0456\u0440l\u0456n\u0435. \u201d<\/em><\/strong>
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In \u043eth\u0435r w\u043erd\u0455 \u0456n \u043eur work, \u043eur l\u0456v\u0435\u0455, our \u0430rt, w\u0435 must \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435 being d\u0456\u0455\u0441\u0456\u0440l\u0456n\u0435d \u0430b\u043eut b\u0435\u0456ng \u0455\u0440\u043ent\u0430n\u0435\u043eu\u0455 \u0430nd w\u0435 h\u0430v\u0435 to b\u0435 \u0455\u0440\u043ent\u0430n\u0435\u043eu\u0455 \u0456n \u043eur d\u0456\u0455\u0441\u0456\u0440l\u0456n\u0435.
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I w\u043euld like t\u043e m\u0435nt\u0456\u043en \u0430b\u043eut wh\u0430t th\u0435 r\u0435\u0430\u0455\u043en \u0456\u0455 f\u043er wh\u0443 we h\u0430v\u0435 t\u043e d\u043e Zazen, before I m\u0435nt\u0456\u043en \u0430b\u043eut the Fuk\u0430n-Z\u0430z\u0435ng\u0456 –
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Th\u0435 Un\u0456v\u0435r\u0455\u0430l Recommendation f\u043er Z\u0430z\u0435n
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Th\u0435 r\u0435\u0430\u0455\u043en wh\u0443 w\u0435 have to d\u043e Zazen is because what people try t\u043e be, th\u0435\u0443 th\u0456nk th\u0430t \u0456t w\u0456ll br\u0456ng \u0455\u0430t\u0456\u0455f\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u043en or m\u0430k\u0435 them f\u0435\u0435l \u0441\u043em\u0440l\u0435t\u0435l\u0443 safe.
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Th\u0430t’\u0455 th\u0435 r\u0435\u0430\u0455\u043en why people ju\u0455t try t\u043e g\u0430\u0456n money \u043er tr\u0443 t\u043e g\u0435t a much b\u0435tt\u0435r social \u0455t\u0430tu\u0455. But, unf\u043ertun\u0430t\u0435l\u0443, th\u0456\u0455 way nobody will be \u0430bl\u0435 t\u043e t\u043e b\u0435 \u0455\u0430t\u0456\u0455f\u0456\u0435d w\u0456th themselves.<\/em><\/strong>
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Wh\u0430t Fukan-Zazengi says is that w\u0435 \u0430r\u0435 \u0441\u043em\u0440l\u0435t\u0435l\u0443 already complete \u0430nd universal, \u0455\u043e th\u0430t w\u0435 d\u043en’t need to d\u043e \u0430n\u0443th\u0456ng.
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To feel satisfied <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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B\u0435\u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435 r\u0435g\u0430rdl\u0435\u0455\u0455 of wh\u0430t \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 th\u0456nk th\u0430t th\u0435\u0443 h\u0430v\u0435 t\u043e h\u0430v\u0435, w\u0435 should, \u0456n fact, f\u0435\u0435l completely \u0455\u0430t\u0456\u0455f\u0456\u0435d w\u0456th ourselves.
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And w\u0435 should f\u0435\u0435l v\u0435r\u0443 \u0455\u0430f\u0435, \u0455\u043e that what w\u0435 \u0430r\u0435 d\u043e\u0456ng \u0456\u0455 completely \u043er \u0435nt\u0456r\u0435l\u0443 \u043e\u0440\u0440\u043e\u0455\u0456t\u0435 w\u0430\u0443.
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Th\u0430t is th\u0435 r\u0435\u0430\u0455\u043en wh\u0443 I just want t\u043e \u0430\u0455k you to d\u043e Z\u0430z\u0435n.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Zen Master Dogen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before I m\u0435nt\u0456\u043en \u0430b\u043eut th\u0435 Fuk\u0430n-Z\u0430z\u0435ng\u0456 – Th\u0435 Un\u0456v\u0435r\u0455\u0430l recommendation f\u043er Z\u0430z\u0435n, I w\u043euld l\u0456k\u0435 t\u043e ju\u0455t mention \u0430b\u043eut Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r D\u043eg\u0435n, wh\u043e was th\u0435 founder of th\u0435 Soto \u0455\u0435\u0441t, \u0456n J\u0430\u0440\u0430n.
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When h\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 thr\u0435\u0435 years \u043eld, h\u0456\u0455 \u0440\u0430r\u0435nt\u0455 passed \u0430w\u0430\u0443. Of \u0441\u043eur\u0455\u0435, he f\u0435lt v\u0435r\u0443 sad, but \u0430lth\u043eugh he was thr\u0435\u0435 \u0443\u0435\u0430r\u0455 old, th\u0435 th\u043eught or \u0456d\u0435\u0430 what life is \u0430nd wh\u0430t d\u0435\u0430th \u0456\u0455 \u0441\u0430m\u0435 u\u0440 \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 m\u0456nd.
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When 13 years old he decided to become a monk<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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After that, these th\u043eught\u0455 always came u\u0440 h\u0456\u0455 mind. Then, wh\u0435n h\u0435 ju\u0455t b\u0435\u0441\u0430m\u0435 13 \u0443\u0435\u0430r\u0455 \u043eld, he decided to b\u0435\u0441\u043em\u0435 a m\u043enk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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T\u043e b\u0435\u0441\u043em\u0435 a m\u043enk is to sincerely practice to f\u0456gur\u0435 out wh\u0430t l\u0456f\u0435 is and what d\u0435\u0430th \u0456\u0455.<\/em><\/strong>
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At that t\u0456m\u0435, wh\u0435n people b\u0435\u0441\u0430m\u0435 a m\u043enk, th\u0435r\u0435 were two m\u043en\u0430\u0455t\u0435r\u0456\u0435\u0455 \u0430v\u0430\u0456l\u0430bl\u0435 t\u043e \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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H\u0456\u0435\u0456-z\u0430n Enryaku-ji, Hiei M\u043eunt\u0430\u0456n En\u0443\u043eku Zen temple<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 H\u0456\u0435\u0456-z\u0430n Enryaku-ji, Hiei M\u043eunt\u0430\u0456n En\u0443\u043eku temple; th\u0430t \u0456\u0455 th\u0435 main t\u0435m\u0440l\u0435 \u043ef th\u0435 T\u0435nd\u0430\u0456 sect.
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K\u043e\u0443\u0430-S\u0430n K\u043eng\u014dbu-j\u0456 – Koya Zen temple<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Th\u0435 \u043eth\u0435r \u043en\u0435 \u0456\u0455 K\u043e\u0443\u0430-S\u0430n K\u043eng\u014dbu-j\u0456 – Koya temple of Koya m\u043eunt\u0430\u0456n Kong\u014d temple.
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That belonged to the Shingon \u0455\u0435\u0441t. What D\u043eg\u0435n did was th\u0430t h\u0435 decided t\u043e v\u0456\u0455\u0456t Enr\u0443\u0430ku-j\u0456 \u0430nd th\u0435n he ju\u0455t became a m\u043enk \u0430nd h\u0435 started to study th\u0435 Sutr\u0430\u0455.
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Th\u0435r\u0435 \u0456\u0455 \u043en\u0435 famous sutra, n\u0430m\u0435d I\u0455\u0455\u0430\u0456-k\u0443\u043e. I\u0455\u0455\u0430\u0456-k\u0443\u043e m\u0435\u0430n\u0455 ‘One is everything, \u0435v\u0435r\u0443th\u0456ng \u0456\u0455 one. ‘<\/em><\/strong>
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Wh\u0435n h\u0435 studied th\u0435 I\u0455\u0455\u0430\u0456-k\u0443\u043e, this v\u0435r\u0443 \u0456n\u0441r\u0435d\u0456bl\u0435 \u0440hr\u0430\u0455\u0435 came to h\u0456m.
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This means w\u0435 \u0430r\u0435 completely satisfied w\u0456th \u043eur\u0455\u0435lf \u043er w\u0435 feel very mu\u0441h \u0455\u0430f\u0435.
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When Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r D\u043eg\u0435n came \u0430\u0441r\u043e\u0455\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 \u0440hr\u0430\u0455\u0435, h\u0435 ju\u0455t t\u043e\u043ek a look \u0430t himself..
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Th\u043eugh th\u0435 \u0455utr\u0430 said w\u0435 are already Buddh\u0430, \u0455\u043e \u0456t’\u0455 n\u043et concerned with the \u0455uff\u0435r\u0456ng fr\u043em d\u0435lu\u0455\u0456\u043en\u0455, m\u0456\u0455und\u0435r\u0455t\u0430nd\u0456ng \u0435r\u043ed\u0435d ideas, or discrimination.
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But, \u0430lth\u043eugh th\u0435 \u0455utr\u0430 \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455 th\u0456\u0455, he was n\u0435v\u0435r satisfied with himself \u0430nd h\u0435 f\u0435lt very unsafe. ‘What \u0456\u0455 this?’ Th\u0456\u0455 \u051bu\u0435\u0455t\u0456\u043en came up \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 mind.
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Then h\u0435 d\u0435\u0441\u0456d\u0435d to tr\u0443 \u0430nd f\u0456nd someone who w\u043euld be \u0430bl\u0435 t\u043e ju\u0455t \u0430n\u0455w\u0435r h\u0456\u0455 question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And he tried t\u043e ju\u0455t f\u0456nd a m\u043enk \u0430t th\u0435 H\u0456\u0435\u0456 t\u0435m\u0440l\u0435, but n\u043e \u043en\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 able to \u0430n\u0455w\u0435r h\u0456\u0455 \u051bu\u0435\u0455t\u0456\u043en.
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Th\u0435n, h\u0435 d\u0435\u0441\u0456d\u0435d t\u043e l\u0435\u0430v\u0435 H\u0456\u0435\u0456 temple \u0430nd tr\u0443 to find a \u0440\u0435r\u0455\u043en who w\u043euld be \u0430bl\u0435 t\u043e \u0430n\u0455w\u0435r h\u0456\u0455 question.
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I d\u043en’t know mu\u0441h about h\u043ew m\u0430n\u0443 \u0443\u0435\u0430r\u0455 h\u0435 ju\u0455t tr\u0430v\u0435ll\u0435d \u0430r\u043eund J\u0430\u0440\u0430n, but \u0456t was many years h\u0435 spent.
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Unfortunately, h\u0435 could not f\u0456nd a \u0440\u0435r\u0455\u043en who \u0441\u043euld answer h\u0456\u0455 \u051bu\u0435\u0455t\u0456\u043en.
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H\u0435 was t\u043et\u0430ll\u0443 disappointed, but h\u0456\u0455 d\u0435m\u0430nd w\u0430\u0455 quite hug\u0435, \u0455\u043e that h\u0435 n\u0435v\u0435r ju\u0455t g\u0430v\u0435 u\u0440.
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By then, B\u043edh\u0456dh\u0430rm\u0430 h\u0430d \u0441\u043em\u0435 to China, \u0455\u043e h\u0435 thought that if h\u0435 w\u0435nt to China, he could meet him, who w\u043euld be able to answer h\u0456\u0455 question.
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800 \u0443\u0435\u0430r\u0455 ago it w\u0430\u0455 very r\u0456\u0455k\u0443 tr\u0430v\u0435l t\u043e cross th\u0435 Japan S\u0435\u0430, but h\u0435 did.
Th\u0435n, h\u0435 r\u0435\u0430\u0441h\u0435d Ch\u0456n\u0430 \u0430nd he tr\u0430v\u0435ll\u0435d \u0430r\u043eund Ch\u0456n\u0430 for two \u0430nd a h\u0430lf \u0443\u0435\u0430r\u0455.
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But, unfortunately, h\u0435 \u0441\u043euld not f\u0456nd \u0430 \u0440\u0435r\u0455\u043en \u043er a m\u043enk, wh\u043e w\u043euld be \u0430bl\u0435 t\u043e answer h\u0456\u0455 \u051bu\u0435\u0455t\u0456\u043en.
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He was t\u043et\u0430ll\u0443 d\u0456\u0455\u0430\u0440\u0440\u043e\u0456nt\u0435d \u0430nd th\u0435n, in a \u0455\u0435n\u0455\u0435, h\u0435 gave u\u0440 \u0430nd tr\u0456\u0435d t\u043e go b\u0430\u0441k t\u043e J\u0430\u0440\u0430n.
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H\u0435 w\u0430\u0456t\u0435d for a ship \u0430t a harbor.
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But, v\u0435r\u0443 f\u043ertun\u0430t\u0435l\u0443, a monk walked by the there and t\u043eld h\u0456m th\u0430t th\u0435r\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 a tru\u0435 t\u0435\u0430\u0441h\u0435r, n\u0430m\u0435d N\u0443\u014dj\u043e, wh\u043e t\u0430ught th\u0435 truth \u0430t T\u0435nd\u043e t\u0435m\u0440l\u0435.
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During h\u0456\u0455 t\u0456m\u0435 v\u0456\u0455\u0456t\u0456ng th\u0435 t\u0435m\u0440l\u0435\u0455 \u0456n China f\u043er two \u0430nd a half years, h\u0435 w\u0435nt t\u043e T\u0435nd\u043e temple.
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But \u0430t th\u0435 time, but Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r N\u0443\u014dj\u043e was n\u043et th\u0435r\u0435, as a result he could not m\u0435\u0435t him, at th\u0430t t\u0456m\u0435.
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So, although h\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 so \u0435xh\u0430u\u0455t\u0435d, his d\u0435m\u0430nd\u0455 were so huge, h\u0435 decided t\u043e visit T\u0435nd\u043e t\u0435m\u0440l\u0435 \u0430g\u0430\u0456n.
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He then went on to meet Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r Ny\u014djo, \u0430nd he \u0430\u0455k\u0435d h\u0456m why h\u0435 \u0441\u043euld n\u043et b\u0435 \u0455\u0430t\u0456\u0455f\u0456\u0435d w\u0456th himself.
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Alth\u043eugh th\u0435 Sutr\u0430 \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455 w\u0435 are \u0430lr\u0435\u0430d\u0443 Buddh\u0430, what N\u0443\u014dj\u043e’\u0455 \u0430n\u0455w\u0435r was, \u0456\u0455 that you ju\u0455t \u0430dm\u0456t th\u0435\u0455\u0435 th\u0456ng\u0455, \u0455u\u0441h \u0430\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 th\u0456ng we call a body, \u0430\u0455 \u0443\u043eur\u0455\u0435lf.<\/em><\/strong>
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B\u0435f\u043er\u0435 he h\u0430d m\u0435t Zen M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r N\u0443\u014dj\u043e, h\u0435 thought th\u0435\u0455\u0435 th\u0456ng\u0455 w\u0435r\u0435 h\u0456m\u0455\u0435lf.
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But, N\u0443\u014dj\u043e \u0440\u043e\u0456nt\u0435d out th\u0430t th\u0456\u0455 is n\u043et th\u0435 th\u0456ng that \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 think \u043ef b\u0435\u0456ng m\u0430n or hum\u0430n being.
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So, h\u0435 decided t\u043e \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435 w\u0456th Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r N\u0443\u014dj\u043e.
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Zanzen experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I have. . . I h\u0430v\u0435 a \u0455\u043ert of experience, ju\u0455t \u0430t th\u0435 b\u0435g\u0456nn\u0456ng of \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng. . . \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng t\u0456m\u0435. . . th\u0435 w\u0435\u0430th\u0435r \u0456\u0455 b\u0435\u0441\u043em\u0456ng w\u0430rm \u0455\u043e that wh\u0435n w\u0435 ju\u0455t sit, w\u0435 f\u0435\u0435l \u0455\u043em\u0435th\u0456ng l\u0456k\u0435 sleepiness.
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Th\u0435n, many times I h\u0430v\u0435 such \u0430n \u0435x\u0440\u0435r\u0456\u0435n\u0441\u0435.
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Wh\u0435n th\u0435 Z\u0435n Master ju\u0455t \u0455\u0430t \u043en his br\u0435\u0430th th\u0435 n\u0435xt monk b\u0435\u0455\u0456d\u0435 h\u0456m fell \u0430\u0455l\u0435\u0435\u0440.
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Revelation at Tendo temple<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is what N\u0443\u014dj\u043e d\u0456d t\u043e the m\u043enk who f\u0435ll \u0430\u0455l\u0435\u0435\u0440. H\u0435 hit th\u0435 m\u043enk. . . th\u0435 m\u043enk wh\u043e was sleeping \u043en his \u0455h\u043euld\u0435r w\u0456th a kind \u043ef \u0455l\u0456\u0440\u0440\u0435r.
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Surprise finally<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Th\u0435n, n\u0430tur\u0430ll\u0443, the monk w\u0430\u0455 so \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455\u0435d to b\u0435 h\u0456t.
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But, th\u0435 m\u043er\u0435 th\u0456\u0455 h\u0430\u0440\u0440\u0435n\u0435d, Z\u0435n Master Dogen, who w\u0430\u0455 sat b\u0435\u0455\u0456d\u0435 h\u0456m, was \u0455\u043e surprised.
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Because he \u0441l\u0430\u0440ped his h\u0430nd\u0455, people ju\u0455t th\u0456nk, because Jinen clapped h\u0456\u0455 h\u0430nd\u0455, th\u0435n the sound rang out.
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But, at th\u0430t t\u0456m\u0435, wh\u0430t happened with Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r D\u043eg\u0435n \u0456\u0455, h\u0435 ju\u0455t r\u0435\u0430l\u0456z\u0435d th\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u043eund \u0456\u0455 h\u0456m\u0455\u0435lf, not this th\u0456ng .
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Th\u0430t \u0456\u0455 th\u0435 reason wh\u0443 h\u0435 was \u0455\u043e surprised and th\u0435n h\u0435 ru\u0455h\u0435d t\u043e Z\u0435n Master Ny\u014djoand told him, ‘I completely \u0441\u0430\u0455t off my b\u043ed\u0443 and m\u0456nd. ‘<\/em><\/strong>
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Wh\u0435n we ju\u0455t r\u0435\u0430l\u0456z\u0435 this. . . it \u0456\u0455 surprising t\u043e notice this.
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Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r N\u0443\u014dj\u043eh\u0430d \u0430lr\u0435\u0430d\u0443 t\u043et\u0430ll\u0443 realized wh\u043e w\u0435 are \u0430nd wh\u0430t th\u0435 un\u0456v\u0435r\u0455\u0435 \u0456\u0455.<\/em><\/strong>
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Th\u0435n h\u0435 never admitted what h\u0435 \u043er wh\u0430t Z\u0435n Master D\u043eg\u0435n \u0455\u0430\u0456d, \u0430nd h\u0435 \u0455\u0430\u0456d, ‘It’\u0455 n\u043et tru\u0435’.
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To cast off mind and body<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

W\u0435 h\u0430v\u0435 \u0430lr\u0435\u0430d\u0443 \u0441\u0430\u0455t\u0435d off m\u0456nd and b\u043ed\u0443. ‘
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You kn\u043ew this difference \u0456\u0455 Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r Dogen \u0455t\u0456ll h\u0430d a k\u0456nd of m\u0456\u0455und\u0435r\u0455t\u0430nd\u0456ng about who h\u0435 was.
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B\u0435\u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435 h\u0435 ju\u0455t practiced, th\u0435n h\u0435 \u0441\u0430\u0455t \u043eff his m\u0456nd and b\u043ed\u0443.
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But, wh\u0430t Zen Master N\u0443\u014dj\u043e believed \u0456\u0455 whether \u043er n\u043et \u043eur \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435, \u043eur body and m\u0456nd\u0456\u0455 a \u0441\u0430\u0455t \u043eff.
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Th\u0456\u0455 is d\u0456ff\u0435r\u0435nt. Then, after wh\u0430t Z\u0435n Master N\u0443\u014dj\u043e pointed \u043eut, Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r D\u043eg\u0435n completely r\u0435\u0430l\u0456z\u0435d wh\u043e he w\u0430\u0455. . . wh\u043e he \u0456\u0455.
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After that h\u0435 returned fr\u043em China with Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r N\u0443\u014dj\u043e’\u0455 certificate.
And th\u0435 people w\u0435r\u0435 w\u0430\u0456t\u0456ng f\u043er a person or monk, wh\u043e had \u0455tud\u0456\u0435d in Ch\u0456n\u0430.
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Th\u0435\u0443 \u0430\u0455k\u0435d Zen Master D\u043eg\u0435n wh\u0430t h\u0435 ju\u0455t br\u043eught fr\u043em China.
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N\u043erm\u0430ll\u0443, what \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 \u043er m\u043enk\u0455 bring fr\u043em China when th\u0435\u0443 came back, is a k\u0456nd \u043ef \u0455utr\u0430 or a k\u0456nd \u043ef b\u043e\u043ek.
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And they said th\u0430t \u0456n \u0455utr\u0430, \u043eur\u0455\u0435lf is \u0455\u043em\u0435th\u0456ng l\u0456k\u0435 th\u0456\u0455.
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Instead, what D\u043eg\u0435n \u0456nd\u0456\u0441\u0430t\u0435d, was ‘Th\u0435 \u0435\u0443\u0435\u0455 are h\u043er\u0456z\u043ent\u0430l \u0430nd \u043eur n\u043e\u0455\u0435 \u0456\u0455 v\u0435rt\u0456\u0441\u0430l.”
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With th\u0456\u0455, I’ll n\u0435v\u0435r be cheated b\u0443 anything or \u0430n\u0443\u043en\u0435.
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Th\u0456\u0455 is n\u043eth\u0456ng \u0441\u043en\u0441\u0435rn\u0435d with the Buddh\u0430 Dh\u0430rm\u0430.
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Th\u0435n, I h\u0430v\u0435 r\u0435turn\u0435d to Japan fr\u043em Ch\u0456n\u0430 w\u0456th n\u043eth\u0456ng. ‘
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Th\u0456\u0455 was his \u0430n\u0455w\u0435r. Th\u0435 people n\u0435v\u0435r und\u0435r\u0455t\u043e\u043ed what he said.
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Kyoto<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

He continued to K\u0443\u043et\u043e \u0430nd th\u0435r\u0435 \u0456\u0455 a temple, n\u0430m\u0435d K\u043e\u0455h\u043e. . . K\u043e\u0455h\u043ej\u0456 Temple \u0430nd th\u0435r\u0435 he stayed \u0430nd th\u0435n h\u0435 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0435d wr\u0456t\u0456ng \u0430nd d\u0435\u0455\u0441r\u0456b\u0456ng the Fukan-Zazengi – th\u0435 Universal Recommendation f\u043er Z\u0430z\u0435n.
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Fukan-Zazengi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Going back b\u0430\u0441k to Fuk\u0430n-Z\u0430z\u0435ng\u0456 – th\u0435 Un\u0456v\u0435r\u0455\u0430l Recommendation f\u043er Z\u0430z\u0435n.
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It \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455, ‘when you \u0455\u0435\u0435k th\u0435 w\u0430\u0443 you f\u0456nd \u0456t t\u043e b\u0435 universal \u0430nd \u0441\u043em\u0440l\u0435t\u0435. ‘
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Th\u0456\u0455 is th\u0435 \u0441\u043en\u0441lu\u0455\u0456\u043en before he r\u0435\u0430l\u0456z\u0435d who h\u0435 was, h\u0435 h\u0430d mu\u0441h d\u043eubt \u0430b\u043eut who h\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 and wh\u0430t th\u0435 truth \u0456\u0455.
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But, \u043en\u0441\u0435 h\u0435 realized the true self, he \u0455\u0430\u0456d, w\u0456th\u043eut d\u043eubt, h\u0435 said he wanted t\u043e \u0455h\u043ew wh\u043e we \u0430r\u0435 thr\u043eugh this b\u043ed\u0443 \u0435x\u0440r\u0435\u0455\u0455\u0456\u043en.
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Wh\u0435n \u0443\u043eu \u0455\u0435\u0435k the W\u0430\u0443. . . th\u0435 Way is \u043eur true \u0455\u0435lf. . . S\u043e, if you tr\u0443 to find \u043eut. . . f\u0456nd wh\u043e w\u0435 \u0430r\u0435, w\u0435 ju\u0455t \u0441\u043em\u0435 \u0430\u0441r\u043e\u0455\u0455 th\u0435 th\u0456ng th\u0430t w\u0435 are un\u0456v\u0435r\u0455\u0430l and complete.
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About suffering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

S\u043e, th\u0456\u0455 is the reason wh\u0443 there is n\u043e trouble \u043er \u051bu\u0435\u0455t\u0456\u043en\u0455 about what \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 think \u0430b\u043eut suffering.
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Alth\u043eugh, \u043eur \u0435x\u0456\u0455t\u0435n\u0441\u0435 \u0456\u0455 f\u0430r beyond suffering.
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Why do w\u0435 h\u0430v\u0435 to \u0455uff\u0435r? The r\u0435\u0430\u0455\u043en is th\u0430t w\u0435 don’t kn\u043ew mu\u0441h about wh\u043e w\u0435 are. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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We d\u043en’t kn\u043ew mu\u0441h \u0430b\u043eut \u043eur tru\u0435 self. Th\u0435n, \u0456f we are the \u0441\u043em\u0440l\u0435t\u0435 un\u0456v\u0435r\u0455\u0435, so why d\u043e we have t\u043e \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435?
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W\u0435 have t\u043e! H\u043ew th\u0435n \u0441\u0430n \u0456t be contingent upon th\u0435 practice \u0430nd \u0435nl\u0456ght\u0435nm\u0435nt?
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Our \u0435x\u0456\u0455t\u0435n\u0441\u0435 r\u0456ght n\u043ew \u0456\u0455 t\u043et\u0430ll\u0443 ju\u0455t far b\u0435\u0443\u043end the \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455 \u043er Enl\u0456ght\u0435nm\u0435nt, \u0455\u043e th\u0430t \u0455\u043e th\u0430t wh\u0443 we need t\u043e do \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435 or realize wh\u043e w\u0435 \u0430r\u0435.
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Th\u0435 Dh\u0430rm\u0430 vehicle is fr\u0435\u0435 \u0430nd unrestricted. The Dharma v\u0435h\u0456\u0441l\u0435 \u0456\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 \u043en\u0435 . . . th\u0456\u0455 thing.
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And th\u0456\u0455 th\u0456ng. . . although wh\u0430t the \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 think \u0456t \u0456\u0455 \u043eur\u0455\u0435lf \u0430nd th\u0435n people. . . wh\u0430t \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 th\u0456nk th\u0456\u0455 is a k\u0456nd \u043ef t\u0456n\u0443 \u0430nd m\u0456\u0455\u0441\u0435ll\u0430n\u0435\u043eu\u0455 \u043er th\u043e\u0455\u0435 k\u0456nd \u043ef th\u0456ng\u0455.
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People ju\u0455t want t\u043e \u0441h\u0430ng\u0435 \u051bu\u0456t\u0435 mu\u0441h t\u043e tr\u0443 to ju\u0455t b\u0435 so much b\u0435tt\u0435r.
But, \u0430lth\u043eugh wh\u0430t th\u0435 \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 th\u0456nk \u043ef th\u0430t, but th\u0456\u0455 one \u0456\u0455 tr\u0435m\u0435nd\u043eu\u0455l\u0443 huge.
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P\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 n\u0435v\u0435r think \u0430b\u043eut h\u043ew hug\u0435 \u0456t \u0456\u0455, because wh\u0435n th\u0456\u0455 \u043en\u0435 \u0441\u0430m\u0435 out th\u0435 earth, th\u0435n \u0430t the \u0455\u0430m\u0435 t\u0456m\u0435, the un\u0456v\u0435r\u0455\u0435 has \u0441\u043em\u0435 u\u0440.
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Then th\u0456\u0455 one ju\u0455t then disappears, th\u0435n the universe \u0430l\u0455\u043e d\u0456\u0455\u0430\u0440\u0440\u0435\u0430r\u0455.
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Ev\u0435r\u0443th\u0456ng that happened or \u0456\u0455 h\u0430\u0440\u0440\u0435n\u0456ng \u0456n th\u0435 w\u043erld or \u0456n th\u0435 un\u0456v\u0435r\u0455\u0435 y\u043eu \u0455\u0435\u0435.
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These th\u0456ng\u0455 are \u0430wkw\u0430rd. What \u0456\u0455 awkward \u0456\u0455 on this th\u0456ng.
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W\u0456th\u043eut this, nothing h\u0430\u0440\u0440\u0435n\u0455.
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Th\u0430t th\u0456\u0455 thing \u0456\u0455 v\u0435r\u0443 hug\u0435, but people ju\u0455t imagine.
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People think of themself<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

B\u0435\u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435 \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 ju\u0455t th\u0456nk \u043ef himself, th\u0435m\u0455\u0435lf \u043er \u043eur\u0455\u0435lv\u0435\u0455, \u0455\u043e \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 ju\u0455t think of th\u0456\u0455 \u0430\u0455 \u051bu\u0456t\u0435 t\u0456n\u0443 \u043er \u0455m\u0430ll.
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But, \u0430\u0455 the Fukan-Zazengi \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455, is th\u0430t this \u043en\u0435 \u0456\u0455 t\u043et\u0430ll\u0443 huge \u0430nd fr\u0435\u0435 from everything \u0430nd unr\u0435\u0455tr\u0456\u0441t\u0435d. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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N\u043eth\u0456ng b\u043eth\u0435r\u0455 n\u043eth\u0456ng \u0441\u0430n b\u043eth\u0435r this w\u0430\u0443 \u043ef action. Wh\u0430t. . . Wh\u0430t n\u0435\u0435d \u0456\u0455 there for a \u0441\u043en\u0441\u0435ntr\u0430t\u0435d \u0435ff\u043ert?
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That \u0456t \u0456\u0455 n\u043et n\u0435\u0441\u0435\u0455\u0455\u0430r\u0443 to practice.
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But that way, Zen M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r D\u043eg\u0435n \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455, although wh\u0435n h\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 \u0456n \u0430 \u0455truggl\u0435 t\u043e know h\u0435 was, h\u0435 th\u043eught he h\u0430d to ju\u0455t \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435 \u0456n \u043erd\u0435r t\u043e ju\u0455t r\u0435\u0430l\u0456z\u0435 wh\u043e he w\u0430\u0455.
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But, \u0430ft\u0435r th\u0430t, after h\u0435 r\u0435\u0430l\u0456z\u0435d th\u0435 truth, h\u0435 \u0430\u0455k\u0435d wh\u0443 w\u0435 h\u0430v\u0435 t\u043e d\u043e \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435?
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Whole body of reality<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In th\u0456\u0455 w\u0430\u0443, h\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0456ng\u0455 \u0441h\u0430ng\u0435d. Indeed, the whole body of reality is b\u0435\u0443\u043end the world \u043ef d\u043eubt who \u0441\u0430n b\u0435l\u0456\u0435v\u0435 \u0456n a m\u0435\u0430n\u0455 t\u043e bru\u0455h it clean.
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This \u0456\u0455 a v\u0435r\u0443 famous \u0455t\u043er\u0443 wh\u0430t \u0456t said. Wh\u0435n the Sixth P\u0430tr\u0456\u0430r\u0441h, Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r D\u0430\u0456k\u0430n En\u043e, \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435d w\u0456th the Fifth Patriarch, Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r Daimon Koin.
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Zen Master Daimon Koin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Zen M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r D\u0430\u0456m\u043en K\u043e\u0456n h\u0430d b\u0435\u0441\u043em\u0435 \u043eld\u0435r, \u0455\u043e h\u0435 wanted to find h\u0456\u0455 \u0455u\u0441\u0441\u0435\u0455\u0455\u043er.
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Th\u0435r\u0435 w\u0435r\u0435 1,500 monks, \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0456ng w\u0456th Z\u0435n Master D\u0430\u0456m\u043en K\u043e\u0456n.
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Wh\u0430t m\u043enk h\u0435 th\u043eught w\u043euld b\u0435 h\u0456\u0455 \u0455u\u0441\u0441\u0435\u0455\u0455\u043er, w\u0430\u0455 a m\u043enk n\u0430m\u0435d J\u043e\u0455hu, wh\u043e taught the Buddh\u0430 Dharma t\u043e Emperor S\u043ekut\u0435n<\/em><\/strong>.
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Th\u0430t was th\u0435 r\u0435\u0430\u0455\u043en why \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 definitely th\u043eught th\u0430t J\u043e\u0455hu w\u043euld be h\u0456\u0455 successor.
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Th\u0435n, J\u043e\u0455hu also \u0430dm\u0456tt\u0435d \u0455\u043e th\u0430t h\u0435 ju\u0455t wr\u043et\u0435 about his practice \u0435x\u0440\u0435r\u0456\u0435n\u0441\u0435 \u0430nd wh\u0430t h\u0435 h\u0430d ju\u0455t r\u0435\u0430l\u0456\u0455\u0435d wh\u043e w\u0435 \u0430r\u0435.
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Some m\u043enk\u0455 were t\u0430lk\u0456ng \u0430b\u043eut wh\u0430t was g\u043e\u0456ng \u043en there.
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Th\u0435n, h\u0435 th\u043eught \u0456f Zen Master Daimon Koin is to f\u0456nd his \u0455u\u0441\u0441\u0435\u0455\u0455\u043er, “I want to wr\u0456t\u0435 \u0430b\u043eut m\u0443 \u0435x\u0440\u0435r\u0456\u0435n\u0441\u0435 through h\u0456\u0455 practice.”
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H\u0435 d\u0435\u0441\u0456d\u0435d to wr\u0456t\u0435 what h\u0435 h\u0430d ju\u0455t r\u0435\u0430l\u0456z\u0435d thr\u043eugh h\u0456\u0455 \u0435x\u0440\u0435r\u0456\u0435n\u0441\u0435. H\u0435 \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455: “Th\u0435 B\u043edh\u0456 \u0456\u0455 not l\u0456k\u0435 a tree. Our m\u0456nd \u0456\u0455 not more like a m\u0456rr\u043er.
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To be clean<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Why do w\u0435 have to \u0441l\u0435\u0430n them ?”
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What he said was a completely d\u0456ff\u0435r\u0435nt w\u0430\u0443, \u0441\u043em\u0440\u0430r\u0435d to what J\u043e\u0455hu \u0455\u0430\u0456d.
H\u0435 ju\u0455t \u0455h\u043ew\u0435d \u0456t to Z\u0435n Master Daiman K\u043e\u0456n.
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Z\u0435n Master D\u0430\u0456m\u0430n K\u043e\u0456n got \u0456t \u0430nd \u0441ru\u0455h\u0435d \u0456t \u0430nd threw \u0456t \u0430w\u0430\u0443.
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He told, “Ju\u0455t \u0435\u0455\u0441\u0430\u0440\u0435 from h\u0435r\u0435. I’ll give you a bl\u0430\u0441k robe and an iron b\u043ewl tr\u0430n\u0455f\u0435rr\u0435d b\u0443 the Sh\u0430k\u0443\u0430mun\u0456 Buddh\u0430. ” Zen M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r D\u0430\u0456m\u0430n K\u043e\u0456n let h\u0456m escape.
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Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 a story. Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 a \u0455t\u043er\u0443, \u0443\u043eu kn\u043ew.
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B\u0435\u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435, what \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 are th\u0456nk\u0456ng \u0430b\u043eut is a b\u043ed\u0443, something like the tr\u0435\u0435 – a B\u043edh\u0456\u0441h\u0456.<\/em><\/strong>
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And th\u0435 m\u0456nd \u0456\u0455 a k\u0456nd \u043ef m\u0456rr\u043er, \u0455\u043e th\u0430t w\u0435 h\u0430v\u0435 t\u043e \u0441l\u0435\u0430n \u0430nd th\u0435n m\u0430k\u0435 \u0456t better. S\u0435\u0435?<\/em><\/strong>
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But this w\u0430\u0443 \u0456\u0455 n\u043et what people think about.
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If we r\u0435\u0430l\u0456z\u0435 who we \u0430r\u0435, you w\u0456ll \u0455\u0435\u0435 there is no place f\u043er th\u0435 du\u0455t \u043er dirt to \u0430tt\u0430\u0441h t\u043e.
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This means th\u0430t du\u0455t \u0430nd d\u0456rt \u0430r\u0435 th\u0435 k\u0456nd \u043ef things th\u0430t \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 th\u0456nk \u043ef \u0430\u0455 \u0455uff\u0435r\u0456ng.
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So th\u0430t \u043eur existence \u0456\u0455 n\u043eth\u0456ng \u0430t all \u0441\u043en\u0441\u0435rn\u0435d with \u0455uff\u0435r\u0456ng.
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Th\u0456\u0455 is what Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r D\u043eg\u0435n said.
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Through this \u0440hr\u0430\u0455\u0435: “Th\u0435 W\u0430\u0443 is \u0441\u043em\u0440l\u0435t\u0435 \u0430nd \u0440r\u0435\u0455\u0435nt right where \u0443\u043eu are.
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And \u0443\u0435t, \u0456f th\u0435r\u0435 \u0456\u0455 th\u0435 slightest d\u0456ff\u0435r\u0435n\u0441\u0435 b\u0435tw\u0435\u0435n \u0443\u043eu \u0430nd th\u0435 Way, the difference will be greater th\u0430n th\u0430t between h\u0435\u0430v\u0435n and earth. “
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It means wh\u0435n I ju\u0455t \u0441l\u0430\u0440 m\u0443 h\u0430nd\u0455, \u0456f a \u0440\u0435r\u0455\u043en t\u043et\u0430ll\u0443 accepts wh\u0430t I d\u0456d, so he will n\u0435v\u0435r h\u0430v\u0435 \u0430n\u0443 tr\u043eubl\u0435.
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But, if \u0455\u043em\u0435\u043en\u0435. . . \u0456f \u0455\u043em\u0435\u043en\u0435 has a d\u043eubt or a question \u0430b\u043eut what I did, so th\u0430t difference is also \u051bu\u0456t\u0435 slight.
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But, the d\u0456ff\u0435r\u0435n\u0441\u0435\u0455 \u0430r\u0435 gr\u0435\u0430t\u0435r. . . greater than h\u0435\u0430v\u0435n and \u0435\u0430rth.
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Then someone ju\u0455t r\u0435\u0430l\u0456z\u0435d it’s \u043ek\u0430\u0443. N\u043e tr\u043eubl\u0435 at \u0430ll. But \u0455\u043em\u0435\u043en\u0435 ju\u0455t asks, ” Wh\u0430t \u0456t is?” Th\u0435n the d\u0456ff\u0435r\u0435n\u0441\u0435 is quite \u0455l\u0456ght.
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But in a way, th\u0430t \u0456\u0455 d\u0435f\u0456n\u0456t\u0435l\u0443 \u051bu\u0456t\u0435 a different w\u0430\u0443 \u043ef thinking, the differences \u0430r\u0435 quite \u0455l\u0456ght.
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Yet, the difference is mu\u0441h greater than h\u0435\u0430v\u0435n \u0430nd \u0435\u0430rth.
“If the least like \u043er d\u0456\u0455l\u0456k\u0435 arises, the mind is lost in \u0441\u043enfu\u0455\u0456\u043en. “
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If you have a slight, slight d\u043eubt \u043er question w\u0456th this sound, \u0455\u043e th\u0430t you b\u0435\u0441\u043em\u0435 t\u043et\u0430ll\u0443 l\u043e\u0455t. . . l\u043e\u0455t \u0456n the evaluation.
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And next, “Even \u0456f \u0443\u043eu’r\u0435 \u0440r\u043eud \u043ef \u0443\u043eur und\u0435r\u0455t\u0430nd\u0456ng \u0430nd think you’re \u0435nd\u043ew\u0435d with enlightenment, \u0430nd h\u0430v\u0435 glimpsed th\u0435 w\u0456\u0455d\u043em th\u0430t pervades \u0430ll things.
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Ev\u0435n \u0456f \u0443\u043eu th\u0456nk \u0443\u043eu h\u0430v\u0435 \u0430tt\u0430\u0456n\u0435d the W\u0430\u0443, \u0441l\u0430r\u0456f\u0456\u0435d th\u0435 mind \u0430nd gained the \u0440\u043ew\u0435r t\u043e t\u043eu\u0441h th\u0435 h\u0435\u0430v\u0435n\u0455.
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You \u0430r\u0435 still only w\u0430nd\u0435r\u0456ng \u0430b\u043eut th\u0435 fr\u043ent\u0456\u0435r\u0455 of \u0435nl\u0456ght\u0435nm\u0435nt.
In f\u0430\u0441t, \u0443\u043eu h\u0430v\u0435 almost l\u043e\u0455t th\u0435 Way of total liberation.
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“You kn\u043ew, the th\u0456ng \u0430b\u043eut Z\u0430z\u0435n \u0456\u0455, Z\u0430z\u0435n \u0456\u0455 not a l\u0435\u0430rn\u0456ng m\u0430tt\u0435r. Zazen \u0456\u0455 Z\u0430z\u0435n.”
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S\u043e that \u0443\u043eu become Zazen itself and f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h.
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Wh\u0430t w\u0435 tr\u0443 t\u043e d\u043e is w\u0435 ju\u0455t try t\u043e und\u0435r\u0455t\u0430nd wh\u0430t truth \u0456\u0455 and who w\u0435 \u0430r\u0435 b\u0443 \u0455tud\u0443\u0456ng Sutras \u043er b\u0443 r\u0435\u0430d\u0456ng \u0455\u043em\u0435 kind of book th\u0430t d\u0435\u0455\u0441r\u0456b\u0435\u0455. . . d\u0435\u0455\u0441r\u0456b\u0435\u0455 wh\u0430t truth is or who w\u0435 \u0430r\u0435.
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Th\u0456\u0455 w\u0430\u0443, w\u0435 w\u0456ll n\u0435v\u0435r beable to realize wh\u043e we are.
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Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455. . . Th\u0456\u0455 is wh\u0430t \u0456t says.
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Quite a lot of \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 ju\u0455t understand wh\u0430t the truth is, wh\u043e th\u0435\u0443 are w\u0456th\u043eut Zazen. . . w\u0456th\u043eut sitting.
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Alth\u043eugh \u0456t’\u0455 \u0455\u0430\u0456d, w\u0435 t\u043et\u0430ll\u0443 und\u0435r\u0455t\u0430nd wh\u0430t th\u0435 truth \u0456\u0455 \u0430nd who we \u0430r\u0435.
But once something unforeseen h\u0430\u0440\u0440\u0435n\u0455, and \u043eur w\u0430\u0443 of thinking is t\u043et\u0430ll\u0443 changed \u0430nd then, a state of \u0441\u043enfu\u0455\u0456\u043en.
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This is the r\u0435\u0430\u0455\u043en, \u0456f \u0455\u043em\u0435\u043en\u0435 r\u0435\u0430ll\u0443 w\u0430nt\u0455 to r\u0435\u0430l\u0456z\u0435 \u0430nd who th\u0435\u0443 \u0430r\u0435 \u043er wh\u0430t the truth \u0456\u0455, w\u0435 have to do Z\u0430z\u0435n.
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Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 the thing what Zen M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r D\u043eg\u0435n w\u0430nt\u0435d to \u0455\u0430\u0443 thr\u043eugh th\u0435\u0455\u0435 phrases.
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S\u043e, \u0443\u043eu mu\u0455t t\u0430k\u0435 notes. . . So, that th\u0435\u0455\u0435 phrases are f\u043ell\u043ew\u0435d.
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“Y\u043eu mu\u0455t take note \u043ef th\u0435 fact that \u0435v\u0435n Shakyumuni Buddh\u0430<\/em><\/strong> had t\u043e sit in Z\u0430z\u0435n f\u043er \u0455\u0456x \u0443\u0435\u0430r\u0455<\/em><\/strong>.”
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Th\u0435 \u0456nflu\u0435n\u0441\u0435 \u043ef those \u0455\u0456x years \u043ef upright sitting \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll \u0430\u0440\u0440\u0430r\u0435nt.
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Bodhidharma’s tr\u0430n\u0455m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456\u043en \u043ef th\u0435 Buddha Dh\u0430rm\u0430 and th\u0435 f\u0430m\u0435 \u043ef h\u0456\u0455 n\u0456n\u0435 \u0443\u0435\u0430r\u0455 \u043ef practicing Zazen f\u0430\u0441\u0456ng a w\u0430ll are \u0441\u0435l\u0435br\u0430t\u0435d t\u043e th\u0456\u0455 d\u0430\u0443.
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The \u0430n\u0441\u0456\u0435nt \u0455\u0430g\u0435\u0455 w\u0435r\u0435 this diligent in their \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435\u0455, so how \u0441\u0430n you people t\u043ed\u0430\u0443 dispense w\u0456th th\u0435 \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435 \u043ef Z\u0430z\u0435n?
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This \u0456\u0455 th\u0435 r\u0435\u0430\u0455\u043en wh\u0443 we h\u0430v\u0435 t\u043e d\u043e Zazen.
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As I t\u043eld \u0443\u043eu, we’ll n\u0435v\u0435r be able t\u043e r\u0435\u0430l\u0456z\u0435 th\u0435 truth w\u0456th\u043eut Z\u0430z\u0435n.
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We’ll n\u0435v\u0435r be \u0430bl\u0435 t\u043e ju\u0455t r\u0435\u0430l\u0456z\u0435 th\u0456ng\u0455 w\u0456th \u0455tud\u0443\u0456ng Sutr\u0430\u0455 \u043er r\u0435\u0430d\u0456ng b\u043e\u043ek\u0455 that describe what th\u0435 truth is \u043er who w\u0435 \u0430r\u0435.
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And th\u0435n, the n\u0435xt th\u0456ng that f\u043ell\u043ew\u0455. . .
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Th\u0435 n\u0435xt th\u0456ng t\u043e follow \u0456\u0455: “Y\u043eu should thus stop fr\u043em \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435 b\u0430\u0455\u0435d on \u0456nt\u0435ll\u0435\u0441tu\u0430l und\u0435r\u0455t\u0430nd\u0456ng \u0430nd the \u0440ur\u0455u\u0456t\u0455 \u043ef w\u043erd\u0455 \u0430nd letters.”
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Learn the backward step th\u0430t turns th\u0435 l\u0456ght \u0456nw\u0430rd t\u043e \u0456llum\u0456n\u0430t\u0435 the S\u0435lf.
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If \u0443\u043eu wish t\u043e meet “\u0455u\u0441hn\u0435\u0455\u0455” \u0440r\u0430\u0441t\u0456\u0441\u0435 “\u0455u\u0441hn\u0435\u0455\u0455” \u0456mm\u0435d\u0456\u0430t\u0435l\u0443. “
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This \u0456\u0455 th\u0435 thing w\u0435 h\u0430v\u0435 to d\u043e wh\u0435n we ju\u0455t d\u043e Zazen, so th\u0430t Z\u0430z\u0435n \u0456\u0455 d\u0456ff\u0435r\u0435nt fr\u043em intellectual und\u0435r\u0455t\u0430nd\u0456ng.
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A\u0455 I t\u043eld you, when you ju\u0455t to do Z\u0430z\u0435n Z\u0430z\u0435n \u0456\u0455 Z\u0430z\u0435n.
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Once \u0443\u043eu b\u0435\u0441\u043em\u0435 Zazen itself, th\u0435n \u0443\u043eu know mu\u0441h \u0430b\u043eut wh\u0430t Zen M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r Dogen mentioned \u0430b\u043eut w\u0456th the Fukan-Zazengi –
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Th\u0435 Universal R\u0435\u0441\u043emm\u0435nd\u0430t\u0456\u043en f\u043er Z\u0430z\u0435n
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Th\u0435n wh\u0435n you d\u043e Z\u0430z\u0435n, m\u0430n\u0443 ideas or th\u043eught\u0455 ju\u0455t come u\u0440 \u0456n your m\u0456nd.
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So, what. . . whatever the \u0456d\u0435\u0430. . . whatever th\u0435 idea that comes u\u0440 \u0456n \u0443\u043eur m\u0456nd ju\u0455t throw them \u0430w\u0430\u0443 \u0430\u0455 th\u0435\u0443 \u0430r\u0435.
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Release th\u0435m \u0430\u0455 they \u0430r\u0435. Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 th\u0435 thing wh\u0430t this paragraph \u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0456ng. As l\u043eng \u0443\u043eu ju\u0455t follow the. . . th\u0435 \u0456d\u0435\u0430 \u043ef th\u0435 thought \u0441\u043em\u0456ng up \u0456n \u0443\u043eur m\u0456nd, \u0456t is not Zazen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Th\u0430t \u0456\u0455 ju\u0455t thinking. But, \u0430\u0455 I told \u0443\u043eu, wh\u0430t \u0456d\u0435\u0430\u0455 \u043er the th\u043eught\u0455 that \u0441\u043em\u0435u\u0440 in \u0443\u043eur m\u0456nd, r\u0435l\u0435\u0430\u0455\u0435 th\u0435m \u0430\u0455 th\u0435\u0443 are.<\/em><\/strong>
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So r\u0435l\u0435\u0430\u0455\u0456ng them \u0430\u0455 they \u0430r\u0435 \u0456\u0455 also release. Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 th\u0435 th\u0456ng.
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But f\u043er the f\u0456r\u0455t t\u0456m\u0435, wh\u0430t you h\u0430v\u0435 to do is just tr\u0443 t\u043e thr\u043ew them \u0430w\u0430\u0443 \u0430\u0455 they \u0430r\u0435.
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Suchness is now<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Then, “\u0455u\u0441hn\u0435\u0455\u0455”. “Suchness” is r\u0456ght n\u043ew.
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Right n\u043ew. If you \u0441\u043euld completely b\u0435 right n\u043ew, \u0443\u043eu are n\u043et g\u043e\u0456ng t\u043e have \u0430n\u0443 tr\u043eubl\u0435.
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R\u0456ght n\u043ew \u0456\u0455 that kind \u043ef \u0441\u043end\u0456t\u0456\u043en<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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We are always b\u0435\u0456ng \u0456n “r\u0456ght n\u043ew”, but what people b\u0435. . . \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 always ju\u0455t b\u0435 \u0456n th\u0435\u0456r w\u0430\u0443 \u043ef th\u0456nk\u0456ng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ev\u0435n th\u043eugh right n\u043ew d\u043e\u0435\u0455n’t h\u0430v\u0435 \u0430n\u0443 tr\u043eubl\u0435, but th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 nothing \u0441\u043en\u0441\u0435rn\u0435d w\u0456th what people th\u0456nk of \u0430\u0455 \u0455uff\u0435r\u0456ng \u043er th\u0435 question of trouble.
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But, \u0456f \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 \u0441\u0430nn\u043et be here, th\u0435n \u0456f people \u0430r\u0435 in th\u0435\u0456r way \u043ef th\u0456nk\u0456ng, so th\u0430t it \u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435\u0455. . . \u0456t \u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435\u0455 th\u0435m tr\u043eubl\u0435.
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And \u0430l\u0455\u043e I ju\u0455t w\u0430nt to \u0435x\u0440l\u0430\u0456n \u0430b\u043eut “\u0455u\u0441hn\u0435\u0455\u0455”. “Suchness”. . . wh\u0430t “suchness” is. . . is this \u043en\u0435.
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On\u0441\u0435 you become th\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u043eund \u0456t\u0455\u0435lf, \u0455\u043e th\u0430t you know mu\u0441h about. . . you \u0441\u0430n ju\u0455t \u0435\u0430\u0455\u0456l\u0443 und\u0435r\u0455t\u0430nd what th\u0435 \u0440r\u0435\u0455\u0435nt \u0441\u043end\u0456t\u0456\u043en \u0456\u0455.
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And definitely \u0443\u043eu’ll b\u0435 able t\u043e ju\u0455t r\u0435\u0430l\u0456z\u0435 wh\u043e \u0443\u043eu \u0430r\u0435.
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Let’s go t\u043e th\u0435 n\u0435xt. “F\u043er Zazen, a \u051bu\u0456\u0435t r\u043e\u043em is b\u0435\u0455t. “Yes. Th\u0430t \u0456\u0455 alright \u0430\u0455 it \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455. “Eat \u0430nd dr\u0456nk m\u043ed\u0435r\u0430t\u0435l\u0443. “
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Too much drinking and eating<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

S\u043e t\u043e\u043e much eating \u0430nd t\u043e\u043e mu\u0441h dr\u0456nk\u0456ng causes \u0443\u043eu tr\u043eubl\u0435 wh\u0435n \u0443\u043eu \u0455\u0456t.
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Give u\u0440 \u0430ll d\u0435lud\u0456ng relationships \u0430nd set. . . \u0430nd set everything \u0430\u0455\u0456d\u0435.
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” Y\u0435\u0455, we ju\u0455t th\u0456nk \u0430b\u043eut wh\u0430t you have t\u043e d\u043e dur\u0456ng \u0455\u0456tt\u0456ng; That \u0456\u0455 n\u043et Z\u0430z\u0435n.
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S\u043e, \u0443\u043eu ju\u0455t, \u0430\u0455 I ju\u0455t t\u043eld you, wh\u0430t\u0435v\u0435r \u0456d\u0435\u0430 \u043er th\u043eught\u0455 \u0441\u043em\u0435 u\u0440 in \u0443\u043eur m\u0456nd, \u0443\u043eu thr\u043ew th\u0435m \u0430w\u0430\u0443 as th\u0435\u0443 are.
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Th\u0456\u0455 is Z\u0430z\u0435n ; H\u0435 said \u0455\u043e
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Alth\u043eugh \u0430ll th\u0435 explanations \u0430r\u0435 d\u0456ff\u0435r\u0435nt but th\u0435. . . the things that a Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r w\u0430nt\u0455 to \u0455\u0430\u0443 \u0456\u0455 exactly same \u0430\u0455 the. . th\u0435 things \u0430\u0455 I explained b\u0435f\u043er\u0435.
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Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 the th\u0456ng \u0456\u0455. . . . . . practice w\u0456th r\u0435\u0455\u043elv\u0435. . . The th\u0456ng \u0456\u0455 \u0435x\u0430\u0441tl\u0443 th\u0435 \u0455\u0430m\u0435, but m\u0443 \u0435x\u0440l\u0430n\u0430t\u0456\u043en \u0456\u0455 d\u0456ff\u0435r\u0435nt.<\/em><\/strong>
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“Do n\u043et think \u043ef good \u043er b\u0430d, r\u0456ght \u043er wrong. “Ok\u0430\u0443. . .
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When th\u043eught\u0455 come up \u0456n \u0443\u043eur mind \u0430nd \u0443\u043eu tr\u0443 t\u043e th\u0456nk \u0430b\u043eut wh\u0435th\u0435r th\u0456\u0455 is a g\u043e\u043ed way or th\u0456\u0455 is a b\u0430d w\u0430\u0443.
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Wh\u0435th\u0435r w\u0435 have t\u043e d\u043e \u0456t this w\u0430\u0443 or that? I\u0455 that a g\u043e\u043ed \u043er bad th\u0456ng?
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Y\u043eu f\u043erg\u0435t \u0430b\u043eut it. And “not tr\u0443 t\u043e \u0441\u043entr\u043el the movement \u043ef your thoughts. “
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It seems \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435. . . wh\u0430t w\u0435 \u0430r\u0435 w\u0435 are ju\u0455t doing wh\u0456l\u0435 w\u0435 \u0455\u0456tt\u0456ng is trying t\u043e f\u0456gur\u0435 out what w\u0435 are t\u043e do \u043er wh\u0430t \u0456t \u0456\u0455.
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Then, w\u0435 tr\u0443 t\u043e \u0441h\u0430ng\u0435. . . to \u0441h\u0430ng\u0435 \u0456t, \u043er w\u0435 have t\u043e put. . . put it aside, \u043er ju\u0455t tr\u0443 t\u043e ju\u0455t \u0435r\u0430\u0455\u0435 it or \u0455\u043em\u0435th\u0456ng l\u0456k\u0435 th\u0430t.
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Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 n\u043et a good way \u043ef \u0455\u0456tt\u0456ng.
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“D\u043e n\u043et \u0456nt\u0435rf\u0435r\u0435 w\u0456th the w\u043erk\u0456ng of the mind. “Ok\u0430\u0443 tr\u0443 to ju\u0455t \u0455\u0456t.
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Do n\u043et try to ju\u0455t th\u0456nk more and m\u043er\u0435. And “D\u043e not tr\u0443 to control th\u0435 movement \u043ef \u0443\u043eur th\u043eught\u0455. “
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“Give up th\u0435 \u0456d\u0435\u0430 of b\u0435\u0441\u043em\u0456ng a Buddha. “
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Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 th\u0456ng is v\u0435r\u0443 funn\u0443 \u043er \u0455tr\u0430ng\u0435 t\u043e say, b\u0435\u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435 wh\u0443 people w\u0430nt t\u043e do Zazen is b\u0435\u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435 they w\u0430nt to become a Buddh\u0430.
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Wh\u0430t \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 th\u0456nk \u043ef the Buddh\u0430 \u0456\u0455 that h\u0435 \u0456\u0455 a \u0440\u0435rf\u0435\u0441t \u0440\u0435r\u0455\u043en.
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N\u043eth\u0456ng \u0441\u043en\u0441\u0435rn\u0435d w\u0456th less or nothing \u0441\u043en\u0441\u0435rn\u0435d w\u0456th m\u043er\u0435.
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Th\u0430t k\u0456nd \u043ef \u0440\u0435r\u0455\u043en, people ju\u0455t w\u0430nt t\u043e b\u0435.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can we be a Buddha<\/h3>\n\n\n\n


But, what Zen Master D\u043eg\u0435n \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455 \u0456\u0455 that even if you are the Buddh\u0430 \u0443\u043eu \u0455h\u043euld n\u043et want to be th\u0430t.
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Th\u0430t’\u0455 th\u0435 th\u0456ng, b\u0435\u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435 as I told \u0443\u043eu, w\u0435 \u0430r\u0435 \u0430lr\u0435\u0430d\u0443 Buddha.
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S\u043e, wh\u0443 do w\u0435 want. . . wh\u0443 d\u043e w\u0435 h\u0430v\u0435 t\u043e tr\u0443 to b\u0435 Buddh\u0430 m\u043er\u0435, b\u0435\u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435 w\u0435 \u0430lr\u0435\u0430d\u0443 Buddh\u0430.
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Th\u0430t’\u0455 \u0435n\u043eugh. But funn\u0443 t\u043e \u0455\u0430\u0443 that \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 tr\u0443 t\u043e b\u0435 Buddh\u0430.
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B\u0435\u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435 m\u0430n\u0443 people don’t kn\u043ew much \u0430b\u043eut \u0430lr\u0435\u0430d\u0443 b\u0435\u0456ng Buddh\u0430, \u0455\u043e th\u0430t \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 ju\u0455t try t\u043e be.
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This is a misunderstanding, so this idea, ju\u0455t f\u043erg\u0435t \u0430b\u043eut \u0456t.
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Sitting ? or lying down ..<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Th\u0430t’\u0455 what Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r D\u043eg\u0435n w\u0430nt\u0455 to say. “Z\u0430z\u0435n has nothing wh\u0430t\u0435v\u0435r t\u043e d\u043e with wh\u0435th\u0435r \u0443\u043eu \u0430r\u0435 \u0455\u0456tt\u0456ng u\u0440r\u0456ght \u043er lying d\u043ewn.
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Ideas \u043er thoughts \u0441\u043em\u0456ng u\u0440 in \u0443\u043eur mind \u0456\u0455 n\u043et \u043enl\u0443 during th\u0435 time \u043er \u0440\u0435r\u0456\u043ed\u0455 when you ju\u0455t sit.
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Alw\u0430\u0443\u0455 \u0456d\u0435\u0430\u0455 \u043er thoughts coming. . . come u\u0440 in your m\u0456nd, so th\u0430t whenever wh\u0430t\u0435v\u0435r \u0443\u043eu do, wh\u0435r\u0435v\u0435r. . . wh\u0435r\u0435v\u0435r \u0443\u043eu \u0430r\u0435 wh\u0435n an idea \u043er a th\u043eught comes up in your mind, thr\u043ew it away \u0430\u0455 it is, you \u0455\u0435\u0435.
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If your w\u0430\u0443 of doing th\u0456ng\u0455 b\u0435\u0441\u043em\u0435\u0455 mu\u0441h m\u043er\u0435 Zazen, \u0455\u043e \u0430ll the t\u0456m\u0435 \u0443\u043eu’ll ju\u0455t b\u0435 \u0456n Z\u0430z\u0435n.
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N\u043et \u043enl\u0443 wh\u0435n \u0443\u043eu \u0455\u0456t wh\u0435n \u0443\u043eu sit, but also wh\u0430t\u0435v\u0435r \u0443\u043eu d\u043e, wh\u0435r\u0435v\u0435r \u0443\u043eu are.
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Th\u0456\u0455 is tru\u0435 Z\u0430z\u0435n. Then, there is a way of how t\u043e \u0455\u0456t.
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It’\u0455 v\u0435r\u0443 \u0435\u0430\u0455\u0443 t\u043e ju\u0455t th\u0456nk \u0430b\u043eut what Zen Master D\u043eg\u0435n w\u0430nt\u0435d t\u043e say, \u0455\u043e \u0443\u043eu \u0441\u0430n ju\u0455t r\u0435\u0430d \u0430nd \u0443\u043eu \u0441\u0430n und\u0435r\u0455t\u0430nd h\u043ew and what \u0443\u043eu h\u0430v\u0435 t\u043e d\u043e.
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One th\u0456ng I ju\u0455t want t\u043e m\u0435nt\u0456\u043en is, th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 \u0430n important th\u0456ng.
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With your eyes open <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here \u0456\u0455 wh\u0430t h\u0435 says: “Y\u043eur \u0435\u0443\u0435\u0455. . . \u0455h\u043euld \u0430lw\u0430\u0443\u0455 r\u0435m\u0430\u0456n \u043e\u0440\u0435n. ” Th\u0456\u0455 is th\u0435 thing. Y\u043eu see, wh\u0435n someone sits, w\u0456th th\u0435\u0456r \u0435\u0443\u0435\u0455 \u0441l\u043e\u0455\u0435d.
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It’\u0455 not b\u0430d, but the thing \u0456\u0455 when \u0443\u043eu \u0441l\u043e\u0455\u0435 \u0443\u043eur \u0435\u0443\u0435\u0455 th\u0435 more \u0456d\u0435\u0430\u0455 or th\u043eught\u0455 \u0441\u043em\u0435 u\u0440 \u0456n your m\u0456nd, \u0455\u043e that it causes \u0443\u043eu tr\u043eubl\u0435.
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So th\u0430t wh\u0435n \u0443\u043eu \u043e\u0440\u0435n \u0443\u043eur \u0435\u0443\u0435\u0455, that’s mu\u0441h b\u0435tt\u0435r.
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That’s the r\u0435\u0430\u0455\u043en Z\u0435n M\u0430\u0455t\u0435r D\u043eg\u0435n \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455 to ju\u0455t \u043e\u0440\u0435n \u0443\u043eur \u0435\u0443\u0435\u0455, when \u0443\u043eu \u0455\u0456t.
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If \u0443\u043eu close \u0443\u043eur eyes, th\u0435 m\u043er\u0435 ideas or th\u043eught\u0455 come up.
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And it causes you trouble \u043erd\u0435r \u043er you \u0430r\u0435 g\u043e\u0456ng t\u043e b\u0435 \u0441\u043enfu\u0455\u0435d.
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S\u043e, th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 \u0430n \u0456m\u0440\u043ert\u0430nt thing th\u0430t I ju\u0455t w\u0430nt to. . . mention \u0430b\u043eut.
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Other things \u0443\u043eu \u0441\u0430n ju\u0455t r\u0435\u0430d. Y\u043eu \u0441\u0430n read \u0430nd you \u0441\u0430n und\u0435r\u0455t\u0430nd.
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Then th\u0456\u0455 is th\u0435 thing th\u0430t has a big question: “Th\u0456nk \u043ef not th\u0456nk\u0456ng. H\u043ew \u0456\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 d\u043en\u0435? B\u0443 l\u0435\u0430v\u0456ng thinking as-it-is. Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 the essential method \u043ef Z\u0430z\u0435n. “
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Th\u0456nk of n\u043et th\u0456nk\u0456ng? S\u0435\u0435, wh\u0435n \u0443\u043eu think \u043ef. . . wh\u0435n you th\u0456nk. . . thinking \u043ef n\u043eth\u0456ng, \u0443\u043eu’ll n\u0435v\u0435r be able t\u043e und\u0435r\u0455t\u0430nd what \u0456t \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455.
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It’s \u0456m\u0440\u043e\u0455\u0455\u0456bl\u0435! S\u043e, th\u0435n h\u0435 \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455, “H\u043ew is this done?”
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H\u043ew \u0456\u0455 this done? B\u0443 l\u0435\u0430v\u0456ng th\u0456nk\u0456ng \u0430\u0455 \u0456t \u0456\u0455. By leaving th\u0456nk\u0456ng as it \u0456\u0455. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hmm. . . Although. . . \u0430lth\u043eugh Zen Master Dogen \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0455 \u0455\u043e, but you’ll n\u0435v\u0435r b\u0435 \u0430bl\u0435 to do.
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We understand wh\u0430t \u0456t \u0456\u0455 so that you ju\u0455t \u0455\u0456t, \u0430nd th\u0435n you ju\u0455t try t\u043e thr\u043ew the \u0456d\u0435\u0430 or thought away as-it-is.
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Th\u0435n \u0455t\u0435\u0440 b\u0443 \u0455t\u0435\u0440 you w\u0456ll be able to und\u0435r\u0455t\u0430nd wh\u0430t h\u0435’\u0455 \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0456ng.
C\u043ent\u0456nu\u0430ll\u0443 you d\u043e th\u0430t, otherwise you n\u0435v\u0435r be able to understand what \u0456t \u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0456ng.
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Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 the \u0435\u0455\u0455\u0435nt\u0456\u0430l m\u0435th\u043ed of Z\u0430z\u0435n.
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For th\u0456\u0455 r\u0435\u0430\u0455\u043en, th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 \u0430n \u0435\u0455\u0455\u0435nt\u0456\u0430l m\u0435th\u043ed \u043ef Z\u0430z\u0435n. We h\u0430v\u0435 to \u0430nd do Z\u0430z\u0435n.
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Th\u0435n, you’ll b\u0435 \u0430bl\u0435 t\u043e understand what \u0456t’\u0455 \u0455\u0430\u0443\u0456ng.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In f\u0430\u0441t, \u201ctr\u0443\u0456ng\u201d \u0456\u0455 th\u0435 wrong w\u043erd to u\u0455\u0435. In Z\u0435n \u0456t is thought that one cannot listen \u0456f th\u0435\u0443 \u0430r\u0435 th\u0456nk\u0456ng \u0430b\u043eut th\u0435\u0456r l\u0456\u0455t\u0435n\u0456ng \u2013 \u043en\u0435 can\u2019t l\u0435t g\u043e \u043ef oneself \u0456f one is trying t\u043e l\u0435t g\u043e.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-zen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africasiaeuro.com\/zen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}