Bending, so well. That is Buddha. Straight and also crooked. Buddha is straight and also crooked. That is Buddha, because we are Buddha, which exists in the vast emptiness, okay? There is nothing special which is fixed in time, okay? The Buddha says in the Dhammapada.

[01:04]

This This is an old saying, it is not only of today. They blame those who sit silent, they blame those who speak too much, those speaking little too, they blame. In this world no one is there unblamed. Of course, this is very true, because world is vast emptiness, okay? Red, there are a lot, there exists lots of things, red, black, white, and yellow, green, dark green, and so on. And there never was, there never will be, nor does there exist now, a person who is

[02:16]

wholly blamed or wholly praised. I think so. In Suttanipada, the Buddha says, this is he who has conquered craving before he disintegrates. Such a one does not worry himself how the world began, nor regard the present as being fixed in time, nor set his heart upon rebirth in any particular sphere. World is, your world is really vast emptiness, okay? Huge, vast expanse.

[03:18]

This is really true. If you have some fixed idea, you create immediately some troubles. There is very interesting event in A.H. monastery, because we had lots of monks who got sick. Lots of monks got sick. Then some Roshi worried about the monks who got sick. Why? The food is not so good. Maybe so. Then some Roshi asked the abbot of the temple to check up, to examine the monks' bodies by doctor. Then doctor came to the

[04:24]

A.H. monastery and checked the monks, the sick monks. But as a result, doctor says, all the monks are in good health. In good health. How come? Actually, they are sick. But as a result of the checking, doctor says, all the monks, sick monks are in good health. Then at that time, Roshi thinks, aha, so far I believed, I believed so far that nutrition, idea, conception of nutrition is really same as vegetable or food. In other words, food has

[05:28]

nutrition. He believes so far. That's why he makes a complaint, maybe food is not so good. But after, after knowing, realizing the result, all sick monks are in good health. At that time, he attained enlightenment. It is called nutrition, okay? It is called nutrition? Nutrition, it is right word? It is called nutrition only when monk eat the food and become a brat and give some nutrition to his body. At that time, it is called nutrition. But so far he believes nutrition

[06:37]

is same thing as food because nutrition, food has nutrition. This nutrition is some fixed ideas. But food doesn't, food itself doesn't have no troubles, doesn't have any troubles. Because as a result of the medical examination, you know, the doctor says, all monks, all sick monks is really in good health whatsoever. Okay, this is very important. If you have really some fixed idea, nutrition, food has nutrition. I don't think so. When you have a food and food turn into nutrition and become brat, become muscles, become energy, at that time it is called nutrition, okay? I think so. That nutrition is alive.

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So according to this point, if you eat some good daily, very good dishes, which has very good high calories, well, having some mental problems, feeling a sense of oppressions, so you don't feel so well in your life, then you gradually lose your weight because you have mental problems. Then your parents, your friends are worried about you and give very good food, which has high calories. But it doesn't make sense. If you have some

[09:01]

complain, if you eat something with complain, you know, food doesn't become nutritious. Okay? But I don't mean, you should ignore the food, good food, which has high calories. Yes, good food which has high calories is good food. But important point, how to receive the food, okay? That is point. Even though the food has high calories, it's called nutrition. If you have something wrong in receiving acceptance of the food, it doesn't become nutritious, okay? That's very important. So I mention always, if you have ideal, ideal is pretty good. If you have some plan, it's okay.

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Plan is, or plan in life, or ideal in life is not the conception, which you can't listen to it with your mouth, with your head. It is called ideal only when you are right on the way of ideal or plan. It is called ideal, okay? It depends on your acceptance, whether ideal or plans are alive, or whether nutrition is alive or not. It depends on your acceptance. Depends on the attitudes of your life. Because world is vast emptiness, nothing holy, nothing delusions, okay? So I mention always, each of us, whoever you are, poor man, rich man,

[11:27]

whoever, each of us are Buddha. It is called, vast emptiness is called Buddha, because there is no way to explain it. That's why it is called Buddha. In other words, Buddha is, Buddha represents equality, freedom, liberation, okay? You are Buddha, you are Buddha. Each is Buddha. Buddha create the world, okay? Not discrimination, not the person, not human being who exist in the dualistic world, creates the world. I don't think so. Through and through, you have to get taste of your life as a Buddha, okay? Even though you think, your head thinks, I am not Buddha, okay? You are Buddha.

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Through and through, you have to become Buddha. When you do that then, you are Buddha, okay? When you do gassho, you are Buddha. You do gassho as Buddha. At that time, your eyes gradually open, okay? And become free.

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