OLD - Shobogenzo (end of talk only)
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Sesshin Lecture 1966 Tape #2; Track 1 Continuation and completion of 1pm lecture of Suzuki Roshi, Thursday. Looks like whole of this is lost, except near end and parts on other tape. Most of it was translation from Shushogi by Dogen Zenji
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This corresponds to the end of 66-08-18-B
This was added to 05093-F
If you want to study Buddhism, you should enter the room. You shouldn't stay at the edge of the teaching. Even though you enter our room, you will not have any restriction. You are quite free. But you should enter our teaching. It means don't try to understand it just intellectually or by means of experience only. Experience, of course, is important.
[01:03]
But the more important thing is confidence to believe in yourself. And you should be faithful to what you feel and what you think. You should not fool yourself. It is quite all right to say, I cannot agree with you, or I cannot accept that teaching. That is all right. It is how we make our understanding deeper and deeper. So, Dogen Zen says, now, by far, we are teachers and disciples. But we are all friends forever.
[02:13]
And in this way, we can develop our way. So it doesn't mean just Buddhism. It should be our way. We have practiced for four days already. But I don't know what is gay. And that is quite all right. Because you are already in the room here. You cannot get out of it.
[03:18]
Don't say, I did not get anything here, so I must get out of it. It is, you know, wherever you go, you will have the same trouble. Wherever you go, you will not get anything. Because you have already. Because you are already in the room. Same thing will happen to you, to us, always. It does not mean I detain you in this room. So, whatever discussion you make, that is quite all right.
[04:23]
But we should be faithful to ourselves. And if your understanding is not deep enough, I will say that it is not deep enough. Not wrong. There is no wrong view of life. Not wrong, but maybe one-sided or not deep enough. So, we should make our understanding deeper, deeper, deeper. That is how we practice Buddhism. When you cannot swim, if you were thrown into a deep river, you would be scared.
[05:29]
And it is quite natural for you to try to get out of it. But unfortunately or fortunately, it is impossible to get out of it. How to be rescued is to try to reach the bottom of the water. Then you will float. If you try to get out of it, you will drown. That is how we study Buddhism. Thank you.
[06:51]
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