seeing everything in terms of Buddha. Everything is Buddha. In other words, everything focuses on expectations of Buddha. When everything has the expression of full function. It doesn't exist alone. It exists, the expression of full function exists in the relationship between you and everything.

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From this point, the expression of true function is not merely conception. It is always living in the relationship between you and everything. Let's imagine he is a grain of rice. Even a grain of rice possesses the expression of full function.

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What do you think, what does a grain of rice as a seed put on in your hand or on the ground? Of course, you know so well what is better. If you keep a grain of rice in your hand forever, what is the purpose of a grain of rice?

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When you put on the ground, the purpose of a grain of rice is to grow into a rice plant. This is true. In order to make the expression of full function of even a grain of rice, even a speck of dust. You should put on a place, on the place, where it should be placed.

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To put a grain of rice on the ground by you is to make a grain of rice live, the expression of its own full functions. So Buddha said, it is Buddha nature. From this point, the full function is not merely a conception. If the expression of full function is merely conception produced by our minds, it remains

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are merely a grain of rice as a material, fallen and fade away. So it is important for us to to put on the ground. This is important for studying student Buddhism, to keep this attitude. So from this point, everything exists concerning with us. Everything doesn't exist apart from you.

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If everything exists apart from you, it is merely material. In order to make the expression of full function of everything as a material, you should put it on the place which it should be placed. So you should put a thing that ought to be placed in a high place should be put on in a high place.

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A thing that ought to be put in a low place should be placed in a low place. This is the meaning of making everything live as the expressions of full functions. This is the meaning that you understand the truth or Buddha nature. Zazen from this point, zazen is not merely formality. Zazen has, no, zazen is zazen which possesses the expression or full function of yourself.

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When you make your own zazen to live as an expression of its own full function, you don't sit in meditation. Zazen is doing zazen. So You should sit in the right middle of the universe. Don't lose your composure. Don't be so hasty. Don't look back. Don't look every direction.

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It is the best place. where you are sitting now here. If you can find a better place rather than this place where you are sitting now here, make many attempts to do so. Those who cannot understand this meaning, those who cannot understand the best place where you are sitting now here, should never carry on doing anything else.

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Even though you find another better best, even though those who cannot understand the expression of full function of yourself, No matter how many thousand times you chant the name of Amitabha, the name of Buddha, no matter how sincere

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you can become a player to God. It seems no miso in the miso-su. Those who cannot understand, those who cannot devote yourself to do even zazen, even zazen, just only one zazen, should never, should never do anything else Those who can understand the true meaning of one, number one, can understand

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Number 10. So the important thing is that you should devote yourself to do one thing. Spirit, George N. Thiel, Miracle. George N. The important thing is that you should devote yourself to do one thing.

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You should never look back or look in every direction. If you look back, to your surrounding, you may become a salt poor, like a lot's wife in the Old Testament. In Buddhism, emphasis, one is all, all is one. This meaning is that you should do, you should devote yourself to do one thing that is given

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Now here. That's all. If you can do this way, you may do anything. You may do anything. From this point, zazen is not merely formality. It is yourself. to give full contents to its formalities.

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At this time, formality is not merely formality. In order to carry on this way, you have to obey the Buddha's teaching. In other words, you should be straightforward. So Shakyamuni Buddha When Shakyamuni Buddha passed away, many people, being grieved and sad and afflicted at heart, went to the

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shallow grave, grove, and wanted to see Shakyamuni Buddha. In order to partake of bliss, bliss that devours upon those who are in the presence of the Buddha. They wanted to listen to his great, wonderful teaching before his passing away. And Shakyamuni said to them, seeking the way, you must exert yourselves and strive with diligence.

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It is not enough to have seen me walk as I have commanded you, free yourselves from the clangor not of sorrow. Walk in the path with steadfast faith." And Shakyamuni continued to give suggestion to them. A man may dwell beside me, and yet being disobedient, be far away from me. Yet he who obeys the Dharma will always enjoy the bliss of the Tathagata's presence.

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When we throw away our own selfishness, we can easily go planting into the world of Buddha. If you throw away your own selfishness, you can easily put a grain of rice on the ground. When you put a grain of rice on the ground, The fact that you put a grain of rice on the ground will bring about everything, water and sun shining.

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So a grain of rice is going to grow into a rice plant. When you want to rice plant, you should put a grain of rice on the ground as a proper place for it. At that time, even though you don't try to seek something, everything comes up to you, some shining water,

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comes up to a grain of rice. So when you want to see yourself, when you want to learn yourself as a true meaning, as an expression of full functions, you should You should put yourself on a proper place. This is zazen. So you should do zazen in the right middle of universe. Don't lose your composure. Don't be so hasty.

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Whatever may happen. The Bishop Kaizen Kumazawa, the head of AHA Monastery, is a great Zen master, one of the great outstanding Zen masters in Japan. About 10 years ago, we had a big earthquake. So we had a big damage to people, to houses, in and around Queen Prefecture.

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Happening earthquake. The Bishop Taizen Kumazawa was taken aback. A monk who followed him always ran away to him. and said, earthquake, earthquake, please get out, please get out, get out of the bathroom. So Bishop Taishin Kumazawa didn't lose his composure.

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I am taking a bath. Don't be so hasty. Wait, wait. This is a wonderful word of his mind. At that time, Someone ran away in order to protect his own safety in a hurry. So he jumped down from the window.

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not so high, about this high. And he hurt, he hurt his feet. He lived in Nagoya prefecture, which is so far from the Fukui prefecture. So I think the earthquake in around Nagoya City, was not so big. Nevertheless, he, in a hurry, jumped down from the window and hurt his feet. In the world, of happening just earthquake.

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There are various situations in this world. Someone is taking a bath with his composure. Someone is running away from the window and had hurt his feet. It's very interesting, faces of this world. Even though you look around, your circumstances, a thing which you will gain is all same, not different thing.

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But you can gain particular thing, what you want. is your delusion. In the modern life, it is stupid to sit in meditation for a long time without doing anything. What does it mean? Nevertheless, Don't look back and don't look every direction of your surroundings. You should sit zazen, in the right middle of the universe, not in the right middle of small room like zendo.

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You should sit zazen in the right middle of universe with your confidence. This is important point for our students or for our human life, especially in the modern life. in modern life, in our modern lives. You spent, you have very hectic days always. Even a day, even a minute, a day you should have your own

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It is at the mercy of nobody. No, it is not at the mercy of anybody. You should have your own confidence and should do zazen. Thank you very much. Thank you.

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