Today's Tao / Big Bang 14-18

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Then, you can see the beginning of the distant past. (14-18)

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1. Knowing himself is enlightenment. (Ch.33 / Emptiness)

2. The next is the one that they despise. (Ch.17 / Middle luck)

3. Tao gives birth to this. (Ch.51 / Good luck)


«From Yama Uba»

You are singing about me!

But you don’t care!

«Interpretation»

Emptiness - Middle luck - Good luck.

Do you wonder if they know what they are talking about when they talk about Tao or Zen? Do you wonder if they truly care about Tao or Zen while they academically study it? Do you wonder why they are so desperately looking for Satori the enlightenment while they don't know anything about it in reality. Do you wonder if they know that living is Satori the enlightenment when they complain ignorantly that Satori is too difficult for ordinary people to achieve? One has to learn what Self is. Or rather, one has to learn that the so-called self does not exist. But can you do it while speaking a language that requires a subject in a sentence?


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Today's Tao / Distant past 14-17

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Stick to Tao of the distant past, and control the existence of the present by doing so. (14-17)

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1. Tao is to the world under the sky as streams and valleys are to big rivers and the sea.
(Ch.32 / Good luck)

2. Many people are having fun as if they were invited to a feast or as if they went up to a terrace in spring. (Ch.20 / Good luck)

3. Taste no taste. (Ch.63 / Good luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Oh, it doesn’t matter if she is a witch or a human.

But if she is an old woman living in the mountains, precisely it is about me.

«Interpretation»

Good luck - Good luck - Good luck.

Are you jealous of people having fun? Do you feel insulted if you are not invited to a feast at your friend's house? Do you wonder once in a while why your family treats you as a black sheep? Do you feel they avoid you at a dinner party as if you were a witch or an old woman living in the mountains? Are you once in a while incapable of tasting food because of isolation and solitude at dinner? "Taste no taste," says Lao Tzu. But what does he mean by this sad imperative? Yama Uba has the answer to the questions. It doesn't matter if your life is Tao or a hologram (Your life is a series of holograms, which are the manifestation of Tao/Love/Buddha). Tao is the source of your holographic life as streams and valleys are the source of big rivers and the sea (and vice versa). Now, we have to know the real meaning of «Taste no taste.» It means: "Taste the taste of Tao through every moment of your life and cherish it."


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Today's Tao / Tao's rear 14-16

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When you follow it, you don't see its rear. (14-16)

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1. After they start cutting things, there are names. (Ch.32 / Bad luck)

2. I alone don't move. There is no sign yet. (Ch.20 / Tao)

3. Tao never has any desire, so we can name it Small. (Ch.34 / Tao)


«From Yama Uba»

Hag

Right!

One can think that a hag is an old witch in the mountains.


«Interpretation»

Bad luck - Tao - Tao.

Do you wonder if you have to be analytical? Do you think that without surveys and researches you will never be successful in business? Do you wonder if you have to do something? Do you think that you have to act in order to improve this world? Do you wonder if desire is the basis to get this society advancing? Do you think that greed is good? Without greed, our economy might die, you think? If so, you are the kind of person who thinks without doubt that a hag is an old witch in the mountains. You see just the phenomena, not the dynamics behind them. You see just names, not the reality.
Watch out!
In Shintoism, they traditionally teach their spiritual history when the economy doesn't work.


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Today's Tao / Tao's face 14-15

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When you face it, you don't see its head. (14-15)

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1. Three gives birth to everything. (Ch.42 / Emptiness)

2. The high make the low their basis. (Ch.39 / Tao)

3. Twisted therefore complete. (Ch.22 / Tao)


«From Yama Uba»

Valet

Of course, she does.

Everyone knows that a hag is an ugly old witch in the mountains.

«Interpretation»

Emptiness - Tao - Tao.

Do you wonder why you are so ugly? Do you wonder why the others are so beautiful? Do you wonder why you are so unlucky? Do you wonder why the others are so lucky? Do you wonder why this world is so full of inequality? Do you wonder why the world is full of injustice? "Twisted therefore complete," says Lao Tzu. Aren't you judging yourself by the criteria that are created by the media or someone else? Something low is closer to Tao. Tao doesn't have a face. You should know that you don't have a face in reality. That is to say, your so-called self is not yours. Once you accept this fact, your life will be much easier. Have you ever seen your face without relying on the reflection on the mirror, water, or something alike?


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Today's Tao / Evasive being 14-14

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This is called the evasive being. (14-14)

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1. Having lost righteousness, there is politeness. (Ch.38 / Little luck)

2. One who uses people well puts himself lower than them. (Ch.68 / Good luck)

3. The weak beats the strong. (Ch.78 / Middle luck)


«From Yama Uba»

She doesn’t know what she is singing about.

She doesn’t know what a hag really is.


«Interpretation»

Little luck - Good Luck - Middle luck.


Do you wonder why some people are so confident that what they are doing is absolutely righteous? Do you wonder why some people are so impolite that they even criticize a polite person for not being Taoist-like? Do you wonder why some people are desperately trying to be better than others? They even try to be better disciples than others. What for? You may wonder if they don't know that the weak beats the strong eventually. For they don't know what they are singing about. Do you know what you are singing about? You are singing the song of the dragon. It is the song of Tao. The song is your hologram. Behind all the holographic phenomena, there is Tao who is projecting them. Do you know what Tao really is? It is true You: the circulation of the fundamental "light".


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Today's Tao / The shape without a shape 14-13

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This is called the shape without a shape, an image without a thing. (14-13)

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1. Having lost attainment, there is mercy. (Ch.38 / Emptiness)

2. Even if you try to grasp it, you can't do it. (Ch. 14 / Little luck)

3. Heaven models itself upon Tao. (Ch.25 / Emptiness)


«From Yama Uba»

Hag.

It’s just a name.

«Interpretation»

Emptiness - Little luck - Emptiness.

Do you wonder what Love is? Do you wonder what Zen is? Do you wonder what Tao is? Let's make it clear once and for all. They are not personal feelings. They are not mystic pursuits. They are not religious business. They are in fact the same thing with different names. They are true You and the circulation of the fundamental "energy". Do you wonder what Satori is? Do you wonder what Nirvana is? Do you wonder what Heaven is. Stop fantasizing and let's tell the truth. They are not a spiritual shelter. Again, they are the same thing with different names. They are what you are «right here right now». Don't be fooled by names. They are just names. See what they are as they are.


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Today's Tao / Back to nothingness 14-12

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It goes back to nothingness. (14-12)

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1. It is not only that the demons are not gods, but that its gods don't hurt people.
(Ch.60 / Bad luck)

2. Everything attained One and was born. (Ch.39 / Bad luck)

3. Heaven's gate opens and closes. Can you act female? (Ch.10 / Good luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Please sing that marvelous song of the hag for me.

Please do, Diva the hag!

«Interpretation»

Bad luck - Bad luck - Good luck.

Do you wonder if demons exist? Do you wonder if gods exist, too? Do you wonder if ghosts exist? Do you wonder if an honest financial manager exists? They do. All of them exist in your hologram. What the heck are they doing in your holographic world? The answer is: they sing a song. They sing the song of the dragon, that is to say, the song of Tao. In principle, it is very simple. Everything exists in order to sing Tao's song for you, which means transmitting Tao's energy to you, in other words, sending you Love. Demons, ghosts, and even an inhumane bank manger are sending you Love (which is a synonym for Tao, Buddha, and Zen among others). If you accept this Love like a female accepting a male, Heaven's gate opens and closes as you like.


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Today's Tao / Tao has no name 14-11

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(Tao) is omnipresent and has no name. (14-11)

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1. The field is very wild. (Ch.53 / Tao)

2. And it serves, supervising all the roots of material beings. (Ch.21 / Middle luck)

3. Love one instead of resenting him. (Ch.63 / Emptiness)


«From Yama Uba»

She is the very famous singer, Diva the hag.

She is well-known for her song about a hag who prowls in the mountains.


«Interpretation»

Tao - Middle luck - Emptiness.

Do you wonder why Yama Uba the hag prowls in the mountains? Do you wonder what the meaning of this is? Do you wonder if it is the same question as asking what the meaning of your life is? Yama Uba is Tao. Your own self is the singer, who sings the song of Tao. The mountains and the field are part of a hologram, which is what we call the world. Tao prowls inside the world. In other words, the world is entirely the manifestation of Tao. All the material beings are a manifestation of Tao as well as all the non-material beings like thoughts and feelings. You receive Tao's energy through  the world. Receive it with respect. So, we say: "Love your life." You don't love your life because it pleases you, but you live your life to love all its aspects.


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Today's Tao / Yama Uba under it 14-10

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It is not dark even if it is under it. (14-10)

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1. It reduces what is already lacking and gives it to those who have excess. (Ch.77 / Bad luck)

2. He helps things very well. So, he abandons no things. (Ch.27 / Emptiness)

3. The respect to Tao, the honor to the attainment. (Ch.51 / Middle luck)

«From Yama Uba»

I know who the lady is.


«Interpretation»

Yama Uba the hag knows who they are. She knows everything. Tao knows everything. That is to say, you know everything. Do you wonder who you are? Do you know who you are? You are Tao and you should know it. Probably this is the biggest obstacle that prevents you from attaining Tao. If you don't know that you are Tao, you follow man-made spiritualities and philosophies, which reduce what is already lacking and give it to those who have excess. Don't you want to be rich? Or, don't you want to get the exotic Satori enlightenment?  Or, don't you want to be chosen as an elite disciple? See? In fact, attaining Tao is easy. Maybe, it is too easy for some people to believe it. All you have to do is to remember that you know everything. The things you cannot remember are not worth remembering. Remember at least one thing, which is that true You are Tao/Love/Buddha.


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Today's Tao / Not brilliant 14-9

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It is not brilliant even if it is above it. (14-9)

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1. This is called being against Tao. (Ch.55 / Middle luck)

2. Big's fullness seems empty. (Ch.45 / Good luck)

3. Man models himself upon earth. (Ch.25 / Good luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Hag

C’mon.

Don’t tell lies.

«Interpretation»

Do you wonder why you feel your life is empty? Do you wonder if you feel empty because you are against Tao? Every time you hear someone saying that the world is filled with love, you feel like shouting at him: "C’mon. Don’t tell lies." In case of Yama Uba, she says the same expression against the ignorant Valet who tries to hide the truth: they are the singers of Tao's song. In other words, all of us exist to emit Tao/Love. At the same time, all of us are the manifestation of Tao/Love. In Buddhism, it is expressed as: "Colors are justly emptiness. Emptiness is justly colors." Emptiness is Tao. Colors are a hologram. It explains how Tao and a hologram creates a cycle. Zen Master Dogen did not forget to add "Colors are colors. Emptiness justly emptiness." to emphasize that the repetition of the cycle and circle is eternal.


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Today's Tao / Mixed and one 14-8

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They are mixed and one. (14-8)

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1. He stays away from excessive luxury. (Ch.29 / Emptiness)

2. It is called the quintessence of Tao. (Ch. 14 / Good luck)

3. I alone am not clear. (Ch.20 / Little luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Valet

How bizarre to ask us to do such a thing!

You must have mistaken us for some other people.

You’d like us to sing the song of the hag!

«Interpretation»
 
Emptiness - Good luck - Little luck.

Do you wonder what is wrong with luxury? Do you wonder why Tao doesn't like excessive luxury or excess of any sort? Do you wonder why Tao is so incomprehensible? Do you wonder if the Orientals are hiding something behead this bizarre Taoism or that elitist Zen Buddhism? What the Valet in Yama Uba the Zen play says is simple: "Tao wants us to sing the song of Tao." In other words, Tao wants you to emit Tao. Zen Master Dogen puts it this way: "Your life itself is Buddha!" You are Buddha/Tao itself. Your life is the manifestation of Buddha/Tao. If you know this, if you know that excessive luxury and luxurious excess are just catalysts without being attached to them, everything is "right".


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Today's Tao / You can't find out Tao 14-7

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You cannot find out what these three things are. (14-7)

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1. So, after all, nothing is difficult to him. (Ch. 63 / Middle luck)

2. It supplies what is lacking. (Ch.77 / Good luck)

3. Therefore, the sage always helps people very well. So, he abandons no people. (Ch.27 / Tao)


«From Yama Uba»

I will give you tonight’s lodging, so sing it for me, please.

«Interpretation»

Middle luck - Good luck - Tao.

Do you wonder how you can get money? Do you wonder how you can get food? Do you wonder why it is so difficult to get money and food? Do you wonder why you don't have neither enough money nor food? Do you feel as if you were abandoned financially? Do you mind singing the song of Yama Uba the hag if you can get in return what you want? Do you wonder how you can get what you want? Zen Master Dogen's answer to these questions is: "If you practice Tao sincerely, they will come into being naturally." No matter how difficult it is for you to believe this, it is how your hologram works. For those who find it too difficult to let everything change naturally, there is a useful Zen tool. It is «Ji mi toku do, sen do ta 自未得度先度他 Though you haven't crossed it yet, let others cross it first.» While letting others go first, true You project one hologram after another.


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Today's Tao / The minute being 14-6

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It is called the minute being. (14-6)

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1. Man's Tao is not like that. (Ch.77 / Emptiness)

2. When you lose it, it excites you. (Ch.13 / Middle luck)

3. When you follow it, you don't see its rear. (Ch. 14 / Bad luck)


«From Yama Uba»

I have wanted to hear the song for a long time.

To hear your song, I got the sun to set.

«Interpretation»

Emptiness - Middle luck - Bad luck.

Do you wonder why the sun rises? Do you wonder why the sun sets? Do you wonder who controls it? Do you wonder if it is truly controlled by the laws of physics? Do you wonder if the so-called laws of physics will be still valid in 500 years? Do you wonder if someone will invent a new version of quantum physics and deny what we have learned at school as what they taught at a business school before Lehman Shock is almost a joke after Greek Shock. Tao disguised as Yama Uba the hag wanted to hear the song of the dragon. In other words, Tao needs to circulate itself. To stimulate itself, it projects a hologram including a person's self as well as mountains, rivers, lands, and the sun. Your thoughts and feelings like excitement are part of the backdrop of a hologram. So, whatever you feel, the objective is always the same: to receive and emit Love, which is also called Tao and Buddha among others.


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Today's Tao / You can't grasp Tao 14-5

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Even if you try to grasp it, you can't do it. (14-5)

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1. You must not show anyone the useful tool to govern the nation. (Ch.36 / Tao)

2. One who says does not know. (Ch.56 / Emptiness)

3. I keep and protect them. (Ch.67 / Middle luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Would you please sing the song of the hag for me?

«Interpretation»

Tao - Emptiness - Middle luck.

What Tao asks you is: "Would you please sing the song of the hag for me?" Do you wonder what kind of a song Tao wants you to sing? Do you wonder if you can sing it? Do you wonder why Tao does it? The hag represents Tao. So, Tao wants you to sing the song of Tao. In Zen Buddhism, it is called the song of the dragon.

"The song of the dragon is not something like do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.
Nevertheless, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do were born from the song of the dragon."
(Zen Master Dogen, Ryugin 龍吟, «Shobogenzo»)
☞See also Tao by Matsumoto 40-16 Song of Dragon / No voice.

Tao is asking you to emit Tao, which is true You. You are singing the song of the dragon all the time, by living your holographic life. The emission, reception, and circulation of Tao is Tao itself. Without the process, Tao no longer exists, but don't worry. The stoppage will not take place because the process is happening right now. Tao has no time, therefore if it is happening right now, it will keep happening eternally.


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Today's Tao / The sound without a sound 14-4

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It's called the sound without a sound. (14-4)

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1. This is called Tao of "deep roots and firm roots, and living and seeing the eternity".
(Ch.59 / Good luck)

2. Where a division encamps, brambles will grow. (Ch.30 / Good luck)

3. Therefore, the sage puts himself above people, but they don't find him heavy. (Ch.66 / Bad luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Hag

Well, to be honest with you, I’ve got a favour to ask of you in exchange.


«Interpretation»

Good luck - Good luck - Bad luck.

Do you wonder what life is? Do you wonder if everyone has to die? Do you wonder if it is true that there is neither life nor death in Zen Buddhism? Do you really want to live forever? What is living forever, anyway? In Zen Buddhism, they say: "No life. No death." Zen Master Dogen says: "Life has nothing to do with death." A holographic world is like a photograph. Life is a sequence of holograms. Let's say, it is like a movie. Birth is a frame. Death is another. So, there is no causation between life and death. There is no time, either. Time is the order of all the frames. Time doesn't exist in a film, but the illusion of time is visible, thanks to the movement of the projector's wheel. Tao/Love/Buddha is the projector's light in this metaphor. The favor that Tao (Love, Buddha) disguised as Yama Uba the hag asks you in exchange is this light, the light of Love, the light of Tao. It is your light because true You are Tao/Love/Buddha. This exchange of the light of Love (Tao, Buddha) makes a full circle inside Love (Tao, Buddha).


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Today's Tao / You can't hear Tao 14-3

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Even if you try to hear it, you can't do it. (14-3)

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1. Because he knows this difficulty is difficult, he has no difficulty. (Ch.71 / Good luck)

2. Therefore, a noisy high wind doesn't last all morning. (Ch.23 / Little luck)

3. He has light, but doesn't shine. (Ch.58 / Little luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Valet

How sweet of you!

Diva

Thank you for helping us.

«Interpretation»

Good luck - Little luck - Little luck.

Do you wonder why life is too difficult? Do you wonder why others bother you? Do you wonder why others wish you bad luck. Do you wonder why others even invent baseless rumors against you? Do you wonder if it may be because you are more brilliant than them and they are jealous of you? The sage doesn't try to shine. He hides his brilliance. Nevertheless, he has the light. Or rather, he knows what the light is, what the infinite light of Amida Buddha is. This is the light that projects your holographic life. This is another name of Tao among others. In conclusion, he knows that no matter what happens, it is just a catalyst, which makes you emit more Tao/Love/Buddha. So, he just thanks all.


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Today's Tao / The form without a form 14-2

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It's called the beginning of everything, the form without a form. (14-2)

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1. If you have the mother of the country, you can last forever. (Ch.59 / Middle luck)

2. Heaven attained One and got clear. (Ch.39 / Middle luck)

3. The characteristic of the great attainment is to follow Tao and Tao only. (Ch.21 / Bad luck)


«From Yama Uba»

[Time passes]

Hag

Here we are.

Make yourself at home.

«Interpretation»

Middle luck - Middle luck - Bad luck.

Do you wonder if you have to work hard to get what you want? Do you wonder if you have to meditate for more than 30 years before you reach Satori, or the enlightenment? Do you wonder if you have to donate some thousands of dollars in order to get accepted as a Taoist disciple? Do you wonder if it is difficult to attain Tao? Do you wonder if it is at least difficult to practice Taoism? Listen to Zen Master Dogen's caution: "You must not think that Juki(bestowal) will take place after you have completed your mortification." What do we have to think about it, then? Simple and easy. You have already got it with doing nothing because true You are Tao. "Here we are. Make yourself at home."


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