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“Yah, strange mind. Nowadays everybody has a strange mind, because inside it”s not correct, not meticulous, not clear. This strange mind is like an animal”s mind, not really a human being”s mind. It is maybe eighty percent animal mind, twenty percent human mind. So that is strange, that”s crazy. Nowadays there are many, many crazy people. But everybody is crazy, so this crazy is not special. Even a Zen master”s speech is crazy. Yesterday I said in a dharma speech, “The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.” Those are crazy words. The sun never rises in the east nor sets in the west. The sun never moves! Only the earth moves, around and around the sun, so why make this speech about the sun rising in the east and setting in the west
That”s crazy! [Laughter.] So that means: crazy is not crazy. Not crazy is crazy. [He looks at the questioner”s face.] Do you understand that
Crazy is not crazy; not crazy is crazy.”
The student started to say something, but stopped.
“Ha, ha, ha! Now complicated! That”s no problem. Zen teaches that if you have mind, you have a problem. If you don”t have mind, then everything is no hindrance. But everybody makes mind, so there are many problems in this world. Say you own a hotel. Mind is like this hotel”s manager, who should be working for you. Usually, everything is OK in the hotel, but this manager is always causing problems: “I want this, I want that.” “I like this, I don”t like that.” “I want to be free, go here, do that …” That is mind, OK
The Buddha taught, “When mind appears, dharma appears. When dharma appears, form appears. When form appears, then like/dislike, coming/going, life and death, everything appears.” So if you have mind, you have a problem; no mind, no problem. Here are some very popular words: “Everything is created by mind alone.” These are good words; they have a good taste. Your mind makes something, and something hinders you. So don”t make anything! Take your mind and throw it into the garbage. Only don”t know!”
The student sat, expressionless.
“So Zen practice means you fire this low-class hotel manager, because he”s doing a bad job in your high-class hotel. You must take control of your hotel, which means you control your eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind. The owner must be strong. If the manager doesn”t do his job correctly, the owner must say, “You are no good! Why didn”t you fix these things
! That”s your job! Why did you take all the money
! I”m going to fire you!” Then this manager will be afraid, “Oh, please don”t fire me! Please!” Then the owner must say, “You listen to me, OK
” “OK, OK, I”ll only follow you from now on!”
“You must hit your mind, OK
Tell your mind, “You must listen to me!” If your mind says “OK,” then no problem. If not, you must cut this mind. How
You must use your don”t-know sword. Always hold on to this don”t-know sword: mind is very afraid of it. If you keep this don”t-know sword, then everything is no problem.”
Brightening up considerably, the student bowed and said, “Thank you very much for your teaching.”
Why Zen Seems Difficult
After a dharma talk at the Cambridge Zen Center, someone asked Zen Master Seung Sahn, “Why does Zen seem so difficult
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“Difficult
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“Yes,” the man said. “Why does it seem so difficult
I didn”t say it was, but why does it seem so difficult
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“Seem difficult
Zen is very easy; why make difficult
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The man persisted, “All right, I”ll ask you as a psychologist: why do I make it difficult
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“A psychologist said that
Who said what
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“Why do I or anybody make Zen difficult
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“You say “difficult,” so it”s difficult. A long time ago in China there lived a famous man named Layman Pang. His whole family was a Zen family. Layman Pang used…
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