Wow. What kind of dishes? Who is cook today? Maybe, maybe Francis. Francis cook. He is very cook, very good cook. How many, how many cook making a dish tonight meal? This is the attitude of the awakened. Of course, Buddha, as long as Buddha is human being, that's it. Good smell, okay.

[01:02]

Okay. Who is cook? Francis. Today, there are many sick men or poor, poor sick men. You can't, you can't eat, you can't, you will be, you will be able to miss these dishes. Buddha is completely turned into his space, pace, upright. This is Buddha's attitude. Then, Dogen then says, bukojo. Bukojo is, bukojo is to advance.

[02:04]

The original word Buddha means, as mentioned before, the person who has continued to advance. Okay. Always you have to stand upright. Whichever you, in whichever direction to go, if you find there is something wrong, you should return yourself into your own pace, which is standing upright right in the middle of the room. This is Buddha. That time, you can get taste of peacefulness, tranquility. So yesterday I mentioned, tranquility or peaceful is not, is not something like the lack of dynamic mood.

[03:13]

The calmness, tranquility is the perfection of full function, full function. Right in the middle of Buddha's world. This is bukojo. Then, in the fourth verse, Buddha's way is unsurpassable. I vow to attain it. I vow to attain it. I vow to attain, I vow to stand upright right in the middle of Buddha's way. Middle of Buddha. This is, that time you can find, you can get taste of tranquility, peacefulness.

[04:18]

Then through this tranquility, your life, your mind, your body and mind is, are completely free from any obstacles. Then, you can be, you can be considerate, compassionate to all sentient beings. If you ignore this practice, if you ignore this practice, continuing, continuing to stand upright right in the middle of Buddha's world, you can never be compassionate, considerate to all sentient beings.

[05:21]

And also, you can never understand what you are. So, what the four vows tell us is to continue to advance toward Buddha. This is bodhisattva's life. Bodhisattva's life is always walking toward Buddha. Walking toward Buddha is to advance one by one. And also therein, he has perfection of stillness, peacefulness. Every time, every time whenever he walks toward Buddha's world,

[06:33]

to advance is not to rush into at running, to run, to advance is not to walk at running recklessly, not to run recklessly, carelessly. To advance is to advance. And at the same time, therein, the perfection of full stillness, tranquility. So, advance, this within the world of standing upright, there is, there are both aspects of advance. Advancing, advance, and the perfection of full stillness and tranquility.

[07:35]

This is man's advance. This is man's advance. In other words, if you use technical word, it is practice. This is Buddha's way.

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