2018年04月05日20:30
The Japanese plum "ume"tree in the backyard of "hondou" is bearing many pieces of fruits. When Spring comes, and it gets warmer, many plums begin to bear fruits, but how do plums grow to make flowers bloom and bear fruits? Plums need water, air, sunlight, nutrients of soil, temperature, space, and time to grow. I think plums are very clever, because they know what they really need to grow. They are content with themselves just the way they are. You can call their way "tree's samadhi", the natural way to grow. Of course, they have no anxiety for money, for selfish aggrandizement, or for fame, because they don't have self-consciousness at all. Only humans have self-consciousness and think too much to miss samadhi of the natural way to grow. It has become the common way of thinking for modern people to add value to something, to advertise it, and to sell it at a high price. However, the fundamental value and dignity of humans is just being without extra value, and to be satisfied with just being supports for his true growth of inside.
Then, how humans can go on the natural and sound way of samadhi? Being content with yourself to feel at home and relaxed without self-consciousness is the way. Therefore, doing Zazen is not ascetic practice but joyful and peaceful practice to be gratified with yourself feeling at home. Dogen praises this samadhi "royal-samahdi", which means absolute being samadhi.
May you be content with yourself just the way you are≫
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The Japanese plum "ume"tree in the backyard of "hondou" is bearing many pieces of fruits. When Spring comes, and it gets warmer, many plums begin to bear fruits, but how do plums grow to make flowers bloom and bear fruits? Plums need water, air, sunlight, nutrients of soil, temperature, space, and time to grow. I think plums are very clever, because they know what they really need to grow. They are content with themselves just the way they are. You can call their way "tree's samadhi", the natural way to grow. Of course, they have no anxiety for money, for selfish aggrandizement, or for fame, because they don't have self-consciousness at all. Only humans have self-consciousness and think too much to miss samadhi of the natural way to grow. It has become the common way of thinking for modern people to add value to something, to advertise it, and to sell it at a high price. However, the fundamental value and dignity of humans is just being without extra value, and to be satisfied with just being supports for his true growth of inside.
Then, how humans can go on the natural and sound way of samadhi? Being content with yourself to feel at home and relaxed without self-consciousness is the way. Therefore, doing Zazen is not ascetic practice but joyful and peaceful practice to be gratified with yourself feeling at home. Dogen praises this samadhi "royal-samahdi", which means absolute being samadhi.
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