to surpass any trading and perfect karma. It's very meant with a few and a hundred thousand delicate copless. I begin to see and listen to the spirit of Miranda's steps. I draw up to taste the truth of the target of sports. Another day of just sitting.

[01:16]

A day within ourselves, and innumerable beings are supporting us to do. The kitchen, whole institution, your family members, your friends, being willing to give you the space to just sit. I think it's very important to keep remembering that. This is a poem by William Stanley Mervyn. Just now. In the morning, as the storm begins to blow away, the clear sky appears for a moment. And it seems to me that there has been something simpler than I could ever believe.

[02:24]

Simpler than I could have begun to find words for. Not patient. Not even waiting. no more hidden than the air itself that became part of me for a while with every breath and remained with me unnoticed. Something was here, unnamed, unknown in the days and the nights, not separate from them, not separate from them as they came and were gone. It must have been here, neither early nor late then. Then by what name can I address it, now holding out my thanks?

[03:30]

In the morning, as the storm begins to blow away, the clear sky appears for a moment, and it seems to me that there has been something simpler than I could ever believe, simpler than I could have begun to find words for. Not patient, not even waiting, no more hidden than the air itself that became part of me for a while with every breath and remained with me unnoticed. something that was here unnamed, unknown in the days and the nights, not separate from them, not separate from them as they came and were gone. It must have been here neither early nor late. Then by what name can I address it, now holding out my thanks?

[04:38]

Rohaku Okamura says. In Zazen, we don't do anything. We don't do anything with our mind. We don't count breath. We don't watch breath. We don't chant mantra. We don't contemplate anything. We don't try to concentrate our mind on any particular object. We have no techniques. We really just sit with this body, with both body and mind. We sit in an upright posture, breathe through the nose quietly, deeply and smoothly from our abdomen. We keep our eyes open. Even when we sit in this posture, our mind is functioning. Our heart is beating. Our stomach is digesting food.

[06:10]

Each and every organ in our body continues to function. There is no reason that our brain stops working in our zazen. The function of our brain is to secrete thoughts. Thoughts will up in our mind moment by moment. But we refrain from doing anything with our thoughts. We just let everything come up freely and go away freely. We don't grasp anything. We don't try to control anything. We just sit. So it's difficult to talk.

[07:16]

And I want to invite you, if you're in a space, find yourself in a space where there's no grasping for words, no grasping for thoughts, then just sit and don't try to listen or understand what I'm saying. Because true reality is beyond words. And so to not disturb the place where you are, maybe in, because I'm not going to talk about the realm of no words. What I'm going to do today is to remind us that You know, yesterday I said we are entering deeply the merciful ocean of Buddha's way, taking refuge in Dharma.

[08:23]

And there are the innermost level of Dharma, taking refuge in Dharma, there are three levels. And the innermost level is what... Ancestor Wang Po says, your true nature is something never lost to you. Even in moments of delusion, nor is it gained at the moment of enlightenment. It is the nature of your own mind, the source of all things, your original luminous brilliance. You, the richest person in the world, have been going around laboring and begging when all the while the treasure you seek is within you. It is who you are. So that is, in some ways, what those mantras that Ani, we may, we may,

[09:36]

kind of points to when she says, at this moment, my life is perfect. This moment, my life is perfect. I am totally adequate for all situations. I am completely adequate for all situations. These are coming or pointing at that truth that we don't need, we have everything we need. We are completely free and unobstructed. Our being is completely free and unobstructed. So it's another day of just sitting with this body and this mind not holding on to anything, not pushing away anything, just making space for whatever presents itself to you in your body, in your mind, in your feelings.

[11:15]

As the merciful ocean which is Boundless, or as Vimalakirti, whose room could accommodate anybody who came. And when this gets difficult, return to the basics. Check in with your body. Find your most upright, most supported, most relaxed, most balanced body. posture of the moment. Tap into the quiet that permeates the whole building. It has been the quietest I've ever experienced it during a sushi, which doesn't mean it hasn't been so quiet. It's just... what I have experienced so far.

[12:20]

It's wonderful. It's everywhere. It's during breaks, during mealtimes, during zazen. Tap into it. Feel it with your body. Sense it and let it permeate your body and let it support you in whatever experience you find yourself. Allow... Allow your body to be as wide as the silence and the quiet in the room. Tap into the presence of the other bodies. Feel that they are surrounding your body right here in the Buddha hall. They're moving about the space in the hallways. They're sitting still with you in the Zendo. sense them, feel them, and allow them to be the container that expands your body, to be available to the experience that presents itself without making that experience a definition of you.

[13:35]

That's the problem with grasping or spinning stories, that they turn into definitions of my doing good or doing bad or bad. or being okay, or being worthy, or not being worthy, rather than, oh, you're here, and this is how it feels, how you feel, and who are you? What is it? And if we avail ourselves to the support that's here by everybody, everybody who sits with us, all of you support us, me, and support each other, support you. There's no way around it. There wouldn't be a sashim without any of us. If we were all doing other things, there wouldn't be a sashim. So do not forget that.

[14:39]

Even though you... singularly you and individually you have to negotiate the way. Nobody can take a breath for you. Nobody can decide for you whether it's time to move. Whether your body is telling you it's time to move, otherwise you're harming yourself. Or it's time to take a sazen out and sleep. But it's a negotiation. It's not, oh, it would be so nice to go to bed. Okay, I go to bed. Don't waste time. So what's the negotiation? How do we find out is it an appropriate response or is it just checking out because of a preference? And to give yourself the time to negotiate that. And that each one of us has to do by themselves. Nobody can do that for you. And you have the space and the authority and the freedom to do that.

[15:47]

And you're supported by all of us to do that. Because when you do that, everybody who leaves the schedule with a note, because that way you stay connected, you don't disconnect, is supporting the ones that stay when it's appropriate. If we stay in the Zendo and kind of clamp down and push through and get stiff and kind of brutal with ourselves, it's affecting the whole room and it's not helping anybody. And it's based on an idea. It's not based on a relationship, on a negotiation with your body. And this is a wonderful place, Sachin, to learn about that and find out how you can do that. Because when it's clear, it's clear, and you feel it.

[16:53]

It's different than when you're tossed about between, oh, I should stay, it's not good, or I want to leave, I had enough of this. That's not the negotiation. How can you stay in the space of that till is clear what's the right answer for this moment. And if you trust that you can negotiate with your body and your mind and your heart and the schedule and all your ideas, just lost my train of thought. I don't know what I wanted to say. Oh, yes.

[17:55]

Then you do not have to manage ahead of time. In my first machines, I planned what I would do based on what I thought I could stand. And I had a really good plan for the whole session, and I would follow that. But over time, I found out that I don't have to plan, because if I have a plan, oh, I'm going to leave during this period of Kinhin so I can do the next period of Sazen. I would leave that period of Sazen, but I wouldn't find out what actually... how my body is always changing. So I would start to trust that if I need to leave, I can leave. Then I would find out I didn't need to leave at this period of kin-hin to prevent an idea of something. But I could just wait till my body told me I need to go to the bathroom.

[19:01]

But then... That's negotiating the way, that's listening. So then you don't have to manage your life, you start trusting your life and you start trusting that you will know what to do, even if it's getting up in the middle of a period of Sazen and quietly leaving the room. You are not chained to your seat. You are freely here and are freely free to leave when it's the right thing for you to leave. In the morning, as the storm begins to blow away, the clear sky appears for a moment.

[20:40]

And it seems to me that there has been something simpler than I could ever believe. Simpler than I could have begun to find words for. Not patient. Not even waiting. No more hidden things. than the air itself that became part of me for a while with every breath and remained with me unnoticed. Something that was here, unnamed, unknown in the days and the nights, not separate from them, not separate from them as they came and were gone. It must have been here neither early nor late then. By what name can I address it now, holding out my thanks?

[21:46]

Another day. just fitting with the perfection of your being. May our intention extend to everything and place with the true merit of God's way. Oh, God. ... [...]

[23:23]

Thank you.

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