..续本文上一页itself, that walking, the sheer joy, theres nothing wrong with walking that for the rest of our lives. Still walking to the gatefortunately. Thank you very much, I have no complaints.
So wherever we are, we just walk; we walk the road; and it unfolds in great beauty. We get many different glimpses, and some glimpses have a quality of irreversibility about them, and we give them fancy names, like kensho or whatever. But really they are just another foot on the road. When Yamada Roshi received his final transmission from Yasutani Roshi, Yasutani Roshi said, Now your practice can begin. Yamada Roshi then said this to Aitken Roshi. Aitken Roshi said this to me. And he meant it! Just in case I thought I had started Zen, he was going to clear up any illusions I had. The point is quite serious. Now it begins. Each moment: Now it begins. And thats the great joy: that we have entered something that can go on deepening and opening for as long as we are still kicking and breathing. It is good to have something that will be with you for as long as your are here. What a gift. Many things will pass away and be taken from you, many things you will become disgusted with, but this cannot be taken from you: you never tire of the love of the Way.
If you want to get it, youve already got it, says Lin-chi. Its not something that requires time. Its hard to conceive that: Its not something that requires time. We are so used to patient cultivation and careful development. Or even running full speedthat still requires time. But it is already here, and everything we do really just keeps us coming towards, circling towards, that truth. There is nothing we need to do to fill the space in our lives, because there is no space in our lives. It is here; eternity is already here. There is nothing we need to do to extinguish the karma that we have brought with us: everything is already here; we dont need to extinguish the karma. There is no particular way we need to hold our mouths in order to get enlightened, there is no particular state of mind we need, no particular kind of automobile; its already here. This person, says Lin-chi, is unimpeded at any point, but penetrates the ten directions, free to do as she or he pleases in the world. No matter what environment you may encounter with its peculiarities and differences you cannot be swayed or pulled awry.
Sometimes we do well when things are going badly because it gets our attention, but this is a dangerous way to live, because the Tao will arrange our lives to go badly for us so that we can pay attention. We can relax: we dont need to break our legs in order to walk the Tao. We need to attend. Sometimes things are going well, so at that moment we go to sleep. Its sometimes quite hard when deep in sesshin to continue to wake up the Way, because everything is so peaceful. And that is fine, but peacefulness is again just another state, so it is always good when you are deep, deep, deep, to find a way to stay deep and to keep walking. You dont have to wrench yourself out in order to keep walking, but find a way to have both the depth and the continuity of the journey. So that you dont just become a wooden Buddha sitting there, rather blissful but rather stupidwhich we can do. The depth is good and has a very healing force in the body, and in your heart as well, but it is very important to keep going at this time. It is easy just to forget.
It is very important to realise that walking is Zen, just as sitting is Zen. Everything is Zen. Falling over and breaking your leg is Zen. Its right here always. When you have a wonderful moment of rapture in zazen, that is the Buddha land and that is Zen. When your zazen goes all to hell and you are absorbed with petty thoughts, that is the Buddha land and that is zazen. So …
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