Certain direction, a tuning in dial of your superficial aspect of your life, not deep, not bottom. So the Dogen says the practice of breathing, the practice of regulating mind and body is most difficult. Rather than mastering the austere practice or ascetic practice, the first important point is you have to master what's going on at the bottom level of your human life.

[01:18]

In terms of Buddhist world, in terms of the fundamental bedrock of life, if you understand this point at the bottom of your life, you can deal with as smoothly as some of troubles which happens around the superficial aspect of your life, such as a matter which I was confronted with when I asked my master, shall I? He said, no.

[02:20]

If I knew at that time what's at the bottom of my mind is going on, according to the principle, according to the truth of no extra trappings, maybe it was not necessary to have some doubt, why? So, that's why the first important point is you should know what's the bottom of your life is.

[03:31]

Which is called there is absolutely no extra trappings. Then, if you find some troubles in the superficial aspect of your life, you should tune the dial of your life towards the bedrock of your life, not superficial aspect of life. If you try to tune in the dial of the superficial aspect of your life, you are like me. You're always screaming, what's the matter? Hitting the machine, continuing to push the bottom of my computer, looking at the answer.

[04:33]

Every time I look at the answer, the happiness, it made me happy. Nothing makes me pensive, discouraged. It means I try to always tune in the dial of the superficial aspect of my life. There is no end, it is endless. No matter how you try to do, then you try to tune in the dial of the truth, try to tune in the dial of the bedrock of the human life based on the truth,

[05:36]

based on no extra trappings. What should you do? This is the Zen, you know. This is the Zen. No amount of discussion, shall I? Waiting the answer, yes or no. No amount of discussion. If you want to wash your master's back, don't say anything. Start work. Pick up your cloth, pick up a towel, and start to wash. Before you ask, shall I? In the bottom of your life, there is no extra trappings. What is called, shall I? Waiting the answer, yes or no. All kindness or eagerness,

[06:38]

which is called the root of karma, nothing. Nothing. The moment when you struggle, when you grapple with something in terms of the superficial aspect of your life, which you have accumulated, which has been accumulated by a certain type of education, environment, and so on. Many things. You can't. Then how should you treat the dial of the truth? That thing is crystallization

[07:44]

of tuning in the dial of the truth of your life, of your life based on the truth. So, correct. If you want, now what you have to do, you have to do sit now. There is no amount of discussion, good or bad. You should settle on yourself at the bottom, at the bedrock of the human life. First, you have to know this point. And then, nevertheless, you have many troubles. Then you correct, adjust, regulating your custom, your habits, your posture, many things. Did you understand this point? This is the main purpose of practice.

[08:48]

That thing is crystallization of the tuning in, orienting, orienting yourself in right direction, right direction. Carrying the many conceptions, untrustworthiness, unhappiness, happiness, unreliableness on your back, eagerness, root of calm, whatever it is. At least, while you sit meditation, you should vomit any kind of extra trappings from the bottom of the mind, and you should settle on yourself at the bedrock of life,

[09:52]

based on no extra trapping. This practice is very important. But if you're grappling with busy business, which you are trying to deal with superficial aspect of life, you can't understand. So you say, Zazen is waste time. Zazen is waste time. Of course, waste time is okay. Can you use some of your time completely in your work? I don't think so. In your favorite work. You think when you indulge in playing Mahjong or Gamble,

[11:11]

I think you think, You think, Oh, I can't spend complete satisfaction of my time. I can't use complete satisfaction of my time. I don't think so. No matter what you feel from practice of Zazen, as long as you are here, I would like you to practice in that way.

[12:19]

Vomiting any kind of extra trapping. No matter what kind, no matter when, you may eat. No matter whenever you eat. In ancient time, before my birth, it doesn't matter. You should settle on self, at the bottom of your life, based on no extra trappings.

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