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　　] was studying about him. And one of the story he wrote was “Miminashi Hōïchi.” [5]

　　There was a biwa player,[6] you know, biwa player—biwa, a kind of—something like guitar—guitar. And once he played at Dan-no-ura.[7] Dan-no-ura is where the Heike family[8] at last was killed by Genji family.[9] There was big fight between Genji and [laughs]—Genji family and Heike family. Japan was pided in two. And Heike family supported—husband supported emperor. And after the battle, Heike family lost. And all the prince and court ladies and young prince was drowned to death in Dan-no-ura. It is near Shikoku, you know. Do you know famous Inland Sea in Japan

　　[10] At the end of the Inland Sea there is Dan-no-ura. There they fought a big fight. And at last they all—the Heike family and his men was drowned to death.

　　And there is big crabs, you know, because Heike and—all the crabs became [laughs]—all the Heike family became—change into a crab at the bottom of the sea. That is—people say that is why that crab has a shell like a demon, like a, you know, devil or the—its shell has a kind—kind of face, grimace face [laughs, laughter], angry face.[11]

　　And he[12] played guitar [biwa] at the temple near the cemetery of Heike family. And he was so good that all the spirits of the defeated soldiers and princes and court girls came out from the cemetery [laughs]. And he—they tried to take him to the cemetery or to the cemetery yard or into the ground even. But he was so scared every night that he asked the help—asked the help of the priest—resident priest. So he [the priest] wrote Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra on his body. So—and he said, “This is all right, you will be safe.” [Laughs.] So he was sleeping, but all the demons came. And the demons could not see him, you know, could not find out where he is even though he—they came. But someone said, “Here he is!”—and drawing his sword and cut off his ears [laughs]. Next morning the resident priest found him, his ears cutted off from his body. And he asked what happened. “What has happened to you

　　” And he says, “They cut my ears off.” Resident priest find his ears—both. On it—there is nothing written on it. So that is why he was found [laughs, laughter].

　　You know, the Buddha”s teaching—actual Buddha”s teaching is nowhere. You cannot find out. Because you cannot find out there is everywhere, you know. If you say this is Buddha”s teaching, that is wrong. It should not be [laughs]—it should not be found out. That is right. If, you know—if you think, “This is Buddha”s teaching, it”s his whole body, a part of his body,” it is wrong understanding. You should write Buddha”s teaching on his ears too [laughs]. It should be everywhere. If it is, you know—the teaching for some part of your body or life, that is not Buddha”s teaching. It covers everything. It should be so. Because it covers everything, you cannot find out what it is, because it is, you know, one with everything. If it is one with everything, how can you find it out

　　So we—we religious people deny—deny the existence of the teaching, you know. We—I say there is no Buddhism actually, I say. And those who believe in Buddhism will say there is no Buddhism. And it is true for us. But if a scientist say there is no Buddhism, that is big mistake [laughs, laughter]. We can say there is no Buddhism. If some philosopher says: “Philosophy include everything. We can establish,” you know, “authority of human being by ourselves without any god of religion,” that is big, big [laughs] mistake. But only those who believe in our teaching can say there is no Buddhism. When there is no Buddhism, you attained enlightenment. But if someone say—talking about Buddhism all over the night, drinking beer …

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