Actually, to create with the "big I" is to give



Actually, to create with the "big I" is to give


This teaching from Suzuki just struck me so deeply today.  Why?  Because when I am creating I  am thinking "I" am creating, and I am not thinking about giving and I am not thinking about the source of all -- God.  I am in the small "I".



Emptiness

The other teaching today is to experience emptiness is:

If you continue this practice,
eventually you will experience the true existence which
comes from emptiness.

We should know that ture existence, true living depends upon realization of emptiness.  For then we can have gratitude and appreciation, free of ego and craving, experiencing joy in life, openness and love, purity and truth. 


Moment after moment we are creating
something, and this is the joy of our life. But this " l"
which is creating and always giving out something is not the
"small I" ; it is the "big I ."


Dogen-zenji said, "To give is non-attachment," That is,
just not to attach to anything is to give.

Actually, to create with the "big I" is to give; 

God Giving

we cannot create and
own what we create for ourselves since everything was
created by God, This point should not be forgotten. But
because we do forget who is doing the creating and the
reason for the creation, we become attached to the material
or exchange value. This has no value in comparison to the
absolute value of something as God's creation.

And we should forget, day by day, what we have done; this
is true non-attachment. And we should do something new.
To do something new, of course we must know our past,
and this is all right. But we should not keep holding onto
anything we have done; we should only reflect on it. And
we must have some idea of what we should do in the future.
But the future is the future,

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Teishos/Shodo_Harada_On_the_Heart_Sutra.html

Image
home go back to Zen Commentaries & Teishos thezensite  On the Maka Hanya Haramita Sutra Shodo Harada Roshi July, 1993 From today through the three days which we are gathered here I will do Dharma lectures on the Heart Sutra. This Heart Sutra in a mere 261 words puts together totally the essence of the Buddha's teaching, his wisdom and understanding. This very experience of the Buddha is manifested in this sutra. Of course, this is an impossible task to do in just three days and we will have to abbreviate it greatly and won't be able to cover it all. It is a sutra which should be read by each of us every day, but do not end it's study here please.  The title itself,  Maka Hanya Haramita Sutra , was added later and could be called extra but in fact the essence of this sutra is all put together in this one title, so I shall begin by talking about that one title.  The first word  maka , this word means great, superior, plentiful, all rolled into one. We...
Read more

Theravadin.org on meditation

Image
http://www.theravadin.org/2009/02/13/mindfulness-is-not-sati/ Mindfulness is not Sati? FEBRUARY 13, 2009 /  23 COMMENTS /20389 VIEWS Many people  (especially those who intensively try to put the Buddhas eightfold path into practice) have thought about the meaning of samma sati or “right mindfulness”. In fact, the meaning of this important aspect of Buddhist practice had troubled me for a long time 🙂 (1) The problem occurs when we start looking closer at the oldest Buddhist scriptures available, the Pali texts and look for the meaning and connotations of this important Buddhist term. Before we begin, however,  a very short introductory remark: Why is ‘sati’ so important with regard to the path to Nibbana? Because it is  at the center core of the entire Buddhist meditation : “Now what is concentration, lady, what is its topic, what are its requisites, and what is its development” “Singleness of mind is concentration, friend Visakha; the four foundations of...
Read more

Craving and the three Poisons

amoha  (non-delusion) or  prajna  (wisdom) alobha  (non-attachment) or  dāna  (generosity) adveṣa  (non-hatred) or  mettā  (loving-kindness) Poison Sanskrit [11] [12] Pali Tibetan [11] [13] Alternate English translations [11] Skt./Pali/Tib. Synonym [14] Delusion moha moha gti mug confusion, ignorance avidyā  (Skt.); avijjā (Pāli); ma rigpa (Tib.) Attachment rāga lobha 'dod chags desire, sensuality, greed n/a Aversion dveṣa dosa zhe sdang hatred n/a In the second of the  Four Noble Truths , the Buddha identified  taṇhā  as a principal cause in the arising of  dukkha  (suffering, pain, unsatisfactoriness). [8] The  taṇhā , states  Walpola Rahula , or "thirst, desire, greed, craving" is what manifests as suffering and rebirths. [7]  However, adds Rahula, it is not the first cause nor the only cause of  dukkha  or  samsara , because the origination of everything ...
Read more