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ThisVeryBodytheBuddha

TalksonHakuin’sSongofMeditation

Talksgivenfrom11/12/77amto20/12/77am

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CHAPTER 1

TheLion’sRoar

11December1977aminBuddhaHall

ALLBEINGSAREFROMTHEVERYBEGINNINGBUDDHA.

ITISLIKEWATERANDICE:

APARTFROMWATER,NOICE,

OUTSIDELIVINGBEINGS,NOBUDDHAS.

NOTKNOWINGITISNEAR,THEYSEEKITAFAR.

WHATAPITY!

ITISLIKEONEINTHEWATERWHOCRIESOUTFORTHIRST;

ITISLIKETHECHILDOFARICHHOUSE

WHOHASSTRAYEDAWAYAMONGTHEPOOR.

THECAUSEOFOURCIRCLINGTHROUGHTHESIXWORLDS

ISTHATWEAREONTHEDARKPATHSOFIGNORANCE.

DARKPATHUPONDARKPATHTREADING,

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WHENSHALLWEESCAPEFROMBIRTH-AND-DEATH?

THEZENMEDITATIONOFTHEMAHAYANA

ISBEYONDALLOURPRAISE.

GIVINGANDMORALITYANDTHEOTHERPERFECTIONS,

TAKINGOFTHENAME,REPENTANCE,DISCIPLINE,

ANDTHEMANYOTHERRIGHTACTIONS,

ALLCOMEBACKTOTHEPRACTICEOFMEDITATION.

BYTHEMERITOFASINGLESITTING

HEDESTROYSINNUMERABLEACCUMULATEDSINS.

HOWSHOULDTHEREBEWRONGPATHSFORHIM?

MYBELOVEDONES:Iloveyou.Loveismymessage–letitbeyourmessagetoo.Loveismy

colorandmyclimate.Tome,loveistheonlyreligion.Allelseisjustrubbish,allelseisnothingbut

mind-churningdreams.Loveistheonlysubstantialthinginlife,allelseisillusion.Letlovegrowin

youandGodwillbegrowingonitsownaccord.IfyoumissloveyouwillmissGodandall.

ThereisnowaytoGodwithoutlove.Godcanbeforgotten–ifloveisremembered,Godwillhappen

asaconsequence.Ithappensasaconsequence.Itisthefragranceofloveandnothingelse.In

factthereisnoGodbutonlygodliness.ThereisnopersonlikeGodanywhere.Dropallchildish

attitudes,don’tgoonsearchingforafather.Divinenessis,Godisnot.WhenIsaydivinenessis,I

meanwhatsoeveris,isfullofGod.Thegreenofthetrees,andtheredandthegolden–allisdivine.

Thiscrowcrying,andabirdonthewing.andachildgiggling,andadogbarking–allisdivine.

Nothingelseexists.

Themomentyouask’WhereisGod?’youhaveraisedawrongquestion.BecauseGodcannot

beindicatedanywhere.Heisnotinaparticulardirection,Heisnotaparticularthing,Heisnota

particularbeing.Godisuniversality.AskwhereGodisnot,thenyouhaveaskedtherightquestion.

Butforthatrightquestionyouwillhavetopreparethesoilofyourheart.That’swhatImeanbylove

–preparingthesoilofyourheart.Ifyouarefulloflove,theworldisfullofGod–theygoparallel,

theyarepartofonesymphony.

Godistheechofromtheuniverse.Whenyouareinlove,theechoisthere.Whenyouarenotin

love,howcantherebeanecho?Itisonlyyouwhoarereﬂectedagainandagaininmillionsofways,

itisyouwhoarethrownbacktoyourselfagainandagain.Ifyouareinlove,Godis.Ifyouarenotin

love,thenwhattosayaboutGod?–evenyouarenot.

IwasthinkingwhatshouldIgivetoyoutoday?Becausethisismybirthday,Iwasincarnatedinto

thisbodyonthisday.ThisisthedayIsawfortheﬁrsttimethegreenofthetreesandtheblueofthe

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skies.ThiswasthedayIfortheﬁrsttimeopenedmyeyesandsawGodallaround.Ofcoursethe

word’God’didn’texistatthatmoment,butwhatIsawwasGod.IwasthinkingwhatshouldIgiveto

youtoday?ThenIrememberedasayingofBuddha:SABBADANAMDHAMMADANANAJNATI–

thegiftoftruthexcelsallothergifts.Andmytruthislove.

Theword’truth’lookstomealittletoodryanddesert-like.Iamnotinmuchtunewiththeword

’truth’–itlookstoological,itlookstoo’heady’.Itgivesyouthefeelingofphilosophy,notofreligion.

Itgivesyoutheideaasifyouhaveconcluded–thatyouhavecometoaconclusion,thattherehas

beenasyllogismbehindit,argumentationandlogicandreasoning.No,’truth’isnotmyword,’love’

ismyword.Loveisoftheheart.Truthispartial,onlyyourheadisinvolved.Inloveyouareinvolved

asatotality–yourbody,yourmind,yoursoul,allareinvolved.

Lovemakesyouaunity–andnotaunion,remember,butaunity.Becauseinaunionthosewhojoin

togetherremainseparate.Inaunitytheydissolve,theybecomeone,theymeltintoeachother.And

thatmomentIcallthemomentoftruth,whenlovehasgivenyouunity.First,lovegivesyouunityin

yourinnermostcore.Thenyouarenomoreabody,nomoreamind,nomoreasoul.Youaresimply

one–unnamed,undeﬁned,unclassiﬁed.Nomoredeterminate,deﬁnable,nomorecomprehensible.

Amystery,ajoy,asurprise,ajubilation,agreatcelebration.

First,lovegivesyouaninnerunity.Andwhentheinnerunityhashappenedthesecondhappens

onitsown–youarenottodoanythingforit.Thenyoustartfallinginunitywiththewholebeyond

you.Thenthedropdisappearsintheoceanandtheoceandisappearsintothedrop.Thatmoment,

thatmomentoforgasmbetweenyouandthewhole,iswhereyoubecomeaBuddha.Thatmoment

isthemomentBuddhahoodisimpartedtoyou.Or,better,revealedtoyou–youhavealwaysbeen

that,unaware.

Mywordislove.SoIsay:Mybelovedones,Iloveyou.andIwouldlikeyoutoﬁllthewhole

worldwithlove.Letthatbeourreligion.NotChristianity,notHinduism,notIslam,notJainism,not

Buddhism,butlove.Lovewithoutanyadjectivetoit.NotChristianlove–becausehowcanlove

beChristian?Itissostupid.HowcanlovebeHindu?Itisridiculous.Loveissimplylove.Inlove

youcanbeaChrist.inloveyoucanbeaBuddha–butthereisnoBuddhistloveandthereisno

Christianlove.

Inloveyoudisappear,yourminddisappears.Inloveyoucometoanutterrelaxation.That’smy

teachingtoyou,Iteachlove.Andthereisnothinghigherthanlove.

ThenIthoughtIshouldgiveyousomethingbeautifulonthisday.AndIrememberedHakuin’sSong

ofMeditation.Itisaverysmallsong,butagreatgift.HakuinisoneofthegreatestZenmasters.His

songcontainsall:alltheBiblesandalltheKoransandalltheVedas.Asmallsongoffewlines,but

itislikeaseed–verysmall,butifyouallowpassagetoittoyourheart,itcanbecomeagreattree.

ItcanbecomeaBodhitree–itwillhavegreatfoliageandmuchshadeandthousandsofpeoplecan

sitandrestunderneathit.Itwillhavebigbranchesandmanybirdscancomeandhavetheirnests

onit.

See:Ihavebecomeatree.Youarethepeoplewhohavecometomaketheirnestsonmytree.You

canalsobecomethis.EverybodySHOULDbecomethis–becauseunlessyoubecomethisyou

willgoonmissingyourfulﬁllment.Unlessyoubecomeagreattreewhichhascometoitsfoliage,

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ﬂowersandfruits–whichisfulﬁlled–youwillremainindiscontent.Anguishwillgoongnawingin

yourheart,miserywilllingeraroundyou.Blisswillbeonlyaword,signifyingnothing.Godwillbe

justgibberish.

WhenyouhavefulﬁllmentthenthereisgraceandthenthereisGod.Inyourfulﬁllmentyoucometo

realizethebenedictionofexistence.

Thisisasongofmeditation.Hakuinhascalledit’song’–yes,itisasong.Ifmeditationiswithouta

songitisdoanddead–itdoesnotbeatitdoesnotbreathe.Itisasongandadance:singitand

danceit.Justdon’tthinkuponit–thenyouwillmissthemessagesyouwillmissitscontent.You

willﬁndthissonganditsmeaningonlywhenyouaresinginganddancing.Whenthemusicoflife

hasovertakenyou,haspossessedyou.

Hakuin’ssongissosmallandyetsovast,itisunbelievable.Howcanamancondensesomuch

truthandsomuchloveandsomuchinsightintosofewwords?ButHakuinwasamanoffewwords,

amanofsilence.Foryearshewouldnotspeakatall,andthenhewouldspeakawordortwo.

OncetheEmperorofJapaninvitedhimtodeliverasermoninthepalace.Andthequeenandthe

kingandtheprimeministerandtheministersandthehighofﬁcialsandthegenerals,theyallhad

gatheredwithgreatrespecttolisten.Hakuincame,stoodthereforasinglemoment,lookedaround,

andleftthehall.Thekingwaspuzzled.Heaskedhisprimeminister,’WhatistheMatterwiththis

man?Wehadcometolisten.’Theoldprimeministersaid,’ThisisthegreatestsermonthatIhave

everheard.Hehassaidit!Youhadaskedhimtocomeandteachyouaboutsilence.Hehastaught

it!Hestoodthereinsilence,heWASsilence.Whatmoredoyouask?Whatmoredoyoudemand?

Hewaspuresilence,standingthereforthosefewseconds.Hewasuttersilence.Hewassilence,

throbbing,pulsating.Butyouwerelookingtohearsomewords.’

Butaboutsilencenothingcanbesaid.Andallthatissaidaboutsilencewillbewrong.Howcanyou

sayanythingaboutsilence?Tosaysomethingwillbefalsifyingit.That’swhyLaoTzusaysNothing

canbesaidaboutTao–andifsomethingissaid,intheverysayingofit,ithasbecomeuntrue.Tao

issilent.Butthatsilenceisnotthesilenceofacemetery.Itisthesilenceofagardenwheretrees

arealivebreathingandyetthereisuttersilence.Itisnotadeadsilence,itisanalivesilence.Hence

hehascalledit’TheSongofMeditation’.

Buddhasays:Myapproachtorealityisnotofbeliefbutofseeing.Hisreligionhasbeenqualiﬁed

as’IHIPASSIKA:Comeandsee.’Notas’Comeandbelieve.’Buddhasays’Comeandsee:IHI

PASSIKA.’Itishere,present–youjustcomeandsee.Hedoesnotrequireyoutobelieve.Heis

theonlygreatteacherintheworldwhodroppedbelief–andwithdroppingbeliefhetransformed

religionfromaverylowchildishstaturetoaverymaturething.WithBuddhareligionbecameyoung.

Otherwiseitwaschildish.Itwasakindofbelief–beliefissuperstition,beliefisoutoffear.And

beliefisblind.Buddhahasgiveneyestoreligion.Hesays:See,andthereisnoneedtobelieve.

Andwhenyouhaveseenthenitwillnotbeabelief,itwillbeknowing.

InthissongofHakuinyouwillseethewayofseeing–howtoopentheeyes.Becausetruthis

alwaysthere,hasbeenalwaysthere.Itisnotthatthetruthhastobeproduced.Buddhasays:

YATHABHUTAM–Itis!Itisalreadythere,itisconfrontingyou!Itisintheeast,itisinthewest,it

isinthenorth,itisinthesouth.Itsurroundsyou–itiswithoutanditiswithin.Butyouwillhave

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