Zen Mastery: Compassion and Wisdom Embodied

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The talk eulogizes a Zen master, reflecting on the teachings of Zen and the embodiment of compassion and wisdom in daily practice. It references the idea of interconnectedness, highlighting key Zen texts and figures that shaped the Buddhist tradition, and concludes with a dedication to continue the work of spreading Buddha's teachings.

Referenced Texts and Works:

  • Prajnaparamita Sutra: Central to the talk, it emphasizes the concept of emptiness in all forms and the mantra "gathe, gate, hara, gate, harastha, gathe, bodhisattva," underscoring a foundational Mahayana Buddhist teaching.
  • Heart Sutra: Referred to as a core text for understanding non-self and emptiness, offering merit to various Buddhist figures and committing to practicing compassion.
  • Gary Snyder's Writings: Highlighted for illustrating the Zen master's approach of exploring and teaching through direct experience with nature, symbolizing the integration of Zen practice in everyday life.

Referenced Figures:

  • Kanzeon/Avalokiteshvara: The Bodhisattva of compassion, exemplifying the practice of mercy and guidance to others in the Zen tradition.
  • Sakya Muni Buddha: Acknowledged as the original teacher whose teachings form the foundation of Buddhism.
  • Bodhidharma: Recognized for transmitting Zen to China, playing a pivotal role in its historical development.
  • Ehe Dogen: Noted as the foundational figure in Japanese Zen, particularly in the Soto school, emphasizing the importance of meditation and enlightenment in daily activities.
  • Manjushri: The Bodhisattva of Perfect Wisdom, symbolizing the embodiment of wisdom and its application in the pursuit of enlightenment.

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Bye. Yeah.

[01:15]

Hi Mommy. Hi. [...] Bye! Yuzan Myoko, great founder, opener of the Zen Samadhi gate of enlightenment for so many beings throughout these many worlds.

[04:00]

Great hero, you have crossed over, completely taken refuge in the Buddha, Buddha's child shining in everything. Now we will come back from grief, come over from grief and find you in all things, in the flow of our own heart, wisdom, As you found us in your great mercy, O Kanzeon, Avalokiteshvara, 1,000 arms, 11 heads, you showed us the many ways." Gary Snyder wrote, you blazed out the new path for all of us and came back and made it clear, explored the side canyons and deer trails, and investigated cliffs and thickets. Many guides would have us travel single file like mules in a pack train and never leave the trail. You taught us to move forward like the breeze, tasting the berries, greeting the blue jays, learning and loving the whole terrain.

[05:07]

Now we have rested your ashes, found your new home, Acknowledged the great stupa of your pure body, difficult to see, neither big nor small, found nor lost. O Alan, wide, joyous, loving mind, we enter your field anew. Ah Prajnaparamita Vrindaya Sundara Ah Bhagavad-gita is for a bodhisattva in practice

[06:44]

Imbued, the form does not differ from emptiness, emptiness does not differ from form, that which is form is emptiness. That which is emptiness form, the same is true of feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness, or ephedra. All dharmas are marked with emptiness. They do not appear nor disappear, are not tainted nor pure, do not increase nor decrease. Therefore, in emptiness, no form, no feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness, no eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue, no

[07:53]

body, no mind, no color, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, no object of mind, no realm of eyes and so forth, until no realm of mind, consciousness, no ignorance, of it and so forth until no old age and death and also no extinction of them, no suffering, no origination, no stopping, no death, no cognition, and also no attainment with the fiend. To attain the Bodhisattva depends on Prajnaparamita, and his mind is no hindrance, without any hindrance, no fear,

[09:03]

This far apart from every perverted beauty dwells in nirvana. In the three worlds all Buddhas depend on Prajnaparamita. In the penanutara samyak sambodhi. Therefore know the Prajna Paramita is the great transcendent mantra, is the great bright mantra, is the utmost mantra, is the supreme mantra. which is able to relieve all suffering and is true, not false. So proclaim the Prajna Paramita mantra. Proclaim the mantra that says, gathe, gate, hara, gate, harastha, gathe, bodhisattva.

[10:10]

May we awaken the true compassion of Buddha. As we recite the Heart Sutra of Well-Gone Wisdom, we offer the merit to the great original teacher, Sakya Muni Buddha, the first master in China, Bodhidharma, the first master in Japan, Ehe Dogen, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Wisdom, Manjushri, May we share their true compassion with all beings. Chanted many things for you, O Alan. And there have been many offerings from friends, fellow Buddhists and fellow teachers. And we have all learned to turn toward emptiness, seeing through you the transiency of this life, and yet seeing your nature in all things, the great merit of your spirit.

[11:20]

Thus we now offer ourselves in this resolve to all beings to continue your work. He was a man, she was a woman. She was a woman, she was a woman. Om Namah Shivaya Om Namah Shivaya My, my, [...] my.

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