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The habit (viewpoint arising from the ego-self) of dividing

the essential nature of oneness into self and other, life and

death, pain and pleasure, rising and falling, and so on, is

the source of all delusion and anxiety. However, when the

source of this delusion disappears completely, this condition

is called liberation. It is also called ‘essentially there is no

substance to anything’, ‘nirvana’, and ‘the moment now’.  Shikantaza (just sitting) is the quickest way to forget

the ego-self and verify this matter for yourself. When the

self is forgotten, then the joyous activity that is free of 

the ego-self is born (all traces of enlightenment disappear)

and veries yourself at every moment, in every place, in

any situation (continues on and on endlessly).

It is from this that the Buddhist precepts originate. It

is the only way that mankind can make great progress,

reach great peace. Long ago a Chinese poet called Tufu

wrote ‘These days, people reject this Way (of Buddha) as if 

it were dirt.’ * If there is no awakening to the Way of Budd-

ha, won’t human beings continue to wander endlessly in

this chaotic world?

Turning the hand up, clouds form;

turning the hand down, rain falls.

 Many are the fckle and insincere who

turn their hands this way or that. Don’t you remember the devoted 

 friendship of Kan and Po when they were poor?

These days, people reject this Way as if it were dirt.

* Friendship in Times of Poverty

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Harada Roshi is the Head

Priest of Hosshinji in

Japan, is the author of The

 Essence of Zen, and was

General Director of the

Soto Zen sect’s European

Ofce for Administration

and Teaching in Italy.

This article is taken from

the Spring 2001 issue of 

 Hosshinji Newsletter  and

reprinted with their kind

 permission.

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