Tao Te Ching Chapter 55 Baby's safe (playlist)

Although he doesn't know the intercourse of a male and a female yet, his male organ erects itself. (Tao Te Ching 55-6)

If you are against Tao, you come to an early end.
(Tao Te Ching 55-16)

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"Because of the self there is the foe; when there is no self there is no foe."

"You make no choice between right and wrong, like and dislike."

(Daisetz Suzuki, «Zen and Japanese Culture»)

☞See Tao Te Ching Chapter 55-3 No attack

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Mind! It's the mind that confuses the mind.

Mind! Don't let the mind take over the mind.

(Japanese Zen Master Takuan)

☞See Tao Te Ching Chapter 55-13 Takuan / Mind & Ki

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Tao Te Ching Chapter 54 Learn Attainment (playlist)

What is Satori?
If you want it, you have to listen to what Zen Master Dogen says:
"It doesn't matter if you have reached Satori or not.
It doesn't matter if you reached Satori a long time ago or not.
If you have a hologram, you are Buddha."

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Do you know a Zen expression called 尽十方界 [jin jippo (juppo) kai]? It means "ten nooks and crannies of the whole world".

"Ten nooks and crannies of the whole world are the only eye of a one-eyed monk.

That is to say, they are the only eye of the one-eyed Monk Gautama Buddha.

Monk Gautama Buddha's eye is «Shobogenzo / the authentic manifestation of holography», which I have got." (Dogen)

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There is a famous Koan: What is the meaning of Daruma / Bodhidharma coming over from the West?

Dharma 法 signifies manifestation.

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Tao Te Ching Chapter 53 Thief's luxury (playlist)

In this «Tao Te Ching Chapter 53 Thief's luxury», We discuss an important Zen concept about the hologram. It is «Gabyo 画餅 / a painted rice-cake».

First, let's hear what Zen Master Kyogen Chikan (香厳智閑 [Hsing-yen Chih-hsien / Xiangyan Zhixian]) say.

"A painted rice-cake does not satisfy hunger."

You may agree, but Zen Master Dogen doesn't really.

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Dogen says in his Shobogenzo 正法眼蔵: "If it is not a painted rice-cake, it must not be a remedy to satisfy hunger."

What does this mean?

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Tao Te Ching Chapter 52 Enlightenment (playlist)

What is the enlightenment or Satori. How can you get it? Many people have these questions. In the original text, the Kanji / Chinese character 常 [jo], which means constancy, is used to express "enlightenment".

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In Chapter 16, Lao Tzu says:
"Going back to the destiny is called constancy. Learning constancy is called enlightenment."

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The "beginning" is the mother of the hologram.
In Zen Buddhism, it is called Bumo misho izen 父母未生以前, which means "the state before the father and the mother are born".

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"Pine trees are time. Bamboo trees are time, too."
(Zen Master Dogen, Uji 有時, «Shobogenzo»)

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Tao Te Ching Chapter 51 Attainment (playlist)

Let's review Dark Depth Attainment (=the attainment of Tao).

1. You give birth to the world, which is your hologram. But you do not possess it.

2. Let it work by itself. Don't be attached to its outcome.

3. Remember that you are Tao. Nevertheless, do not dare try to control your hologram.

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Let's check a few things about Self.

1. Your own self is not true You.

2. True You are Tao.

3. Self is part of your hologram.

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