Sublime

“A roshi is a person who has actualized that perfect freedom which is the potentiality for all human beings. He exists freely in the fullness of his whole being. The flow of his consciousness is not the fixed repetitive patterns of our usual self-centered consciousness, but rather arises spontaneously and naturally from the actual circumstances of

Rinzai’s radical use of buji tells us that Zen is no “thing” whatsoever. In his talk, he tries to cut off any notion we may have of what there is to do or what there is to accomplish. He spells out all the traps that his monks are likely to fall into—his way of flushing out their “secret practices.” Today, Rinzai is famous for answering questions

Just get rid of The mind that thinks "This is good, that is bad," And without any special effort, Wherever we live is good to live in.

Where the mood of the moment is solitary and quiet it is called sabi.c When the artist is feeling depressed or sad, and in this peculiar emptiness of feeling catches a glimpse of something rather ordinary and unpretentious in its incredible “suchness,” the mood is called wabi.

So the degree to which our practice ripens, to that degree we can do more, we can include more, we can serve more; and that’s really what Zen practice is about. Sitting like this is the way; so let’s just practice with everything we have. All I can be is who I am right now; I can experience that and work with it. That’s all I can do. The rest is