Table Of Content(cid:6)NT(cid:7)N;5
INTRODUCTIO.N . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 9.
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SANZEN 11
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THE HEART SUTRA 15
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FIRSTT EISHO
MUMONKAN ONE - Joshaun da P uppy 17
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SECOND TEISHO
MUMONKAN TWO - Hyakujaon da W ildF ox 25
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THIRD TEISHO
MUMONKAN TWO,c ontinued 33
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FOURTH TEISHO
MUMONKAN TWO,c ontinued . . 43
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QUESTIONSA ND ANSWERS 53
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FIFTHT EISHO
MUMONKAN TWO,c ontinued 67
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SIXTHT EISHO
MUMONKAN THREE - GutaRia iseOdn eF inge.r. ....7.5.
SEVENTHT EISHO
MUMONKAN FOUR - TheB arbariHaansN oB eard 8(cid:21)
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THE FOURG REATV OWS 92
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We offehre reisnev ent eisohrol ecturdeesl iverbeydJ o shuS asaki
Roshtio 3 6m embersof a Dai-Sesshheilnad t t heL amaF oundation
inS eptembe1r9,7 3W.e incluadles ao q uestion-and-asnesswseiro n
helodn t hea fternoooftn h ef ourtdha y.A personianlt roducttoi on
Sanze(np rivaitnet erviweiwt hR oshif)o llotwhsi isn troduction.
Roshgia veh isl ecturienJs a paneswei tha translaptroers ent.
In transcribtihnetg a per ecordintgrsa,n slatwiaosn i mproved.
Finalltyh,ee ditetdr anscriwpetrser etransliantteJoda panesfeo r
Roshia'psp rovaaltw, h icht imeh em adea fewm odifications.
JoshuS asakRio shein tereRdi nzaZie nt rainiantgt hea geo f
fourteaennd h asd evoted lhiiftseo Z enp ractiecvee rs incIen.1 962
hec amet ot heU niteSdt ateass,a f ullqyu alifZieendM asterf,o rt he
purposoeft eachiZnegn t oA mericanHse. h ass tudenattsC imarron
ZenC enteirn L osA ngeleMso,u ntB aldZye nC enteirn C alifornia.
andJ emezB odhiM andala Nienw Mexico(.I nformatoino Mnt .
BaldyC,i marroann,d Bodhi Mainstd oab leaf ounadt t hee ndo ft his
Ina dditihoeni ,s o nt her oadp arto fe achy earc,o nducting
sesshifno ro therr egulaarn d beginnisntgu dentast colleges,
monasteriaensdr, e trecaetn tearrso untdh ec ount.r y
TheM umonkano,n w hichR oshit'esi shaor eb asedi,s a 13th
Centurcyo mpilatoifo4 n8 Z enk oansa ndc ommentarbyy Mumon
Ekaiw,r ittedno wnb ya discipTlhee.t ranslatuisoendi st hato f
Fushiki HNiarkoajmiu raa,n dh asb een pribnytt ehde MouBnatl dy
ZenC enterR.o shhia sm ades omec hangeisn t het extfso rt hese
teisho.
The inseritn cludecdo nsisotfs the Japanestee xta nd
pronunciaitniR oonm anl etteorfst heH earStu traI.ti st ob er ead
fromt opt ob ottomr,i ghtto l efcth,a nteodn eb eatp erw ord.R oshi
telluss n ott ob ec aughitn m eanin(gs etee xt). Nevertwhee less,
haver eproductehdet ranslatoifDo ani S etsSuu zuki.
Iti sn oto uri ntereastt L ama toe mphasizoer judget he
differenbceetsw eetnh eS otoa ndR inzasic hoolosfm odernZ en
Buddhisbmu,t t oe mphasize thet rutohf a nyd octriinseb est
II
acceptoendt heb asiosf e xperienrcaet hetrh anc oncep* tF.o ro ur
partw,e present hae frrea gmenotfo uro wn experience.
N eithewro rdsn orc oncepctasn s uffitcoeb rintgr uef reedom
intoo ne'lsi feN.o nethelewses ,h opet hatt hec ontenotf t hese
lecturmeasy i llumianned,b ei lluminbeydy ouro wn experience.
1974
LamaF oundation,
* A
scholairnltyr oducttoiZ oenna ndi tssc hooclasn b ef ounidn t hew ritings
D. TheE ssentoialZfse nB uddhism B.
of T.S uzukiin,p articular (Ed. Phillips,
& 1963). TheZ en
Ryder Co.L,o ndon, Inr eferentcoRe i nzaZie n,w e suggest
MasteHra kuin P.B.
(Translabtye d Yampolsky, ColUunmibvPi.ra e ssN,e w
1971).
York,
Int hey earbse focroem intgoL amaI hads tudiweidt ah
numbeorfs pirittueaalc heIrnIs n.d ian,o rtthos outah , teacher
appearienvd a rioufso rmsa ndb lewm y younmgi ndB.a cki n
AmericIas aatl ititnlS ea nF ranciasncdio nt hey eaart L amah ad
receisvoemdie n tentsrea ining.
Beforem yf irssets shtihjnei k#iitcshuio efffi coefrt hzee ndo]
hadd escribtehden exmto rnings'asn zen:
"Roswhiili ln tervyioeuHw.e s pealkist Etnlgel iHsehw .i lgli ve
youa k oana,p robleaZm e,n q uestiaonndy, o uwi llma nifeysotu r
answeErn.t etrh es anzreono mp,r ostrtahtreet ei measp,p roach
Roshkin,e ealn dp'r ostrSapteea.ck l earBlayc.ko utw henR oshi
rings btehlePl r.o strBaetq eu.i c"k .
Itw asfi vei nt hem orningd,a rka ndv eryc oldT.h efi rst
Octobsenro ww asa bouttoh it.
Ip rostrtahtreetdei mewsa,l kaecdr otshsoe n cfea milLiaarm a
libraanrdyk nelbte foarg ei abnot uldeorfa B uddhfaa,sr t ronger
andm orev ibrainntt r anquitlhiatanyn yB uddhIa c oulhda ve
cookuepd.
He opehniemsdo uttho s milaen da w hitlei gghlte amferdo m
hitse eth.
"Whaitsy ounra me?"
"S".
"Whaist y ouorc cupation?"
"Schotoela ch"e r.
"Howo ldi sB uddha?"
Huh?b inflgi pf lip.
"Noa ge".
"Morzea ze"n . TING
Bacoku tc arefuplrloys,t rMaotreez. a zen.
Familiaritwyi tthh ep roceosfsS anzeinn t hef ollowdianygs i,n
followiynega risn f actn,e verl essenmeyd sensoef e nterintgh e
unknownt,h es pacoef a lplo ssibilities.
Sanzeinst hem omento fr eckoniRnogs.h iis t herwea tchiansg
youa nsweyro urK oan,o rd on'mta,n ifeysotu rB uddhan aturoer
don'Atn.d t om akei te venm orea wesomeo,n es uspectthsa ats s oon
aso nee ntertsh er oomR,o shkin ows onmei'nsd w,h ethetrh erhea s
beena breakthrouwghhe,t hearn intellectuali si rmempalnye nt,
whethezra zewna sm erelay s leepsyt ruggloer,o nei sa boutto g ive
a primals creamo,rj usbtr eadko wnw eepinogr,. ..
Sanzewna st om e,i s-Kurukshe-trtah efi nalc ombatb,e tween
imaginasriyd eosf a warringS elf,w hicho nlyo ccasionsahlalkye
handasn dd issolSvteu.d enatrseu sualaldyv isneodt t od iscutshse ir
koans.
Then exts anzeanf teRro shid iscovermeyd H indut rainiIn g
wasc uto fifn s omew eakr eplwyi thb laas t":T heriesn oG od!T"h en
softl"yB,u tH e'sa lwaywsi thy ou."
Then extt hresea nzenwse rea lmosidte ntictaolt hatI. w as
beinsgt rippeodfm y lasts ecuritmyy, attachmetnomt y Guru and
hist eachings.
Int hef irfsetw d aysIw ouldc arrys omethiinngt soa nzeOnn.c e
itw asa g estur-ec uti nh albfy t hes ticokn,c aec ry- strangblye d
theb ello,n cea no bjec-td estroybeydd isinterest.
I tasteidn credidbelsep aiMry. imagea s heroisca dhu
sputtered.
"60%• M orez azen".
WhenI realizIe hda dt oe ntesra nzeunna rmed, stupiadn,d
nakedt,h inggso tm ovinga,n di ne acohf t hes ucceeding intIe rviews
answeremdy koana ndw asg ivean n ewo ne.
Int heR inzamio nastersya,n zehna ppenefdr equentalfyt,e r
evercyo uploefz aze[ns ittipnegri]o dsO.n ep ersomna y got hrough
a dozeonr m orek oanisn a week-losnegs shiAnn.o thepre rsomna y
stayw itht hes amek oanf ory earsa,n de venb e givekno ansh e
previouasnlsyw ereIdc .o uldns'atyt hatth ef ormerw asn ecessarily
beinegn lighteanneyfd a sttehra tn hel atteTrh.o ugIhs uspetchte re
isa progresshieorne- butw hoc oulsda yi nw hicdhi rectiAonnd?
whilteh eries a dramatipcl ayfulnaebsosu tt hep roceduriet,' s
deadlsye rious.
"Didna'lttl h ostee achetresa cmhe anythiantga llW?a sa lmly
meditatiao wna steo ft ime?M y readinmgy, previous sitting
...a ndm y shouldaecrh e.s. .a ndt hefl ies. ..
"
"Yout eacshc hooaln dy ouh avenr'eta lizyeodu selVfe?r yb ad.
Morez azen."
. .o hn o,n otm orez azen.
·
SoI w entt oL .A.I k newi tw ouldb es omet imeb eforReo shi
returnedA.n d thougeha chk oanw ass omewhatth es amea, ndo f
coursteh eya ppearetdob es elf-evidIe nste,n setdh att hiwsa sa
wayI c oulgdr ounmdy "bhaktsip"i riatn,d a lso pgeertf efcete dback
duringt hep rocess.
Onem orninga t6 :0t0h ez endsoh oofko firv em inutebse forteh e
L.A.earthquackaeu sead h alf-hboruera fkr omt heu suaslc hedule.
Itw asn othin(cid:126)go mparetdos anzen.
Ie ntertehde r ooma,n di tw ass orotf l ikteh ela sts cenoef 2 001.
AsI e nterIen do ticReods hwia st herbeu,t h ew asn'Itw ,a sw alking
forwaradnsd b ackwaradtst hes amet imeI,h adr ealizmeyd k oan
anda lsfoo rgottietsn,k ippetdh ep rostrat[iboencsa utshee rwea s
noo net o prosttroa]atn ed h ads pentto ol onign t hemb,e causteh e
roomw asp ackewdi thP resenacned I h adf orgottmeyns elf.
Was Roshinjaupspti nFgr?o mh isn eatlpyr esserdo be[sR oshi,
Ih adr ealizbeynd o w,w ass malnlo,t g ianta ta lla]j ack-in-the-box
spranfgo rth.
"YOUM UST DIE COMPLETELY/"
Everythidnrgo ppe.d. .j usta sl onags i tt ookt ov eryn eatly
gashoa,n dfi ndm y wayb ackt ot heZ endoT.h enI satf ort hefi rst
time.
