From this month’s Zen words in Japanese site of Rinzai-Obaku Zen.
Majority is not always right. Sometimes you are alone in the place you think is right. However, if you are not solely wrong the light of truth always shines on you. You should be able to see it.
From this month’s Zen words in Japanese site of Rinzai-Obaku Zen.
Of course, in Zen words, the city originally referred was not Rome, but Chang’an the capital of Tang Dynasty.
The enlightenment or the ultimate truth of the universe is actually ubiquitous and common and everyone or everything in this universe is following it without any exceptions.
Thus if you are to reach it, you do not have to choose a particular road.
From this month’s Zen words in Japanese site of Rinzai-Obaku Zen.
By climbing up a ladder, you can get a better view. However, falling off from a ladder is a major cause of severe home injury which could be fatal. This also applies to an abstract view point. Your sense of excellence could easily become a disastrous pitfall.
From this month’s Zen words in Japanese site of Rinzai-Obaku Zen.
Multitasking is a myth. It is scientifically proven. However, we try to do multitasking. It is the unattainable desire leads to suffering. If you want to accomplish meaningful outcome, you need wholehearted dedication to a single task at a time.
From this month’s Zen words in Japanese site of Rinzai-Obaku Zen.
In original phrase it was about an ideal dynasty, however, I thought in modern context we can interpret it as about an ideal management.
At the pinnacle of management skills, a manager would be able to utilise whatever resources at hand, each and every subordinate, material or opportunity and left nothing wasted.
Thus if there are any resources not utilised well it is all attributed to the manager’s virtue.
From this month’s Zen words in Japanese site of Rinzai-Obaku Zen.
Pandemic, extreme weather, struggling economy and even war. Endless gloomy news stories just keep coming. Even though, Zen teaches us that every day is a good day. Really?
It is about opening your eyes to the ultimate truth of life. There is no such a day when the way to the ultimate truth of life is closed. Thus you cannot blame anything but yourself about your uncertainty.
Hei tā te kōrero o te marama i te wāhanga Hapani o te Rinzai-Obaku Zen.
He mate urutā, he tauheke āhuarangi, he paheketanga ohaoha, he pakanga. Kai te haere tonu mai nga pūrākau rongokōrero pouri mutunga kore. Ahakoa rā, e whakaako ana te mātauranga Zen i a mātou he rā pai ia rā ia rā. Pēhea?
Kai te whakatuwhera i o whatu ki te whakaaro nui pono. Kaore he rā pērā e kore e taea te whakamārama. Na reira kaore e taea e koe te whakapae i tētahi mea engari ko koe anō mo to rangirua.
From this month’s Zen words in Japanese site of Rinzai-Obaku Zen.
The headline describes the extent of the breakthrough required to reach the enlightenment.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been so many occasions where common beliefs before the pandemic are overturned. Sometimes it could be hard to swallow for established researchers or reporters of refuted theories.
They might have so much vested interests of prolonged periods based on those theories. However, the “truth” a human believes and the true state of reality could have a huge distance.
From this month’s Zen words in Japanese site of Rinzai-Obaku Zen.
The subject describes how time flies. Zen’s purpose is to comprehend the universal truth of the world in just one grasp from the immediate and present reality.
Throughout the Covid 19 pandemic, the world has seen how delusions keep people from seeing their immediate and present dangers and make them falling into sufferings which could have been prevented. It is quite opposite from what Zen teaches.