Hi all,

Going through the latest posts, I would like to just remind everybody and Taigu too that the way is not difficult, we just have to cease the chase, stop looking for something else. To just stop. And that's enough. What is taking place beyond the action of stopping is none of our deed or work or responsability, for this self is empty anyway. So, just stop. And the idea of going on and searching again arises, drop it and stop. Do this as many times as necessary, thousand times a day. The action of stopping is the act of sitting without agendas and goals, it is this naked awareness, open to thoughts and non thoughts, allowing everything, detached from everything.

The Shodoka, one of the most inspiring poems ever written by one of our ancestors, Yoka Daichi, starts like this:

There is the leisurely one,
Walking the Tao, beyond philosophy,
Not avoiding fantasy, not seeking truth.
The real nature of ignorance is the Buddha-nature itself;
The empty delusory body is the very body of the Dharma.

When the Dharma body awakens completely,
There is nothing at all.
The source of our self-nature
Is the Buddha of innocent truth.
Mental and physical reactions come and go
Like clouds in the empty sky;
Greed, hatred, and ignorance appear and disappear
Like bubbles on the surface of the sea.
(Aitken translation)
Not avoiding fantaisy, not seeking truth...
Not picking up or choosing...

Just endlessly do this, stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. And enjoy.

The real nature of ignorance is the Buddha-nature itself;
The empty delusory body is the very body of the Dharma.
As Chet would say, you are swimming in IT.

gassho to all


Taigu