Shikantaza Basic Zen Practice: Serial No. 01094

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the basic practices practice
so this morning i want to talk about for her she can pass up
on older members are somewhat familiar with sheet and had the term in on plaza
maybe the door members or not
but at any rate we have to keep reminding ourselves of what our practice actual years and are we can describe it
georgia she can't pass out
in some the basic practice of symptoms in
in zen practice
there's colin's thirty
she can pass a breathing practice and some people divide these practices into ah different styles of practice
something going on for one teacher will have students who do go on practice some who do breathing practice simply do she can pass her
and ah
well she can taza is actually considered the highest kind of practice
hum
because it includes go on practice and improve breathing practice
but actually all the practices including each other is there are complete so we don't make a distinction between she can cause i go on practice and breeding packers
and she can pass out
everything is included
i'm a matter of fact she can cause it is a kind of somebody
we don't say she contends us ah on we should we say she can cause them
she can't answer
is
described in various ways but as elusive as a description
because it's not a thing
ah it's our total presence
she kept as it is total presence ah
moment a moment
this is why it's that the essence of
sam
i am it simply to be at one with our essence of mind
as the six and system we know
says we shouldn't never stray from the essence of mine
monday to practice our products is not straying from our essence of mine
handsome login process she can cause up
it also com ginger you i
which means
self fulfillment oneself joy of the money
and it is also the riverside is pads are you some i am
the enjoyment of others samadhi
which means
that our practice the self-fulfilling and it's offered to others to fulfill their practice and their understanding their practice so we can practice is the practice of
why
wisdom
and is offered as compassion to others
the wisdom and compassion are both included is contessa or gg user mine
if it simply collected wisdom that's not enough that's dry practice
it has to be offered as compassion
so
when we are truly immersed in ah she can up
compassion is the expression
and that wisdom
so
she can cause i
ah
is be just this
just now just here
without thinking about the past are thinking about the future
the simply being totally present in the present at this time
this where time and space me
the moment of time and space me
he didn't ah
and weekend
experienced that most clearly through breathing
hmm
in here and attack them a different time
in a late his inspiration are coming to life which is differentiation
exhaling is
letting go
count exploration which is becoming one with
so in exploration we let go and become one with the universe without differentiation
and when we inhale
we
discriminate
and come to life
ha
bring on the forums to life
so
inhaling is differentiated summary
exhaling is the summary of wonders
the two sides have higher
our life
which is birth and death in hailey
we can beleive which is called birth and actually become device which has gone deaf
oh let letting go
i'm becoming one with
the dying is becoming one with
the first is called differentiation
so these are the two sides and one point
the two sides of our life
the further death passage of life from to signs of life so
in this continuous transformation
i'm amber
the experiences mit of
activity
and when we let go we experienced the summary of oneness
nine differentiation
and you should come zazen to understand this to be immersed in his conversion you can scan data
just be present in this moment when we do that when we practice as in we go in and out
an inspiration and explanation
we let go when we said totally
ah
present with our whole body and mind
at button at some point we
forget the breath
and start thinking
and then we come back then take up the brass take up thinking can tap activity
so this post of enough
being born and letting go
lisa is actually a high
continuous life
so
as i was thinking about his son talk a few minutes ago
mary sent me to any facts
in fact she sent me on this story about an
ha
shockey money and am
a monk for bob here
it is called in the see just the thing
he inspired utterances in the buddha
a grand bahia
said thus have i heard that one time the be i guess the buddha stegner somebody in jeddah growth and anna and yet the pin because monastery in india at that time buyer of the bark cloth
another need trough and against materials and one of them with bike and at that time can be very cheap today he had a i've made a mark

yeah they weren't by club yeah and if we are
i possibly very expensive these days
at my point
am
so a buyer and the by class was living by the seashore and superga he was respected revered i'm an inveterate venerated and given homage and was one who obtained the requisites of robes arms for lodging and medicine is called our hot when he was worthy of average but he questioned whether he was really on the path
his friend said know that he needed the teachings of buddha so this is not had to actually and a mendicant who has not yet a buddha a buddhist
there is but there is by buyer in a far country a town called sivaji near the boot and our lives who is the are hard to fully enlightened one that lloyd buyer is indeed that lord vader is indeed and are hot and he teaches dharma for the realization of a hardship
then by here and the bike class manchester batting for the buddha was standing in the jaipur grow but anantapur because monastery at that time by her approach the beacons and asked where's the boot and now living in fully enlightened one i wish to see the fully enlightened by
the buddha by here has gone for arms food my the houses for every morning because the buddha would be the man and go to begging only in the morning until they will eat their meal at noon
the meant by i hurriedly left the jaded road entering sovaldi he saw the buddha watching for unscrewed insulted
he was pleasing lonely to see with com sensors and a tranquil mind attained a perfect poise and com control and perfected one watchful with restrained senses
she contessa
and seeing the buddha by approached fell down with his head at the british street we should teach the dharma teach be done as so it will be for my good and happiness for a long time
i'm being spoken to this buddha said it is an unsuitable time by ever known for honestly to
time for anything and second time by him said him alone it is difficult to know for certain movements or how long the bidder will live for how long i shall live teach me bomber
teach me dharma so that it would be good for and
it will be for my good and happiness for a long time
huda again said it is an unsuitable time by that we're going for amazon
a third time by her repeated his country team so this is very typical
one has to ask me times before we get an answer to show it to charity
here in by yeah you should train yourselves thus in the scene will be merely what is seen
and then i heard it will be merely with is heard in the senses will be merely what is synced and the cognition will be merely what is called nice in this way you should train yourself via when by i went by in the scene is merely what is seen in the car
agonized is merely what is cognize then by buyer you will not be you will be asking nan bahia you will not be with that
when buyer you are not with that then by here you will not be in that
when by yeah you are not in that then bahia you will be neither here nor beyond nor in between the two
justice is the end of suffering
he's actually describing she can pass up
hum
when he says you will not be in that and and you are not in that
it's like saying
when there's no diego
when there's a realization of no ego and simply say you see here ye hear ye
feeling your family and so forth
i'm just just that
i'm
this is strictly speaking
and release
from self self centeredness netherlands
that's not self centered
i am free from self three and cancer
ah
thinking about a circular she's teaching
branded them puts the main part of to secure her she's teaching there is
no self selflessness
listening to
no restriction basically selfishness or
he goes miss even though other it isn't ego
even though you we feel that there is an to be free from the ego that we feel
if i say of which there is no self
that's not quite right
and if we say that is itself that's not quite right
so it's needed one of the other nor in between
if there is sin
simply saying means
not creating a story about one thing
so most of above thing is to see something and the videos
because we have
ourselves self in
creates a story and we see through the glasses and by story
haven't tried to see things
truly as live
because we see things through the glass with that our story
the to have the freedom we do have a story but have the freedom from story is important
we create a story and we live our lives out through the story and it's important to choose i have a story and their hands after the story but not be caught by the story
to realize a is just a story
this is a plane but are actors on this stage but at the same time
you should not be fooled by the story
are taken in by the story
army
i'm thinking of
ah
hmm

when we have
plenty than we are
get drawn in through having plenty
and when we when we don't have plenty anymore
that dream
first
when the downsides nature downsizes the make miniatures always when an expanding and downsizing expanding in downsizing when animals
i have a lot of range and foods over there may be heard expand and went into drought as praised condition that that no longer support the heard the hand
reducing itself is nature is like that
so we have the rate of expansion and then when the dream of expansion is over we have to be able to contract in order to survive
and not be caught by one
but simply oh now have standard reduce now it's time to concerned
now it's time to eat one meal a day
but up
suffering over it
so

she figures she describes cheaper d'azur
in this way
he says she can't answer as as in is just to be ourselves
well that's an interesting statement how do you just be yourself
when we are not when we do not expect anything we can be ourselves
sir
how do we actually
be a nice moment and unexpected something in the next moment
he's a i icon this unassuming mine
i'm sending mine means that you're totally might as totally open like a mirror
and whatever crisis in your path to see
but there's no expectation of grasping
no expectation of
what's next
this is called canvas a mind
he says this is our way this this is at our it and live fully on each moment of time and this practice continues forever
soca time is continuous and discontinuous in that job before
when we exhale this continuous time
it's only just now
have we made him he held is discontinuous time
this is where we create an expectation
so how do exist in continuous time and discontinuous time at the same pattern
i'm just that she's just now
when unexpected and than hampton will be content
with what we have
ha
so i think about this alive because we have none of expectations we go that and kind of
dream of expectations
and then we buy into our expectations
and then when we can fulfill our expectations we are suffering
but nevertheless we have their expectations
so how can how can we free ourselves within our expectations
you know if we if you do a peace march
very idealistic
and we want something to happen
to simply do the activity
is enough
if we get caught by our expectations which have one of suffering
because thinks them to another way he wanted to but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do the activity
he will be very discouraged if things don't turn out the way we wanted to because of our activity but nevertheless were stupid enough with means brilliant
to just do the activity for the sake of the activity
just do the activity with the second activity
and strangely enough
even though something doesn't happen right away
after you die something would happen
too bad you weren't here to experience
so
just to do just doing that she can answer and the in in our activity
just doing
ah without
and the expectation of reward
this of generosity true generosity
just doing without expecting a new one
or without getting caught by the idea of expanding illinois
there is always a result which is which is called reward
but the result minute
didn't your benefit that maybe to someone else's benefit
that doesn't matter because we don't have an expectation
so much very happy with someone
how has the benefit
i'm activity and you don't but the benefit for us is that some wanna have it
when we say each moment but in your actual practice a moment to on
because of that moment the mind is already involved in following a breath shall we say even in a snap of fingers there a millions of instance the time
this way we can emphasize the feeling of existing in each instead of time then your mind is very quiet
because keeping your nine crash and open
i'm
that's what i mean by unassuming
simply being present at each moment for the sake of in june
his calm during a practice for the sake of practice and for the sake of what we're doing and ah
we benefit and and others benefit from that
so he says for a period of time each day try to sit and she can pass it without moving without expecting anything as if you were in your last moment
moment after moment you feel your last instant in each inhalation and each exhalation there are countless instance a time
your intention is to live in each instance fully
ah decoration much explained
when expressed
just to live mom
the moment that completely and delivery life completely one moment at a time
does she can't offer that's what you mean by just being herself just live your life one moment and time completely
hmm
another expression of a she contends that is called for me though some i

summary of them
and a
brilliant light
so that we become a vehicle for life which is are natural
am
i have a natural
professor de the world
mr be available for life tom
and when we don't have a g cloudy
had a like than like supergiant for natural way
an enemy
you see the light in each other's eyes
he and another aspect of she condemned this com
did you your the my somebody summary of just one act
just one thing
ten completely
without any other intention
sunday from pure existence ben shepherd
she can't answer is to popular resistance
because it's not based on discriminating mine
he felt
if you like to discuss it
i have any question
whoa

yes

stress

right
right so
this is the dishes total her harmonious activity is another
and way to express it in when you when you
scipy let go of everything and just to end this led carrying hear everything functions into place and you know what your part of it
without thinking about it for that
and you just charged along with her not the hanalei
i also think of an incentive you know
the planetary system
read definitely connected with the planetary system
which influences all your activities
and to be one with ah
with the planetary with our sentence is to be
harmonious be engaged with the whole system
that she contends are actually
the and his murderer you know that we hold has called the cosmic and with
represents our and how meet with the entire cosmos
somebody nevada has been handed first yeah and see you
a plan

oh

i'm i can figure one used to say no

the time
what's your question
well
i bet a lot

when
ah
we're not always practice in she can't answer
what will be forgotten
yes
what is that

hang on there's no self in it
they can be a
micah i expect you to show is his gun to my wedding
but i'm not attached to that
if you know she'll have the money
i'm i'm game with

the answer has to come from you
so i you can find a question and i'm happy the a questioning
cause than easier engaged
and she contends that is also a barrier
it's an impedance
because
when you come up against it
you can reflect your sense of self elements
so question is good
i've always admired your question has magnified because it's always very forthright
at it at i was trust you because then

well
we don't take it to far
yeah no it's so
oh i know somebody had to hand of thing
coffee
the

but doesn't it is simply
being present
the universe letting go of self-centeredness and breeding and then if she can pass it is is what it's gone

no you can't wait to ten shedding belgian i mean not say that you can waste your time thinking is in dungeon
a and

the chicken powder is when you totally engaged body mind
public president in this endless activity without expectation and without discrimination
so you make a visit the effort is there and
when such i'm flowing through his ice flow he simply let him before
you simply letting the universe do its work
i it
isn't yes if you live that thirty seconds thoroughly that's the best part of year fifty six years life comedy
ha
well it's practice
what issue you know no matter what your hindrance desire and you're really making an effort to practice no matter what your hindrances i guess practice
and am
the
it's getting to she can pass it
it may not be seven a desert
when his practice
which is not be sniffed at
but you do him you know it's not dead
i can't say that's not that is
i won't say that is it a snap
if what it is
and if it's what it is in chicken desert
yeah
my mind
an avid practitioner

ciao better the same time inhalation exhalation are happening of time whether or not you are aware of it
but so am
maintain you know his presence she tony lamb a breeding breath and i think it's important that our breath be here otherwise it's very hard to find to harmonize body mind
and body and mind are harmonized and an animate and the breath is from here this is the the
that everyone says the solar plexus because people think the sound effects into that year but for me the solid place to hear and as the sunspot
and the risk our satellites down the hall the bunch of the value of satellites around this place when you and you have concentration here
i'm awareness
that's what really takes place
and to be settled in him in the breath needs the and had always you know county breath somebody said i can every single fresh
during a gun and threatened i know exactly where your preference than the decimated
even what we're not aware of the branch
it's you we took a lot of awareness
in and out of the wind inaudible minister sometimes will be like and ever come back there it's kind of throw in my pet's important thing is is like a settled here
several drilling
and so when is that settle dreaming of kindness of mine then there's nothing to worry about the loop anxiety is it's all gone
so does she can have strictly speaking
which doesn't mean there isn't a flow of thoughts going through your mind which don't bother you it's a bother you then you're getting caught by the fudge
so
when you simply let them pass through it's like you know and walking across the counter
what lies another it you know sometimes i can't get in on a sugar high but other times they just are going somewhere
and we have during the winter used to have ants crawling for this line of as all day long all time and we didn't do anything about him because they were just going somewhere
if you could like your thoughts just let me go there comfort don't put an powder on
unless they're getting into do they know
but just activated little trail keep going and don't get bothered by it
neither interesting questions i have just
many smith
yeah

yes
this

yes well we have we said i caught as i say it with me to have a dream and then we
the dream means or idea but we have the idea of which is our dream and then we acted out and then we act out in the future know we have a trail
at that will do an actual isn't future so but here's where we are
right here is where we are and
to always be exactly where we are
within the dream
but
free from that dream which doesn't mean that we don't worry about a there i'm concerned my list but there's something besides the dream that is reality
and if we're only in the reality of the dream which is enabling then we'll be lose the reality of the continuous time
up now
because we get caught behind the dream and we're often stuck for work
so as long as we have the basis of not straying from essence of mind and we dream and forwards but without us
without our self centeredness as long as it doesn't depend on our self centeredness
have freedom from suffering over it
salome plan our course is it an apposite an egotistical course or is it free from that

yes were suddenly
that's right
yeah and so i life work is what is transforming us
we have our work but i'm worried also have vast
night for whatever we hold until has us as well
you mean that's com attachments and then pretty the next dragging us around
that's a problem solution control cooled the boss
the she missionary did if you if you know how do this you will always be the boss of the south
ah but know you well that's tricky
you will be the boss of yourself which it myself that's your on
how can you be no so how can this self been yourself
because that doesn't mean there's nothing there
most of the unit a has otherwise happening why would he need not about it
so how do we have freedom for myself with inner self
that's that's it
huh
here bhatia by here you should train yourself this and the same will be merely what is seen in the heard will be merely what has heard in the census will be merely what is sensed in the cognitive will merely with cognition in this way you should train yourselves fire when by her in the satan
is merely what is seen in the cognitive just him that as cognize than by yeah you will not do with that when by hat you are not we hit with them denver here you will not be in that when bahia you are not in that denbigh you will be neither here nor beyond or in between
just this is the intercession
re and neither here nor there

yes yeah the third time
third time was charmed

ha