Today's Tao / Mr I-know-Tao? 15-3

«Today's Tao»

Though we can't understand him, let us force ourselves to picture what he is like. (15-3)

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«My Koan Horoscope»

(available in Taoísmo en Español)

1. Those who act according to the attainment of Tao are one with the attainment of Tao.
(Ch.23 / Bad luck)

2. People starve because their king taxes them too much. That's why they starve.
(Ch.75 / Little luck)

3. You regard disgrace as something bad. (Ch.13 / Bad luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Then, why don’t you sing the song for me?

«Interpretation»

Bad luck - Little luck - Bad luck.

Do you wonder why they don't sing the song for you? That is to say, do you wonder why your life doesn't go as you wish? Do you wonder why you have to be disgraced and humiliated in your life? Do you wonder why life doesn't reward you although you are sending Love to everyone? Do you want to accuse your government and politicians taxing you too much? Do you want to accuse some conspirators of ruling the world and making most people starve? Do you wonder why Tao doesn't sing the song of the dragon for you?

Zen Master Ungo Doyo 雲居道膺 says:

"If you want to get the Inmo (= the "what the hell" thing) matter, you are justly an Inmo person.
If you are already an Inmo person, why do you have to worry about the Inmo matter?
  欲得恁麼事、須是恁麼人。既是恁麼人、何愁恁麼事。

In other words, if you are interested in the hologram, you are justly aware that you are part of the hologram. If you are already aware that your own self is part of the hologram, why do you have to worry about your holographic world?


Please try Koan Horoscope (although it is in Spanish).


Naoto Matsumoto

Tao Te Ching Chapter 81-3 Not knowledgeable

Today's Tao

One who knows is not knowledgeable.

A knowledgeable one doesn't know. (Ch.81)


In Chapter 1, Lao Tzu says:

"If you can talk about Tao, that Tao is not Tao itself."

(☞See Words are not good enough 1-1)


Talking, words, and knowledge.

Lao Tzu asks you to reduce them.

Knowledge, thoughts, feelings, and even the act of talking are part of a hologram.

They do not belong to you.

They just come from somewhere, stimulate Tao, and leave.


In Zen Buddhism, they express it as:

"是什麼物恁麼来

[ze inmo butsu inmo rai]

Where on earth did this «what on earth» thing come from?"

(☞See By itself 51-7)


We are a radio receiver.

Knowledge is a song transmitted via radio waves. (☞See Radio and knowing 71-2)

Don't be attached to knowledge and other parts of a hologram.

But don't despise them, either, because it is a precious manifestation of Tao, which is true You.


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Lao Tzu answers your question!



☞«Recommended Books 13» There are some black and white movies one should see at least once in his life time. No matter what is your nationality, whether you like films or not, you should see Akira Kurosawa's «Seven Samurai» 黒澤明「七人の侍」. But if you are a connoisseur of films or interested in Japanese traditional arts, you must not miss Kenji Mizoguchi's «Ugetsu» 溝口健二「雨月物語」. The letter "u 雨", which is also pronounced as "amé" means rain. The letter "getsu 月", also "tsuki", means the moon. The book on the left «Tales of moonlight and Rain» is the original of «Ugetsu». The book was written by Ueda Akinari 上田秋成 in the Samurai period. The title in Japanese is «Ugetsu Monogatari 雨月物語». In terms of the art of short-story-writing in Japanese, Akinari's tales are close to perfection. In one of the tales, «Aozukin 青頭巾 / A Blue Hood», a Buddhist monk falls in love with a young boy. Because of love, he eats his body.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 79-3 Contract without payment

Today's Tao

That's why the sage takes the contract, but doesn't ask the person to pay. (Ch.79)


In Today's Tao sentence, "the contract" symbolizes the feelings and thoughts, particularly desire, in a hologram.

"The payment", the fulfillment of them.

Let's make a few things clear.


1. Your feelings and thoughts do not belong to you.

2. They are attached to the hologram.

3. You project the hologram, but don't control it. (☞See Inmo and No mind 49-10)


Now, we are ready to discuss desire.

Desire doesn't belong to you, so you don't have to feel ashamed whatever your desire is.

You should not judge.

Nevertheless, acting directly to fulfill the desire is another thing.

It is worse if you lament the failure of the fulfillment or hold a grudge.

It creates the mental short circuit and blocks the natural flow of Tao. (☞See Brambles 30-3)


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Lao Tzu answers your question!



☞«Tao Te Ching» Key word comparison (31) / - Dark Depth Female [genpi / xuan pin / hsuan pin] 玄牝 - 玄 [gen / xuan / hsuan] means Dark Depth. 牝 [pi (hin) / pin], Female. This is one of the most important words in Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. Mr Michael P. Garofalo has done an excellent research and comparison of the various translations. (http://www.egreenway.com/qigong/vstccs2.htm) Thanks to him, we can see easily how they translate 谷神不死, 是謂玄牝 in Chapter 6 / Valley God. / "The Spirit of the perennial spring is said to be immortal, she is called the Mysterious One." On the left, «Tao Te Ching» translated by Dwight Goddard and Henri Borel. / "The Spirit of the Depths is immortal; it is called the Azure Heaven and the Mother Earth." by Frederic Balfour. On the right, «TAO TE CHING TAOISM ULTIMATE COLLECTION - 5 Expert Translations PLUS EXPLANATIONS for BEGINNERS and EVERYONE - For YOU to get EASY UNDERSTANDING of the Tao (also named Dao De Jing, Teh King, New Way)». The book on Kindle includes the translation by Frederic Balfour.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 75-2 King & Zen Master Dogen

Today's Tao

It's difficult to govern people because their king does something. That's why it's difficult to govern them. (Ch.75)


Zen Master Kyogen Chikan 香厳智閑 [Hsing-yen Chih-hsien / Xiangyan Zhixian] said:

"a painted rice-cake cannot satisfy hunger."


Of course, not. We cannot eat the picture of a rice-cake... Wait a minute!


Master Dogen said:

"If it is not a painted rice-cake, it must not be a remedy to satisfy hunger."

(Gabyo 画餅, «Shobogenzo»)

Didn't he? (☞See Painted rice-cake / Empty granary 53-5)


Can a painted rice-cake satisfy hunger?

Or, can it not?


Dogen answers the question with some key phrases in Zen.

"A painted rice-cake cannot satisfy hunger" is like saying:

"No one can ever do anything evil. Everyone is doing the right thing. (Don't do anything evil. Practice all the good things.) 諸悪莫作、衆善奉行 [shoaku makusa, shuzen bugyo]",

"Where on earth did this «what on earth» thing come from? 是什麼物恁麼来 [ze inmo butsu inmo rai]",

and

"I am always doing this desperately. 吾れ常に是に於いて切なり [ware tsuneni koreni oite setsu nari]".

(Gabyo 画餅, «Shobogenzo»)


Did you get Master Dogen's teachings?

You are the king in your hologram.

If you do something, everything is difficult.

If you do nothing, everything is easy.


[Note]
"I am always doing this desperately." 吾れ常に是に於いて切なり / 吾常於此切 [ware tsuneni koreni oite setsu nari], originally mentioned by Tozan Ryokai (807-869) 洞山良价 [Tung-shan Liang-chieh / Dongshan Liangjie].


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Tao answers your question!



☞«Tao of ****» The first line comparison (16) / "I have often been described as outgoing, aggressive, impulsive, intimidating, gregarious, courageous, and daring." On the left, «The Tao of Tango» written by Johanna Siegmann. / "'What have you got?' The old man asked me around his cigar. 'A banjo' I replied." On the right, «The How and the Tao of Old Time Banjo» written by Patrick Costello. / "C'mon. Tao has nothing to do with Tango or Banjo!", you might say. But, wait a minute. Remember? Tao is everywhere, even around the banjo or the legs of your Tango partner.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 74-6 Carved or uncarved block

Today's Tao

If you carve wood on behalf of Big's carpenter, you surely hurt your hand. (Ch.74)


Don't try to carve "an uncarved block".

That is to say, don't try to control Tao and its holograms.

Let the carpenter of the holograms do his work.

In Zen Buddhism, they wisely call them Inmo butsu 恁麼物, or "what on earth" thing. (☞See Inmo and No mind 49-10)

Let your hologram come and go.

Surely you will hurt your hand if you try to control something uncontrollable.

You will feel you are stuck in the world because you forget that this life is your hologram.

If you cannot help feeling that you are lost in Mayoi, don't worry.

This Mayoi, or being lost, is Satori itself.

Your life itself is Satori the enlightenment.

Do you have to carve something already perfect?


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 74
-Big 25-9


Tao answers your question!



☞«Tao of ****» The first line comparison (15) / "Recently, a friend asked me why I'd bother to write another book about writing." On the left, «The Tao Of Writing: Imagine. Create. Flow.» written by Ralph L. Wahlstrom. / "The Tao embodies principles of a natural flow and non-resistance. Incorporating these principles into your legal research and writing practices can help you become a more efficient and more effective legal writer. " On the right, «The Tao of Legal Writing» written by Judith M. Stinson. / Legal or non-legal, Tao will help you in improving your writing skills. Tao will help you with anything.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 71-2 Radio & Knowing

Today's Tao

Not to know "knowing" is difficult. (Ch.71)


Lao Tzu is saying that it is not difficult at all to learn what "knowing" is.

"Knowing" is part of a hologram, which Zen Buddhists call Inmo. (☞See Inmo and No mind 49-10)

Knowledge is a sort of information that you receive from "outside".

It is in the same way that a radio receiver receives a signal.

As no radio program belongs to its listener, we don't own knowledge.

"Knowing" is receiving.

We receive Love through knowledge.

Knowledge is like money in your bank account.

You draw it when you need it.

In other words, you know all you have to know.

If you don't know about something, it is because you don't have to know it.


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 64-17 Rare coins

Today's Tao

He doesn't value rare coins. (Ch.64)


Lao Tzu says in Chapter 3:

"If they don't value rare coins, people will stay away from theft."

(☞See No rare coins 3-2)


He also says in Chapter 12:

"The coins hard to get make man's behavior bothered."

(☞See Coins 12-5)


Then, what does Lao Tzu mean by the words "rare" and "coins"?

Economy?

Of course, yes, but we need a more specific answer.

Well, the answer is intellectual analysis.

"The sage" does not value analyses.

It is no use analyzing your hologram.

It is waste of time wondering where it comes from.

That's why Zen Buddhists call it Inmo butsu 恁麼物, or a what-on-earth thing.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 64


Tao answers your question!



☞"Lao Tzu's «Tao Te Ching» is too scanty. I want something with more detail!" "How about Zen Master Dogen's «Shobogenzo»?" "Oh, no, it's too bulky. Besides, it is too abstract. I can't use his teachings in life!" "Well, I've got a perfect book for you. It is neither too bulky nor scanty. It is relatively pragmatic." "What is that?" "«Chuang Tzu». It you don't have much time, you can read only «The Inner Chapters», but there are many interesting things to learn in the other chapters, too." "For example?" "Did you like the passage you read Tao by Matsumoto video blog 42-8 Chuang Tzu's teachings?" "Yes, I did. It is about the creation of the hologram." "You can find the passage in «The Outer Chapters» of «Chuang Tzu»."

Tao Te Ching Chapter 64-13 Don't stick

Today's Tao

He doesn't stick to anything, so he doesn't lose anything. (Ch.64)


In Chapter 29 and this Chapter 64, Lao Tzu says:

"If you stick to it, you will lose it".

(☞See If you stick to it 29-4 and Stick and Lose 64-11)


Why do you "lose" something if you are attached to it?

Because it is fundamentally against the function of a hologram, which we sometimes call the world, life, or self.

The objective of a hologram is to stimulate Tao's energy to flow.

That's why constant change is very important.

If you are attached to something, you are refusing the change and blocking the natural flow of Tao.

Did you get it?

All right.

Then, let's go a step farther.

Can you really stick to something if you don't possess your own self?

No, you can't, right?

Attachment is also part of your hologram, Inmo butsu 什麼物 the what-on-earth thing.

We don't know where it has come from. (是什麼物恁麼来 [ze inmo butsu inmo rai])

If you don't have anything from the beginning, you cannot lose anything.


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Tao answers your question!



☞Yukio Mishima's «The Sound of Waves / Shiosai» has been cinematized five times. The stars of the times such as Sayuri Yoshinaga and Momoe Yamaguchi acted the leading role Hatsue. Yukio Mishima said that he had been inspired by «Daphnis and Chloe», and Hatsue is the Japanese Chloe. Unfortunately, the DVDs with these legendary actresses are not available at Amazon. This «Animated Classics of Japanese Literature» is "family friendly" and will not embarrass the parents while viewing it.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 64-12 Defeat nothing

Today's Tao

Hence, the sage does nothing, so he defeats nothing. (Ch.64)


Doing nothing is the most powerful act of all.

"What? You cannot change anything by doing nothing!", you might respond.

Then, I want to ask you:

"Can you really do something to the world?".

Let's check some important points.


1) The world is part of a hologram.

2)Your own self that tries to change the world is part of a hologram, too.

3)Though you project your hologram, your own self does not control it.

That's why Zen Buddhists call it "Inmo butsu 恁麼物 / a what-on-earth thing". (☞See Inmo and No mind 49-10)


In conclusion, you cannot do anything to the world.

You are the sage.

You know you are not doing anything no matter what you seem to be doing.

Therefore, you will not "defeat" and break the natural flow of Tao.


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Tao answers your question!



☞Did he really touch the sound of silence? He was 23 years old when Paul Simon wrote «The Sound of Silence» in 1964. As one gets older, the sound of silence seems to change into that of something else. In the case of Yasunari Kawabata, he heard «The Sound of the Mountain». He was 55 years old when he finished writing the novel in 1954.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 60-4 Sage hurts no people

Today's Tao

It is not only that the gods don't hurt people, but the sage doesn't hurt the people, either. (Ch.60)


"Gods", who are seemingly controlling the others, do not control the hologram.

"The sage", which means you, does not control the hologram, either.

You are not responsible for anything.

How can you be!

This is «Inmo 恁麼» in Zen Buddhism.

"是什麼物恁麼来

[ze inmo butsu inmo rai]

Where on earth did this «what on earth» thing come from?"

I hope you can accept this concept.

It is not only that something that you think has control over you doesn't dictate to you, but that your own self doesn't control you, either.


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Tao answers your question!



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Tao Te Ching Chapter 60-3 Gods hurt no people

Today's Tao

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


"Multinational companies are controlling all the aspects of the world."

"My parents have been controlling me all my life."


I understand the feelings of the people who want to complain, but as we all know it is not a solution.

I say:

"Tao projects the hologram (=the world, =your life)." and "You project your hologram."

(Both are the same because true You are Tao.)

Nevertheless, nothing controls any.

Everything just comes and goes.

That's why Zen Buddhists use the concept of Inmo 恁麼, which means «what on earth», or it/thus.

Something "evil" doesn't have control over you.

Something that you think has control over you doesn't dictate to you, either.


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Tao answers your question!



☞In Ueda, Akinari's «Ugetsu Monogatari / Tales of Moonlight and Rain», there is a story about a Buddhist monk who became a fish. The monk lived and enjoyed the life and liberty of a fish in the water, but eventually the villagers he knew well ate him while he was asking for help in vain. In Masuji Ibuse's «Salamander», the animal embodies the sufferings of a modern man. The cave capturing the salamander is certainly a metaphor. How would you like to interpret it?

Tao Te Ching Chapter 57-12 Desire

Today's Tao

"I have no desire and the people become an uncarved block by themselves." (Ch.57)


A: "Master Bonbon, I want to have 'no desire'. What can I do?"

B: "Meditate for thirty years, and you will have no desire."


You don't have to meditate and wait for thirty years.

You have no desire from the beginning.

It doesn't belong to you.

Like your mind, feelings, and the clouds in the sky, desire comes and goes.

This is Inmo 恁麼 in Zen Buddhism.

It is part of your hologram.

"Have no desire" means "Accept the fact that you do not possess desire".

If you do it, you will remember that true You are "an uncarved block", which means Tao.

From now on, you don't have to suffer from your desire.


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Tao answers your question!



☞Some gifts can save one's life. He may be suffering simply because he cannot name the cause of his sufferings. Once he names it, he can move on to the next stage. He may find a solution to heal the pain, or he might discover that he was not suffering at all. True gifts of life will help him find his way. These are the books of the kind: Ronald D. Davis's «The Gift of Dyslexia» and Daisetz T. Suzuki's «Manual of Zen Buddhism».

Tao Te Ching Chapter 53-3 Clean court

Today's Tao

The court is very clean. (Ch.53)


"This is the government's fault!"

"This president is horrible!"


People tend to blame the king and his court.

But don't judge them even if they are rich and powerful.

The government and the classes are part of your hologram.

是什麼物恁麼来 [ze inmo butsu inmo rai]

Your hologram just comes and goes.

"Although everyone in the county wants to buy it, there is no way 蓋國買門無," said Master Sekimon Etetsu / Shimen Huiche 石門慧徹. (Kuge 空華, «Shobogenzo»)


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Tao answers your question!



☞Dogen was a pure product of Buddhist educational system of his days. He was fluent in Chinese and knowledgeable about classical literature in Japanese; a perfect exchange student in China. When he was young, Ikkyu was educated in the same sort of system as Dogen's although he didn't go to China. Nevertheless, in the second half of their lives, they were totally different. Dogen continued his secluded way of living while Ikkyu frequented with artists and predecessors of geisha girls. I wonder if this master of Rinzai Zen Buddhism could be a punk rock star and Zen preacher like Mr Brad Warner. Warner-san was born in Akron, Ohio, USA, in 1964.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 51-9 Possession

Today's Tao

Give birth, but don't possess it. (Ch.51)


You give birth to the world, which is your hologram.

But you don't possess it.

Therefore, you cannot control it.

Therefore, you are not responsible for it.

No one is responsible for it.

The world is:

"是什麼物恁麼来 [ze inmo butsu inmo rai]"

It's like clouds.

We don't have to know where it comes from.

What a relief!


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 51


Tao answers your question!



☞It seems to me that Japan is metamorphosing into a post-consumer society. Although most Japanese go through the transformation for the first time, some of the phenomena in its process are not necessarily new historically in the country. To the people of the archipelago, they are like living in reality what they have read in their literature. In «A Strange Tale from East of the River», Kafu Nagai tells us about a girl who illegally wait for her client by the window. In «The Lake», Yasunari Kawabata portrays a man who follows a woman, which has become illegal these days.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 51-7 By itself

Today's Tao

No one has given them a title or something, but it always so comes about by itself. (Ch.51)


Today we have a Kanreisu (a bar / spring) of Tao and Zen.

You project your hologram, but you are not responsible for it.

We think the society or the world exists outside you, but in fact it exists inside you.

You project your hologram.

But the one who projects it is part of the hologram itself.


In Zen Buddhism, they say:

"是什麼物恁麼来 [ze inmo butsu inmo rai]

Where on earth did this «what on earth» thing come from?"


In your hologram, everything "comes about by itself".

It is 自然 [ji nen].


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 51
-Transformation 64-20


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 49-10 Inmo & No mind

Today's Tao

When he makes the world under the sky, he has no mind. (Ch.49)


When you "make the world under the sky", in other words, when you project your hologram, true You have "no mind".

Tao has neither mind nor intention to dictate the hologram.

Tao is not a judge.

That's why a hologram is called Inmo Butsu 恁麼物, a "what on earth" thing in Zen Buddhism. (☞See Capable = Incapable 45-6)

We don't have to know where Inmo Butsu or a hologram comes from.

We don't need to know why Inmo Butsu or the world is like this.

No one is responsible for Inmo Butsu.


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 45-6 Capable = Incapable

Today's Tao

Big's capability seems incapable. (Ch.45)


"If Tao is the almighty creator of everything, what on earth did it do to create such a world as this!"


Today's episode is another Kanreisu 関捩子 (a bar / spring) to understand Tao and Zen better.

Tao creates your hologram.

Tao is the source of your hologram.

Then, is Tao responsible for your hologram, that is to say, your life?

The answer is "No".

Tao has no intention.

It does not control any.

Therefore, Zen Buddhists use the expression 恁麼 [inmo], which means «what on earth».


Dogen quotes Sokei Eno's words to Nangaku Ejo (曹谿慧能 to 南嶽懐譲):

"是什麼物恁麼来

[ze inmo butsu inmo rai]

Where on earth did this «what on earth» thing come from?"

(Inmo 恁麼, «Shobogenzo»)


It means:

"Don't think about the cause of your hologram. Just accept it." (By accepting it, you emit Buddha's Love.)


[Note]
Sokei Eno's words to Nangaku Ejo appear in Book 5 of «Record of the Transmission of the Lamp / 景徳伝燈録».


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