Tao Te Ching Chapter 24-9 After Satori

Today's Tao

Therefore, a man with Tao doesn't stay there. (Ch.24)


A man with Tao gets out of his hologram.

A man with Satori breaks his mirror.

Where do they go after that?

They don't go anywhere but right here.

Because no one is captured in the hologram, or the mundane world, from the beginning.

Everyone is with Tao.

All of us are in the state of Satori.

We have simply forgot about it.


Zen Master Dogen says:

Great Satori has neither beginning nor end. Neither has Mayoi (=being lost). Mayoi never interferes Great Satori. (Daigo 大悟, «Shobogenzo»)


Naoto Matsumoto adds:

Getting out of your hologram means accepting all of it.

Mayoi is a catalyst.


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-If you feel as if you were stuck in this world, read «Sansho-uo, Salamander» by Masuji Ibuse. When a frog came into his cave in the water, the salamander was young and smaller. He closed its entrance with his own body. He was not nasty. He just wanted a friend. Some time later, his body got bigger, bigger than the entrance. He was not able to get out of the cave any more.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 24-8 Frustration

Today's Tao

Things may detest them. (Ch.24)


"Things may detest «excessive food and unnecessary conduct»".

They don't like excess.

Well, Tao prefers to be a minimalist, it seems.

"Things" here mean everything in your hologram.

They do not work as you think.

No worries. Your very thoughts are part of your hologram.

When things don't work out as we wish, we get frustrated.

This is perfectly all right.

Your feelings, including frustration, are like the clouds in the sky. You don't possess them.

Or, if you wish, we can say that you create the most suitable frustration for your spiritual development.


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-To Kafu Nagai, staying in the United States of America was a compromise. He was there to make money like any other economic immigrant. His purpose was not to be a millionaire because he was already one. His family had tons of money. Simply, his father did not give him enough. He was there to save enough money to go to France. It was not so easy for a bon vivant like Kafu. He dreamed of the life in the old continent, the poets in Montparnasse and the girls in Montmartre, while staying in Tacoma, Washington.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 24-7 Excessive food

Today's Tao

From the point of view of Tao, they are excessive food and unnecessary conduct. (Ch.24)


Well, today, we have an useful short list of no-nos in Taoism (not all, though).


1, Don't show off.

2, Don't live a fast life.

3, Don't try to convince others.

4, Don't judge.

5, Don't brag.

6, Don't tell you are creating your hologram.


All of them are excessive and unnecessary.

They are contrary to the attitude of Dark Depth Female 玄牝 [gen pi], with which you can smooth the flow of the fundamental energy Tao.


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-You can call me conservative. I like a person who invents something. I like Dogen because he was honest and accurate. I like Daruma because he was sincere without bla bla bla. I like Buddha the best because he was a Momofuku Ando of Buddhism. Who is Momofuku Ando? He is the one who invented instant noodles.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 24-6 Boasting man

Today's Tao

A boasting man is never the best. (Ch.24)


Don't boast. Don't say you are the best.

All right. Conventional teachings say the same thing, but it is more subtle here.

You really have to know that you are the best because you are the creator of your hologram, in other words, the creator of the world.

What's going to happen if you declare:

"I am the creator of the universe"?

Well, you can imagine all sorts of difficulty in your life.

But, why difficulty?

Because this declaration is an act to influence others, that it to say, your hologram.

By boasting that you are the best, you are creating a short-circuit-like effect in your hologram.


Zen Master Dogen says:

In order to practice the heart of Bodhi (Bodai shin), you had better not wish that people will know you have made up your mind to do it and are practicing it. You should try not to let them know it. You must not tell them about it.

This is called "to double your Mayoi while you are in your Mayoi (=being lost)".

(Keiseisanshoku 谿声山色, «Shobogenzo»)


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-Some questions. Can a Zen master be an artist? Can a baseball (or football) player be an artist? Can a chess master be an artist? The answers could vary. Then, how about these? Can an artist be a Zen master? Probably, possible. Can an artist be a baseball (or football) player? Probably no, unless his name is either Ichiro or Zidane. Can an artist be a chess master? Both of the two occupations are time-consuming, so probably no. When you read Kawabata's «The Master of Go», you may have an impression that it doesn't matter to the master of Go whether he will win or not. He seems to have wanted to create beauty on the Igo board.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 24-5 Bragging man

Today's Tao

A bragging man is not successful. (Ch.24)


"Master Bonbon, have you reached Satori?"

"Of course, yes. That's why I am a master."

"Master Bonbon, tell me what's wrong with me. I haven't reached Satori yet."

"Meditate for 60 years first. Then, I can show you the secret."


Don't brag.

Don't say you are successful.

Remember «Ji mi toku do, sen do ta 自未得度先度他».

It means:

"Though you haven't crossed it yet, let others cross it first".


Naoto Matsumoto adds:

When you are lost and confused, this Zen expression is a powerful spiritual tool to help you.

Say it to yourself, and you will remember that you are already in the state of Satori.

«Caution!»
Master Dogen asks you not to expect to be a Buddha because of «Ji mi toku do, sen do ta». (Hotsubodaishin 発菩提心, «Shobogenzo»)


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-Some people say that Yasunari Kawabata's novels are like picture cards. Other people say that those of Haruki Murakami are like hamburgers. I don't know if they are criticizing or praising them because I personally find it very nice to receive a picture card from a friend on vacation and I do enjoy hamburgers especially when I need a soul food. Well, «Koto, the old capital» of Kawabata has beautiful images of Kyoto. It is a nice read when you travel to Japan.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 24-4 True righteousness

Today's Tao

If a man think he is right, his righteousness is not visible. (Ch.24)


Don't judge.

There is neither good nor bad in Tao.

The moment you think you are right, you are wrong.

The true righteousness is not something like that.

It is following Tao.

What do you have to do to follow Tao?

Do nothing.

You don't have to do anything to be right.

Because you are always right.

Unless you judge others.


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-Before he became the creator of the stories in the text books used by most good boys and girls with a decent education, Yasunari Kawabata was a cool and fashionable writer. He wrote about Asakusa, the most a-la-mode place in the islands of the rising sun before World War 2. When you visit it now, it is a bit difficult to imagine. Read the Scarlet Gang of Asakusa. Those boys and girls without education in the story are much more radical than the kids around Akihabara now.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 24-3 Express nothing

Today's Tao

A man who expresses himself is not clearly seen. (Ch.24)


Don't try to convince others.

It is no use.

No matter how wrong it seems, they are doing the right thing.

"They are doing the right thing in their own world."

Well, you can say that.

If it is useful for you to think so, do it.

But it is not ideal.

Remember everything is one?

Therefore, their holograms are your hologram.

Don't act directly on the world, which is your hologram.


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-Odoriko. The dancing girl. These two expressions don't seem to be the same. Kawabata's "odoriko" was a member of a band of poor wandering entertainers. "The dancing girl" is likely to provoke us an image of a well-dressed girl dancing to the Abba songs. Besides, a publishing company might need to hire a good lawyer nowadays if they want to publish a story about an innocent infatuation between a university student and a minor.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 24-2 Striding

Today's Tao

A striding man doesn't go. (Ch.24)


Don't you have people around you, who are living on the fast track?

Do they bother you?

Or, do you get jealous of their fast lives?

If one is striding, he cannot go far because he gets tired.

"Don't work too hard."

"Don't learn too much."

"Do nothing."

Lao Tzu asks you kindly not to get tired.

Don't we wish that we could have known Lao Tzu's teachings when we were in school?


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-Who are you? Who are these people? A national identity is getting to be a serious issue in some countries. If you ask me who the Japanese are, I will answer: "They are happy-go-lucky Tahitians in serious Samurai clothes who want to be someone but a samurai or a Tahitian". Please watch those films. You will see why.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 24-1 Tiptoeing

Today's Tao

A tiptoeing man doesn't stand. (Ch.24)


When you are tiptoeing, you get tired easily and cannot keep the position for a long time.

Well, Lao Tzu wants to tell you:

"Don't show off".

He also likes the expression:

"Be like dust".

Would you like to be a king in your hologram?

Or, would you like to be reconciled with your hologram, which is the world?


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-Is the story taking place in Japan? A true fan of Kurosawa's films may wonder about it when he sees Hayao Miyazaki's animation features. A true admirer of Mishima's literature may wonder about it when he reads Haruki Murakami's novels. They are not very Japanese, he may wonder. Probably, he will find in Kenji Miyazawa's works the roots of the strange mixture between Japanese and pseudo-European atmospheres.

Tiptoeing

Today's Tao

A tiptoeing man doesn't stand. [Ch.24]


Don't try to show off.

You cannot keep on tiptoeing forever.

If you want to express something, do it by expressing nothing.

Dark Depth will take care of the rest.


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