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Morning Instruction
The transcript discusses the importance of etiquette and mindfulness in Zen monastic life, emphasizing the practice of exchanging greetings using "Kasyo" and maintaining quiet and careful behavior when moving within the monastery. It also highlights teachings of Dogen Zenji on the importance of following the Zen master's guidance straightforwardly without doubt, as a pathway to understanding one's true nature. The talk stresses the relinquishment of selfishness in practice and encourages a receptive attitude towards instructed practices, illustrating this with the metaphor of drinking water to quench thirst.
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Dogen Zenji: Highlights the importance of exchanging greetings appropriately, before personal grooming, as a matter of etiquette within a Zen monastery.
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Bhaktivedanta: Referenced as an example of rigorous self-training and the significance of adhering to a Zen master's advice to attain understanding, paralleling seeking water to satiate thirst.
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Kasyo: This specific gesture is emphasized as a mindful practice of greeting, reflecting broader Zen teachings on awareness and presence in daily actions.
AI Suggested Title: Mindful Greetings in Zen Practice
in Zen monastery, general activity in our life are very valuable. So, when you meet with each other in the morning. We have to exchange greeting one another. No one met my greeting this morning. you have to answer another one's greeting without saying anything, just with kasyo.
[01:22]
In the case of Ehijie Monastery, we are hard to meet each other during the day. As we meet each other wherever we meet, we exchange greetings with Gassho. In this case here, just in the morning, you have to exchange creating with kassho.
[02:37]
Dogen Zenji said, it is a rude way It is but etiquette to exchange greeting before washing your face or teeth. So in Zen monastery, after chanting, after morning service or breakfast, we make a rule to go to the Zen master's room and exchange a greeting in the morning. In the case of here, after washing your face and teeth,
[04:01]
you have to exchange greeting with kasyo. When you walk inside zendo or passages. Be careful not to make too much noise. Don't walk rudely. You don't walk like this.
[05:13]
You walk... If you... If you concentrate at your attention, concentrate your attention on You are walking like this. Like this. Like a ki-hi. You don't make noise too much. Even though you wear slippers. You feel like going down from your toes. Bhaktivedanta was very hard-trained because he was very difficult to find his great ten masters.
[07:00]
In order to gain his own true nature, he was training very hard by himself. And he was very hard to find his master. He said, you don't, it is not necessary for you to train, to train very hard that knee. Because you have, you have already a great Zen master. So you should, you should follow the Zen master's advice.
[08:17]
That's all. For example, he took an example for Zen. When you, when you feel thirsty, you will, you will find, you will, you will hang, hang around and find, to find the water. to relieve your thirst. At the present, at the present, someone, someone already finds, someone already finds pure water to relieve your thirst.
[09:38]
So it is not necessary to hang around to find pure water. It is only drink, drink of water to relieve your thoughts. Fortunately, in view of all of you, how many good guests and Zen masters are ready to do. So, you just follow. You just follow his advice. Don't any doubt. Don't any doubt. What can I do? The very important thing to train according to Zen Buddhist is that you should be straightforward.
[10:54]
he invites you to face to the north you have to face to the north even though you want to face even though you want to turn to the south even though This round cushion is black. Zen master advise you to say this is white. You have to say height, or height is white. This is an important point to study Zen Buddhist.
[12:14]
When you are hungry, when you are hungry, you want to eat something. In order to eat something, You have to throw away your selfishness. Otherwise, if you have any doubt about your food, you cannot satisfy. to your harmony. So, when you want, when you want to do something, first you should, you should throw away your selfishness.
[13:22]
And for planting, going planting too, to do this and to believe in, believe in something. After that you do. Just do. Just follow, just obey advice.
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