A Zen Buddhist went to a Christian Church. One Christian, taking the opportunity to convert the visitor, approached him and began preaching to his face. "Embrace Jesus or you'll face eternal damnation!" and "Look at your sins! It doesn't matter if you stole an apple or committed murder, it is the same in God's eyes!" The Zen Buddhist had only one response: "Sod off". After the ceremony, another Christian approached the Zen Buddhist and as he embraced him, began to offer a prayer: "Open your heart to the Lord! Take up your cross and follow Him...." Although not changing his religion per se, the Zen Buddhist offered sincere thanks. The following week, the Zen Buddhist returned to the Church and was approached by the first Christian. "Last week, when that other Christian showed you Jesus, you thanked him. And yet when I showed you Jesus, you told me to 'sod off!' Why?" The Zen Buddhist replied: "Because when he showed me Jesus, he never got in the way of God. But when you showed me Jesus, you stood in my way"
@@petermihacerar1137 There are souls living in strife because of direct suffering caused by the sexual predator and unrepentant sociopath interviewed here.
Don't put a name to it. you are in it, it is in you, you are part of it ,it is a part of you, realize it because it realizes you, it is all that is, the thing to understand is that we don't understand
What he actually is saying is that if by God you mean an infinite X that can't be grasped by our finite minds then God absoltely exists. If however by God you mean an image in your mind about God, then it does not exist.
Desert Fathers like Evagrius Ponticus said hundreds of years before Zen arrived in Japan: "God cannot be grasped by the mind. If he could be grasped,he wouldn't be God".
No, he absolutely did not say this. This is your wanting, your attachment to what you would like to hear. If you want to understand something new, you must stop saying "I already know."
@@starfishsystems Is it right to use Buddhist terminology in assumptive way when you haven't asked him before what he meant by his statement? He could've simply misunderstood the monk.
I like how he wanted to say "greater than us" and then realized that would be misleading in buddhistic context and changed it to just "great" Its quite soothing to just listen to him.
Unfortunately what this account failed to tell you is this man is a notorious sexual predator who has been kicked out of his zen community for faking concern for people that came to him to practice Zen and then sexually exploiting and abusing them. He's a pariah in the Zen world but boy does he sound convincing when presented as a spiritual teacher to a clueless audience full of people who don't know the truth. Google Eido Shimano and you'll hear the truth.
Jigme Lingpa said, "The moment we open our mouths, its confusion." So speaking in dualistic terms is a problem in buddhism. Making assertions leaves one open to refutation.
I learned this the hard way as a Christian trying to defend my beliefs. There's always another perspective. But trying to encompass it all seem futile too. Remaining silent in the face of it all seems doable. Taking each moment. Accomplishing small tasks as they appear before me. Taking life very simply. Very lightly.
Albert Einstein said that he knows two things are infinite, universe and human stupidity and he said he wasn't sure about the universe. What we create in our minds is amzing ofcourse but I like the explanation of Eido Roshi we always think something greater than ourseves and we don't see that we are great. When Buddha was asked such questions he most of the time remaind quite. Some of his answers were that asking such questions were not helpful to us as we only speculate on something. Buddha never said God doesn't exist and he never said he does he just said it doesn't help our condition. You got to love Buddha. :)
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Yes...after a while, it makes us feel inferior to life itself to answer questions of a God. It's hard to disclaim the idea that the universe was made, and we are to, but to subject our thoughts to someone creating a universe, only to have us as inferiors would be slave-minded thinking. If it were true, and a discovery of such, then we could say by understanding it, we've escaped our slave minds and therefor, we are at a level of godly understanding. In each case, God is only what we choose to create it is.
+Luke McCallum I was watching a move today from 1975 and the thought arose of a koan "where were you before you were born?" I just laid a trap for my self LOL.
@@victornilsson2816 oh just shut the fuck up you moron. You think you know more than the monk giving the interview? What is your problem? Stay in your limits. Fuck off from my comment box. Oh come on, stop writing some meaningless English words, if you don't understood what he says
Duelistic thinking is so strong in western culture as he explained it's a preconceived idea that bigger is better, you wouldn't believe once u attempt to end your own dualistic way of thinking how much it influences you and how many people live there lives in this warfare state of 1 opposite is better then the other.
Almost everyone, everywhere is so stuck on the Christian concept of God and either fully embraces it or totally rejects. It just shows that even Buddhism is only a small part of consciousness, because even it's devout adherents can't seem to understand what it means to be incomprehensible. It also can't explain how there are universal laws that are immutable. We are not gods, and there is a Reality that expresses itself with laws that we are subject to but not totally aware of.
This master is scratching the surface of non duality. He mentions it but most who watch this won't understand because non duality just isn't discussed in wide circles, especially not in the West although neuroscience and non duality are converging in many scientific communities. I thought he was off the rails until 1:55. At 1:55 he ties his prior comments into a fundamental concept in non duality and it makes complete sense.... if you have some background with non duality. If you don't all you hear is accented yammering. Like someone explaining long division to a five year old.
There was an American movie called "Lost in translation" which was one of my least fav ever. However, the title is so true. For starters...I believe in truth that the concept of "God" in impossible to define as the UNGER translation of the Tao The Ching begins...and I paraphrase...There is the Tao and there is the definition of the Tao. I have some experience w Catholicism, the Vedic tradition and Zen. If one goes back to the original teachings...say of Christ and the Church...I believe that all agree w the definition of what we as Westerners name as God...yet our definition is the most limited of all that I know especially that God is a male. From my knowledge...what we call God is beyond gender and beyond our human attributes, but these are best we can do using language. Better to experience the infinite through meditation and observation and experience, This is the best I can offer approaching the midnight hour.
You can check the validity of his supreme answer by how his books are pilled up. Only a true master can create such an engeneeringly marvelous master piece! *Tips fedora*
I've experienced "God," and it has nothing to do with thoughts. "God" cannot be understood by the mind. In "God's" presence there is no interpretation by the mind of "what is." Everything just "is." This is why it feels more real because it's not interpreting sense perception, or filtering reality through what we expect to see based on categorical thinking. Like seeing a "clock" as a function of displaying time, without realizing everything else about the clock, its shape, color, etc. For that reason I'm an agnostic theist. I know that "God" exists but I recognize this cannot be understood by the mind, except in a way that makes it smaller. It also showed me that ultimately, true understanding of "all that is" does NOT come from the mind. It does not come from science or logic. It comes from our connection to "God," like our conscience or a form of intuition, that is like a still, silent voice. The mind can only conceive of and understand what it knows, or is known. Consciousness however can explore the _unknown_ without requiring explanation to appreciate. The evolution of consciousness is how we will explore the unknown possibilities of existence. (And BTW, it is for this reason why most intelligent life in the universe does not try to make contact on a global scale on Earth. They travel space and time through consciousness, and communicate only to those who are sufficient consciousness to receive them.)
Please put the whole sessions up here please, it might encourage more people to sign up for your blog, whereas being able to watch them only by signing up discourages me, love
Hi Nina, you can watch the whole session in our video library at www.soulsessions.org over here: soulsessions.org/free/singleVid.php?id=146 Hope you enjoy it! There are many other interviews and wisdoms to enjoy as well xx
Amon Ra because that’s the problem they’re getting at to stop putting a meaning to each and every individual thing in life. The purpose of life is to live that is all nothing else you’ve already beaten the odds of even being alive right now
In the novel Shogun Hawthorne witnessed Japanese warriors execute a man without any remorse. It dawned on Hawthorne that the Japanese had no concept of sin. I asked my Japanese mother about this and she said it was true. My mother, Yasuko, was a Christian but she did make that admission.
I wish that some Christians had higher standars of what is the truth. This man just denied the existence of a Creator and a Christian called him truthful.
I think you can be a Christian while training Buddhism. It's less a religion than a training system for mental health I think. Zazen is a great practice.
God exists to those who say so & not to those who say he doesn't - depends on experience - all things never existed before their creation/arising then cease to exist soon enough afterwards - we can only try to examine evidence.
"Be still and know that I am GOD." The answer right there. GOD is in us, the breath of life .,God is outside us as well. GOD is everything, all of it. GOD exists, go inside and connect. It's all in there, so simple. Simple.
Would it be possible to cut out the distracting background music - it makes this softly spoken man terribly hard to hear for those with certain hearing difficulties, and is surely quite unnecessary as an accompaniment to a serious conversation. Thanks!
Hear, hear. It's not an episode of 'Kung Fu'. Besides, music is for listening to mindfully and fully, not merely for 'hearing' in the background. You wouldn't play a track of someone speaking French over the top of this, surely?
I think the problem here is the Western God and the Eastern God. In the West God is an angry grey haired man in the clouds that sends down plagues and strikes you with lightening, while in the East God is something within you, a spiritual experience, a energy that flows through the universe. So Buddhists do not believe in the western version of God, but believe something far greater exists. The English language is not exactly a spiritual language( no offense) so it becomes difficult for some Buddhists to explain God.
Adi-Buddha is a term for the omnipotent God in Buddhism. This title came from the Aisvarika tradition of Mahayana in Nepal, which is spread through Bengal, and became also known in Java. Aisvarika is the term for the disciples of theist view in Buddhism.
I heard the great Lakota Indian American activist Russell Means say in an interview that, i'm trying to remember now, he said that the English language is very unexpressive and dishonest, something to that effect.
If God was not our creator who was? I am learning about Buddhism, l thought it was a religion l would really like, but after finding out that they do not believe in a personal God, l can't practice this religion, is there something In between where you can practie Buddhism but still believe in God?
The truth is in the middle. God is both outside and inside of us. Everywhere and everyone. Non-dual. There is no separation between god and creation. Everything that is made by something in the universe must also be OF that said thing. As above, so below. As within, so without- as the great hermitic teachings of Hermes Trismegistus teaches us.
Here are 3 examples 1. contentment with what you have 2.lack of desire for more 3. and stillness, few words For certain most muslims do not practice such I am speaking of the essentials found in the religion from Quran and the sunnah.
I never thought that bigger is better. I see purity and magic in little things too. I do not think one can be better than other. Its about who is more connected to the truth, the true reality and purity which is not roiled with wrong creation or creating wrong things - something that does not go in sync with nature. In our reality on our earth. If talking about God. We are the god. We are the blood without a practiced ability to see or hear through each other. We are the life itself, and life is God.
Have you ever hear it said, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him".... Do you understand its meaning ?. After Lord Buddha stood up and walked away from the Bodi Tree he had a ring, a halo of sorts, around his head, "What are you, a god of some kind?" ask a man on the road passing by, "No I am awake", answered the Buddha. With your thoughts, you make your world.
So basically hes saying that just because something is greater it doesn't mean its more powerful, its just greater in a spiritual sense.. that's pretty neat
What he is saying is that our language is built around dualism which is an illusion. There is no such dualism in reality. Words are just concepts that are used to describe by division. This is not what reality is. Reality is not divisible. Saying the universe is spiritual is a concept. Saying the universe is material is a concept. It is our language that blinds us from the truth by forcing to see the world as "seperate things" Who you are and what you are is one being or one suchness. That is what "God" is and that is what "you" are. Once you realize this you will realize that even saying that is saying too much. That is why Zen masters will give you a funny look, laugh, smile, and wink if you ask such a question. He will then ask you; Who is it that is asking if God exists? ;)
I have heard a Zen master speak of a creative energy that moves the universe. It is that by which wounds are healed, it is behind all growth, it fuels art, and so on. It is the power of God without the limitations of personality. Maybe some may call it God. However, would that not be limiting that energy by putting it in a box?
The trick to being Zen is focusing one's third eye and differentiating between the material and the spiritual, one must become one with the surroundings and surround one with the becomings, in order to distinguish between that which is real and that which is not, one must talk about that which one must do, and never must one do that which one must not do... believe me... it is... chuh-roo...
After the latest iteration of observable Actuality, the particular objectives of QM-TIME recognition are summed up in "Precision is not Accuracy", which is the Sciencing translation of, in Completeness, God is nameless because god is as god does, and that objectifies a Materialistic perception of behaviour that is yet to be convincingly described or recognised by everyone. (To whom it may concern)
Hmmm...I've wondered about this, and now I know. I kinda figured that's where they were coming from. I don't agree, but that doesn't matter. I just needed to understand, and now I do.
The problem with the majoroty of people in the world is the belief in the Abrahamic god that the Jews introduced. That's why anyone who says a different god is shunned by many, much more by Abrahamic religions, because Abrahamic religions see their Abrahamic god is the truth, and any other god, even the "void" the "source" in Zen and the "way" in Daoism is false for them. The Jews made the world disillusioned.
That's it. They know Him, but not the same way as us. Truth be told, the Holy Mother knows very well how to present herself to all her children according to their culture.
He no longer teachers Zen and was forced to forfeit his title due to multiple sexual misconduct cases. Apparently he was acting inappropriately with female students during zazen. I do not say this to speak ill of him. Just stating his current status.
In search of space , in search of self we find there is no self , only cosmic light [ God ? ] , we return to source , beyond time and matter , into the cosmic energy .....Been on zazen retreats and that was my conclusion ?!
I’m Advaita Vedanta God do not exists but is that which give existence to all things. God do not think but is that without it there is not thinking God is not emotional but it is the peace and happiness behind all emotions. That is the ultimate meaning of SAT CHIT ANANDA
@@fromthepeanutgallery1084 you have a phone,someone created it somewhere,tell me their name, tell me how your phone's obejective right now matters on who created it,creator is not important what we do with our creation is important. How do you know that i would not be here with beleaving in something?????
@@AnikBarua-p3b The creation of the telephone and dedicated line (land or cell) is important, because you are using it to reply, for one. Without it, communication would not be possible (no internet). Without the Creator it would never have come into existence, and by extension the "what" you do with it, would not exist either.
You did not get the objective here,i said when you use telephone do you think of its creator.no its objective is more than important in our currenrt word..talking about god,what if god's obejective was to creat and he did it, overwhelming proof that people with him or without doesnot matter to be happy and lead a good life,there are millions of people waste everyday to look for god but never look at their inner self and that is the problem and it does not matter if god exist or not...whoever created humans,humans are enough intelligent to carry out things..and god is uselesss in that manner,its has no action no proof,no nothing..so therefore being uselesss.
@@AnikBarua-p3b I think about who created and made things all the time. I marvel at life, art, music, film, consciousness, God, Marconi, Bell, Watt, Ray. When I look at a great piece of art, I always consider who is behind it. Be it my life, consciousness or even a telephone! One cannot use or do anything without thinking about it consciously or not. At least I think about it, others may not. There are always dichotomies and choices in any event, action or thought. I attempt to choose what I rationalize, as being the best choice in my world, success or failure in my choices is another issue.
he said the definition was in regard to 'buddhism'. more accurately perhaps he means 'zen buddhism' as a branch off from so-called theravada tradition re: the pali canon with its colourful descriptions of devas and creator god conversations with 'Buddha' himself
Remember Brothers n Sisters.....One of my simple views is wherever there is a CREATION.........There is a CREATOR.........kinda like the Wrights and the Airplane.........One cannot exist without the other..........Loving one another is even more important than OUR understanding of God......or the lack thereof.....You ll find this commonality in most all of OUR Great Religion s throughout OUR planet......A NAMELESS CREATOR is what eye believe.....and each and every one of us has the ability to Create with and through OUR Creator, Creators....Its much bigger than we can even fathom....Its UNIVERSAL!!...and remember....Your FAITH is only YOUR Truth......and Faith is not necessarily Truth.......Have a Good day today........Not a Bad one!!...
It's like me in a previous life. So I passed away and arrived at the so-called Gates of Heaven. There stood St Peter. He looked at me quizzically and asked, 'Why during your life did you not believe in God?' To which I replied, 'Because 'He' did not give me any proof of his existence!'
Truth is one. Sages call it by different names. Bagawadgita clearly speaks about a supreme person is the creater,preserver and destroyer ,all in one. We all exist in him and are bound but he is bound by anyone. “It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of the speech, the life of the life, the eye of the eye.” 1.3. There the eye does not go, nor speech, nor mind. We do not know That; we do not understand how It can be taught. It is distinct from the known and also It is beyond the unknown. 1.4 That which speech does not illumine, but which illumines speech. 1.5 That which cannot be thought by mind, but by which, they say, mind is able to think 1.6 That which is not seen by the eye, but by which the eye is able to see
Only a Zen master could stack books like that and master centre of gravity.....either that or the debt collectors took the book case..... seriously thouhg, I love this guy. I have some of his books.... I just stack them horizontally...
Kuan Yin and others have taught me that only one can create souls. And that's the creator. The creator comes in so many forms to us. That we must not turn a blind eye to the creator. True Buddhist respect all living creations. Although history has it that Avalokisavara is Kuan Yin. Avalokisavara created Kuan Yin, the Tara's and all of us. The Tara's have taught me that Avalokisavara is who we call God. The Devine One, the Creator. In Kuan Yin's view of the meaning/importance of life if summed up in short. Is to "Live". Live life to the fullest. That life here is so short and precious. She said to me once, "The best way to honor God and the heavens is to live life and leave nothing behind. Treat everything with love and compassion. For every moment we become angry, you lose that part of time and can't get it back"-Kuan Yin. The most recent lesson she has taught me is " Anguish is like a long sword. The longer you hold onto it, the deeper it penetrates the soul until there's nothing there and your dead"
You see that's where you are wrong because the moment you name it God, creator or whatever you want to call it then you either kill it or place it with in your own boundaries of understanding and this is what religions where doing for thousands of years mixing it with there own countries tradition thus creating Islam, Christianity Hinduism, etc. All of these tried to name it according to there own needs, at some point where they got it right somewhere wrong and somewhere they made it a mess. What is God then ? is it an entity , a definition or a concept ? if it is then a question arises who created God if you can determine him. The answer is that something precedes all of these and only few known individuals managed to descried it correctly one of them is Lao Tsu he is the one who understand it better than anybody else he named it TAO (way and or path) which is the entire Universe, but it's also the flow of the Universe and beyond the universe. Another individual was Gautama Siddhartha the known Buddha which he knew that he couldn't named it or defined it so he used the term Tathagata (that or thus gone). After there deaths many people misused there teachings again creating a religion that suit there needs. Lao Tsu left a documentary called Tao De Ching and he describes as best as possible the reality of this world using human language although it is thought that other Taoist masters put some text also on to it making the version we read today. Gautama the Buddha never allowed anything to been written down from his teachings all that was written was after his death by his disciples that where closer to him. Another great being who is worth mentioning is Bodhidharma the founding of Chan Buddhism and the Shaolin Temple...
2815Juan Read the Lotus Sutra. There you will find many confirmation. Buddha speak there from himself as the creator of everything and that extinguishment isnt the real goal.
Gieszkanne And that the Buddha is an eternal entity, who achieved nirvana eons ago, but willingly chose to remain in the cycle of rebirth (samsara) to help teach beings the Dharma time and again...
Tnank you for posting this wonderful videos with Eido Roshi. Is it possible to post the full interview again? I know it was uploaded some time ago. Thank you!!
Asiandoc, No one will ever believe in everything one may state. Although the Buddha liberated himself and performed what most would call miracles here. He is not the creator. But, a messenger of the highest. I offer for you to open yourself up. And challenge my words. And when you find your answers share them with me if you will. Like you said, Zen masters teach from their experiences. I am as well.
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A Zen Buddhist went to a Christian Church. One Christian, taking the opportunity to convert the visitor, approached him and began preaching to his face. "Embrace Jesus or you'll face eternal damnation!" and "Look at your sins! It doesn't matter if you stole an apple or committed murder, it is the same in God's eyes!" The Zen Buddhist had only one response: "Sod off". After the ceremony, another Christian approached the Zen Buddhist and as he embraced him, began to offer a prayer: "Open your heart to the Lord! Take up your cross and follow Him...." Although not changing his religion per se, the Zen Buddhist offered sincere thanks. The following week, the Zen Buddhist returned to the Church and was approached by the first Christian. "Last week, when that other Christian showed you Jesus, you thanked him. And yet when I showed you Jesus, you told me to 'sod off!' Why?" The Zen Buddhist replied: "Because when he showed me Jesus, he never got in the way of God. But when you showed me Jesus, you stood in my way"
@@mydreamsarecomingtrue well....
There are so many souls that are living in strife.
@@petermihacerar1137, And thou art Peter, Peace be with you.
He is converted to protestantism lmao
Why did a Zen Buddhist even go to church in the first place?
@@petermihacerar1137 There are souls living in strife because of direct suffering caused by the sexual predator and unrepentant sociopath interviewed here.
Don't put a name to it. you are in it, it is in you, you are part of it ,it is a part of you, realize it because it realizes you, it is all that is, the thing to understand is that we don't understand
eyeofasoul
"The tao that can be named is not the eternal toa" -Lao tzu
eyeofasoul yep the unamed one is you and you the one. be
LOL, so full of yourself. Do you realize you sound like a conceited condescending fool ?
surrender to whats happening now. 'it is' . 'you are' . be
@t f who /what the fuck is greavsie? I looked it up and it not an English Word.
Is there always a flute playing in Buddhism?
Buddhist answer: No flute. Just your mind hearing the flute.
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Yes, any time you speak or think of Buddha, a flute starts to play spontaneously
And in South America, it's a Pan Flute.
You have unlock it like in a video game.
Level 20 above : flute
Level 50 above : gong
Level 100: ultra instinct
What he actually is saying is that if by God you mean an infinite X that can't be grasped by our finite minds then God absoltely exists.
If however by God you mean an image in your mind about God, then it does not exist.
Thanks for the explanation. really helped
Desert Fathers like Evagrius Ponticus said hundreds of years before Zen arrived in Japan: "God cannot be grasped by the mind. If he could be grasped,he wouldn't be God".
No, he absolutely did not say this.
This is your wanting, your attachment to what you would like to hear. If you want to understand something new, you must stop saying "I already know."
@@starfishsystems Is it right to use Buddhist terminology in assumptive way when you haven't asked him before what he meant by his statement? He could've simply misunderstood the monk.
The Roshi hits the non-dual nail on the head, our languages always prevent distance us.
You mean the sex offender hit the nail on the head, don't you? Don't call him a Roshi.
People your destiny is up to you as soon as you realize that you must live in the moment.
@Seán White there is no past there is no future ,the moment is now.
My destiny is up to me but I must also do a particular thing? Lol 😂
Fo shoooo
@@Masterhughesproductions stop narrowing what you have been given by nature
Duration theory of Henry bergeson explain the moment
I like how he wanted to say "greater than us" and then realized that would be misleading in buddhistic context and changed it to just "great"
Its quite soothing to just listen to him.
Unfortunately what this account failed to tell you is this man is a notorious sexual predator who has been kicked out of his zen community for faking concern for people that came to him to practice Zen and then sexually exploiting and abusing them. He's a pariah in the Zen world but boy does he sound convincing when presented as a spiritual teacher to a clueless audience full of people who don't know the truth. Google Eido Shimano and you'll hear the truth.
Jigme Lingpa said, "The moment we open our mouths, its confusion." So speaking in dualistic terms is a problem in buddhism. Making assertions leaves one open to refutation.
I learned this the hard way as a Christian trying to defend my beliefs. There's always another perspective. But trying to encompass it all seem futile too. Remaining silent in the face of it all seems doable. Taking each moment. Accomplishing small tasks as they appear before me. Taking life very simply. Very lightly.
What a thoughtful answer! This really brought me some kind of new perspective on the words "dharma" and "dualism", thank you!
You have to welcome yourself of your inner being, since it can see with eyes wide closed.
Om ! Thank you for this wonderful interview of the Blessed Zen Master Eido Roshi. May all beings be happy and healthy! :-)
Albert Einstein said that he knows two things are infinite, universe and human stupidity and he said he wasn't sure about the universe. What we create in our minds is amzing ofcourse but I like the explanation of Eido Roshi we always think something greater than ourseves and we don't see that we are great. When Buddha was asked such questions he most of the time remaind quite. Some of his answers were that asking such questions were not helpful to us as we only speculate on something. Buddha never said God doesn't exist and he never said he does he just said it doesn't help our condition. You got to love Buddha. :)
We do love Buddha White Lotus. We're dedicating a whole live session to exploring Buddhist dharma this Sunday in Sydney. Are you in town? You can check it out here: soulsessions.org/free/upcoming.php#post168
Yes...after a while, it makes us feel inferior to life itself to answer questions of a God. It's hard to disclaim the idea that the universe was made, and we are to, but to subject our thoughts to someone creating a universe, only to have us as inferiors would be slave-minded thinking.
If it were true, and a discovery of such, then we could say by understanding it, we've escaped our slave minds and therefor, we are at a level of godly understanding.
In each case, God is only what we choose to create it is.
+Luke McCallum I was watching a move today from 1975 and the thought arose of a koan "where were you before you were born?" I just laid a trap for my self LOL.
Trouble is Buddha wouldn't wish for you to love him! But I know why we do... It's because we still haven't turned off the internal chatter
I wrote a piece of music called Koan Ahead... It's on my channel
He explained the whole thing in one line➖ 〰 and cleared the whole confusion. That's an impossible task 🙏🙏🙏just superb 👌👌
Oh come on, stop idolizing forms of what you are in truth now :P
@@victornilsson2816 oh just shut the fuck up you moron. You think you know more than the monk giving the interview? What is your problem? Stay in your limits. Fuck off from my comment box. Oh come on, stop writing some meaningless English words, if you don't understood what he says
that's the best interview with a Zen master in English I've ever seen.
Well answered. From a Theravada Buddhist. Namo Buddhaya.
Duelistic thinking is so strong in western culture as he explained it's a preconceived idea that bigger is better, you wouldn't believe once u attempt to end your own dualistic way of thinking how much it influences you and how many people live there lives in this warfare state of 1 opposite is better then the other.
Almost everyone, everywhere is so stuck on the Christian concept of God and either fully embraces it or totally rejects. It just shows that even Buddhism is only a small part of consciousness, because even it's devout adherents can't seem to understand what it means to be incomprehensible. It also can't explain how there are universal laws that are immutable. We are not gods, and there is a Reality that expresses itself with laws that we are subject to but not totally aware of.
This master is scratching the surface of non duality. He mentions it but most who watch this won't understand because non duality just isn't discussed in wide circles, especially not in the West although neuroscience and non duality are converging in many scientific communities. I thought he was off the rails until 1:55. At 1:55 he ties his prior comments into a fundamental concept in non duality and it makes complete sense.... if you have some background with non duality. If you don't all you hear is accented yammering. Like someone explaining long division to a five year old.
There was an American movie called "Lost in translation" which was one of my least fav ever. However, the title is so true. For starters...I believe in truth that the concept of "God" in impossible to define as the UNGER translation of the Tao The Ching begins...and I paraphrase...There is the Tao and there is the definition of the Tao. I have some experience w Catholicism, the Vedic tradition and Zen. If one goes back to the original teachings...say of Christ and the Church...I believe that all agree w the definition of what we as Westerners name as God...yet our definition is the most limited of all that I know especially that God is a male. From my knowledge...what we call God is beyond gender and beyond our human attributes, but these are best we can do using language. Better to experience the infinite through meditation and observation and experience, This is the best I can offer approaching the midnight hour.
the way the books are stacked is so zen ! haha
I noticed that too. Tho zen doesn't rely on books so they just stacked up like that.
Exactly like my book piles lol - made me feel better about my stacks.
Robert Epstein now you can just say that your books are staked properly according to Zen Lol
Yes, that is a relief. :)
Yes, I sense a good sense of humour in that :)
I haven't been a Christian in about 30 years. I have gone from atheism to Buddhism to Vedanta to agnosticism, but I feel that Zen is my true home.
I agree which is why the word Allah contains no notion of any comparability let alone duality or Trinity
You can check the validity of his supreme answer by how his books are pilled up. Only a true master can create such an engeneeringly marvelous master piece!
*Tips fedora*
Only one Supreme. It is not man.
background music is stupid. let the man speak without distractions.
Olivia L idiotic music. Jackass producers
What’s music ?
I've experienced "God," and it has nothing to do with thoughts. "God" cannot be understood by the mind. In "God's" presence there is no interpretation by the mind of "what is." Everything just "is." This is why it feels more real because it's not interpreting sense perception, or filtering reality through what we expect to see based on categorical thinking. Like seeing a "clock" as a function of displaying time, without realizing everything else about the clock, its shape, color, etc.
For that reason I'm an agnostic theist. I know that "God" exists but I recognize this cannot be understood by the mind, except in a way that makes it smaller.
It also showed me that ultimately, true understanding of "all that is" does NOT come from the mind. It does not come from science or logic. It comes from our connection to "God," like our conscience or a form of intuition, that is like a still, silent voice.
The mind can only conceive of and understand what it knows, or is known. Consciousness however can explore the _unknown_ without requiring explanation to appreciate. The evolution of consciousness is how we will explore the unknown possibilities of existence. (And BTW, it is for this reason why most intelligent life in the universe does not try to make contact on a global scale on Earth. They travel space and time through consciousness, and communicate only to those who are sufficient consciousness to receive them.)
Very intelligent and thoughtful answer as to why Zen Buddhism doesn't necessarily affirm an existence in a creator god.
Please put the whole sessions up here please, it might encourage more people to sign up for your blog, whereas being able to watch them only by signing up discourages me, love
Hi Nina, you can watch the whole session in our video library at www.soulsessions.org over here:
soulsessions.org/free/singleVid.php?id=146
Hope you enjoy it! There are many other interviews and wisdoms to enjoy as well xx
I'm still stuck on the sound of one hand clapping.
Wtf..Lol
It is when the master smacks you around the head for asking silly questions... or thinking too much😊
Amon Ra because that’s the problem they’re getting at to stop putting a meaning to each and every individual thing in life.
The purpose of life is to live that is all nothing else you’ve already beaten the odds of even being alive right now
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Take your hand
Smash it to your face
Become a Buddha
This is an unanswered question. Therefore,whether or not God exists should not matter.
His spirit is so beautiful. Thank you for this interview- so glad I found your channel. Blessings to both of you!
I'm a Christian, but this guy is a sincere man of truth.
Absolutely Perfect without the first 4 words of your statement.
In the novel Shogun Hawthorne witnessed Japanese warriors execute a man without any remorse. It dawned on Hawthorne that the Japanese had no concept of sin. I asked my Japanese mother about this and she said it was true. My mother, Yasuko, was a Christian but she did make that admission.
I wish that some Christians had higher standars of what is the truth. This man just denied the existence of a Creator and a Christian called him truthful.
@@laudante24 You are correct.
I think you can be a Christian while training Buddhism. It's less a religion than a training system for mental health I think. Zazen is a great practice.
God exists to those who say so & not to those who say he doesn't - depends on experience - all things never existed before their creation/arising then cease to exist soon enough afterwards - we can only try to examine evidence.
What a wise man 🙇
There is none wise but God
The bible also refers to God being in a still, small voice. I think that accords with the zen master's idea.
"Be still and know that I am GOD." The answer right there. GOD is in us, the breath of life .,God is outside us as well. GOD is everything, all of it. GOD exists, go inside and connect. It's all in there, so simple. Simple.
Except for the rest of Bible where yahwei is anything but zen
Would it be possible to cut out the distracting background music - it makes this softly spoken man terribly hard to hear for those with certain hearing difficulties, and is surely quite unnecessary as an accompaniment to a serious conversation. Thanks!
Hear, hear. It's not an episode of 'Kung Fu'. Besides, music is for listening to mindfully and fully, not merely for 'hearing' in the background. You wouldn't play a track of someone speaking French over the top of this, surely?
No
Shikantaza : if you are distracted or bothered the answer to why is much closer....not external
@@robertdillon9989 Interesting response. Why so curt, I wonder? Is this your usual manner of responding to enquiries about disability access?
That's me playing the flute, if you dont like my music you aren't enlightened dude frig off
An INTJ is not going to make a move until they have already dominated the board. Just another one of the beautiful things about them😍
Anyone can be an INTJ if they practice those attitudes, fixed personality types are a misconception
Are we just making random statements that have nothing to do with the video?
I think the problem here is the Western God and the Eastern God. In the West God is an angry grey haired man in the clouds that sends down plagues and strikes you with lightening, while in the East God is something within you, a spiritual experience, a energy that flows through the universe.
So Buddhists do not believe in the western version of God, but believe something far greater exists.
The English language is not exactly a spiritual language( no offense) so it becomes difficult for some Buddhists to explain God.
In the beginning, man created god in his own images and likeness....
Adi-Buddha is a term for the omnipotent God in Buddhism. This title came from the Aisvarika tradition of Mahayana in Nepal, which is spread through Bengal, and became also known in Java. Aisvarika is the term for the disciples of theist view in Buddhism.
I don't think l can live without you Susan
Logical, eloquent, and succinct.
Il raconte quoi?
He explained the unexplainable quite well.
When it rains, the streets get wet...
I heard the great Lakota Indian American activist Russell Means say in an interview that, i'm trying to remember now, he said that the English language is very unexpressive and dishonest, something to that effect.
Believing sucks...knowing is breathtaking...
If God was not our creator who was? I am learning about Buddhism, l thought it was a religion l would really like, but after finding out that they do not believe in a personal God, l can't practice this religion, is there something In between where you can practie Buddhism but still believe in God?
You don't need to find anything, Get back! Still in your path and learn in your way
-- Don't blind
@Zen-l3b blame myself for what?
I haven't done anything wrong?
But if l do, l take complete responsibility and accountability.
@Zen-l3b so who do you believe created human beings? We had to evolve from something.
@Zen-l3b ok, so where did we evolve from? We didn't just appear from thin air.
I believe we evolved from fossils.
@Zen-l3b can you answer my question tho?
Where do you think we evolved from, l would really like to know others prospectives.
The music in the background is embarrassing. Way to make a man into a purchasable product.
hahaha
Now I see it like you do. Thanks for making my existence just a little more cynical and hopeless.
The truth is in the middle. God is both outside and inside of us. Everywhere and everyone. Non-dual. There is no separation between god and creation. Everything that is made by something in the universe must also be OF that said thing. As above, so below. As within, so without- as the great hermitic teachings of Hermes Trismegistus teaches us.
Here are 3 examples
1. contentment with what you have
2.lack of desire for more
3. and stillness, few words
For certain most muslims do not practice such I am speaking of the essentials found in the religion from Quran and the sunnah.
well, that was delightful.
How does he take a book down without the whole pile falling???? Mind....blown.
Respect.
I never thought that bigger is better. I see purity and magic in little things too. I do not think one can be better than other. Its about who is more connected to the truth, the true reality and purity which is not roiled with wrong creation or creating wrong things - something that does not go in sync with nature. In our reality on our earth. If talking about God. We are the god. We are the blood without a practiced ability to see or hear through each other. We are the life itself, and life is God.
Have you ever hear it said, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him".... Do you understand its meaning ?.
After Lord Buddha stood up and walked away from the Bodi Tree he had a ring, a halo of sorts, around his head, "What are you, a god of some kind?" ask a man on the road passing by, "No I am awake", answered the Buddha.
With your thoughts, you make your world.
*MASTER ROSHI!!!*
The Zen Master doesn't need a watch because the time is always now.
So basically hes saying that just because something is greater it doesn't mean its more powerful, its just greater in a spiritual sense.. that's pretty neat
What he is saying is that our language is built around dualism which is an illusion. There is no such dualism in reality. Words are just concepts that are used to describe by division. This is not what reality is. Reality is not divisible. Saying the universe is spiritual is a concept. Saying the universe is material is a concept. It is our language that blinds us from the truth by forcing to see the world as "seperate things" Who you are and what you are is one being or one suchness. That is what "God" is and that is what "you" are. Once you realize this you will realize that even saying that is saying too much. That is why Zen masters will give you a funny look, laugh, smile, and wink if you ask such a question. He will then ask you; Who is it that is asking if God exists? ;)
We are God living a human experience
None of us can create The Big Bang like the real God
But I get what you're saying
Them books stacked high.
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I have heard a Zen master speak of a creative energy that moves the universe. It is that by which wounds are healed, it is behind all growth, it fuels art, and so on. It is the power of God without the limitations of personality. Maybe some may call it God. However, would that not be limiting that energy by putting it in a box?
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The trick to being Zen is focusing one's third eye and differentiating between the material and the spiritual, one must become one with the surroundings and surround one with the becomings, in order to distinguish between that which is real and that which is not, one must talk about that which one must do, and never must one do that which one must not do... believe me... it is... chuh-roo...
God in Buddhism: Something much much greater then ourselves which is unnameable and unknowable through the rational mind
Makes more sense than the Christian creator right?
After the latest iteration of observable Actuality, the particular objectives of QM-TIME recognition are summed up in "Precision is not Accuracy", which is the Sciencing translation of, in Completeness, God is nameless because god is as god does, and that objectifies a Materialistic perception of behaviour that is yet to be convincingly described or recognised by everyone. (To whom it may concern)
I love the book piles in the backround
Hmmm...I've wondered about this, and now I know. I kinda figured that's where they were coming from. I don't agree, but that doesn't matter. I just needed to understand, and now I do.
How can I find the song ? It says it in the description but I cant copy it or know how to translate it
When you think of the dharma you will hear the song, but your dog won't.
That bookshelf in the background though... that's some jenga skills!
The problem with the majoroty of people in the world is the belief in the Abrahamic god that the Jews introduced. That's why anyone who says a different god is shunned by many, much more by Abrahamic religions, because Abrahamic religions see their Abrahamic god is the truth, and any other god, even the "void" the "source" in Zen and the "way" in Daoism is false for them.
The Jews made the world disillusioned.
That's it. They know Him, but not the same way as us. Truth be told, the Holy Mother knows very well how to present herself to all her children according to their culture.
I think he said "the language has karma" at the end. That's an interesting statement, using a Hindu term. Can anyone elaborate on this?
Einstein was a jerk.
Tom George It was the same reason why Bodhiharma came from the West.
It came from india
My answer „Tell me how you define god and I‘ll answer no“.
Convoluted thoughts from the "Master"!
This guy's fuckin fantastic.
He no longer teachers Zen and was forced to forfeit his title due to multiple sexual misconduct cases. Apparently he was acting inappropriately with female students during zazen. I do not say this to speak ill of him. Just stating his current status.
Buddha said: pile your books on top of each other. Then have tea.
Watch it in 1.25x speed🤦🏾♂️
Zen master answer anyway honest and good
I LIKE that run everything
In search of space , in search of self we find there is no self , only cosmic light [ God ? ] , we return to source , beyond time and matter , into the cosmic energy .....Been on zazen retreats and that was my conclusion ?!
I’m Advaita Vedanta God do not exists but is that which give existence to all things. God do not think but is that without it there is not thinking God is not emotional but it is the peace and happiness behind all emotions. That is the ultimate meaning of SAT CHIT ANANDA
The real question is: Does it matter if he exists?
Obviously yes, or you would not be here.
@@fromthepeanutgallery1084 you have a phone,someone created it somewhere,tell me their name, tell me how your phone's obejective right now matters on who created it,creator is not important what we do with our creation is important. How do you know that i would not be here with beleaving in something?????
@@AnikBarua-p3b The creation of the telephone and dedicated line (land or cell) is important, because you are using it to reply, for one. Without it, communication would not be possible (no internet). Without the Creator it would never have come into existence, and by extension the "what" you do with it, would not exist either.
You did not get the objective here,i said when you use telephone do you think of its creator.no its objective is more than important in our currenrt word..talking about god,what if god's obejective was to creat and he did it, overwhelming proof that people with him or without doesnot matter to be happy and lead a good life,there are millions of people waste everyday to look for god but never look at their inner self and that is the problem and it does not matter if god exist or not...whoever created humans,humans are enough intelligent to carry out things..and god is uselesss in that manner,its has no action no proof,no nothing..so therefore being uselesss.
@@AnikBarua-p3b I think about who created and made things all the time. I marvel at life, art, music, film, consciousness, God, Marconi, Bell, Watt, Ray. When I look at a great piece of art, I always consider who is behind it. Be it my life, consciousness or even a telephone! One cannot use or do anything without thinking about it consciously or not. At least I think about it, others may not. There are always dichotomies and choices in any event, action or thought. I attempt to choose what I rationalize, as being the best choice in my world, success or failure in my choices is another issue.
I like how the books are stacked
RIP Master Roshi
Hang on
he said the definition was in regard to 'buddhism'. more accurately perhaps he means 'zen buddhism' as a branch off from so-called theravada tradition re: the pali canon with its colourful descriptions of devas and creator god conversations with 'Buddha' himself
There is no creator God in Buddhism. That pali text is about the Deva who think that he is creator but for true he is just mere Deva.
Now go back and turn on the subtitles
All religions are man-made. Live and let live.
Remember Brothers n Sisters.....One of my simple views is wherever there is a CREATION.........There is a CREATOR.........kinda like the Wrights and the Airplane.........One cannot exist without the other..........Loving one another is even more important than OUR understanding of God......or the lack thereof.....You ll find this commonality in most all of OUR Great Religion s throughout OUR planet......A NAMELESS CREATOR is what eye believe.....and each and every one of us has the ability to Create with and through OUR Creator, Creators....Its much bigger than we can even fathom....Its UNIVERSAL!!...and remember....Your FAITH is only YOUR Truth......and Faith is not necessarily Truth.......Have a Good day today........Not a Bad one!!...
It's like me in a previous life. So I passed away and arrived at the so-called Gates of Heaven. There stood St Peter. He looked at me quizzically and asked, 'Why during your life did you not believe in God?' To which I replied, 'Because 'He' did not give me any proof of his existence!'
Truth is one. Sages call it by different names. Bagawadgita clearly speaks about a supreme person is the creater,preserver and destroyer ,all in one. We all exist in him and are bound but he is bound by anyone.
“It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of the speech, the life of the life, the eye of the eye.”
1.3. There the eye does not go, nor speech, nor mind. We do not know That; we do not understand how It can be taught. It is distinct from the known and also It is beyond the unknown.
1.4 That which speech does not illumine, but which illumines speech.
1.5 That which cannot be thought by mind, but by which, they say, mind is able to think
1.6 That which is not seen by the eye, but by which the eye is able to see
I take wisdom where I find it.Where it shnes the most for me is in the words of Jesus Christ and the Buddha.
Only a Zen master could stack books like that and master centre of gravity.....either that or the debt collectors took the book case..... seriously thouhg, I love this guy. I have some of his books.... I just stack them horizontally...
That means good cannot exist without evil and evil cannot exist without a cause/reason
Dependent Origination
the background music dumbs the whole thing down.
Stop complaining,and listen,and learn.
Kuan Yin and others have taught me that only one can create souls. And that's the creator. The creator comes in so many forms to us. That we must not turn a blind eye to the creator. True Buddhist respect all living creations. Although history has it that Avalokisavara is Kuan Yin. Avalokisavara created Kuan Yin, the Tara's and all of us. The Tara's have taught me that Avalokisavara is who we call God. The Devine One, the Creator. In Kuan Yin's view of the meaning/importance of life if summed up in short. Is to "Live". Live life to the fullest. That life here is so short and precious. She said to me once, "The best way to honor God and the heavens is to live life and leave nothing behind. Treat everything with love and compassion. For every moment we become angry, you lose that part of time and can't get it back"-Kuan Yin. The most recent lesson she has taught me is " Anguish is like a long sword. The longer you hold onto it, the deeper it penetrates the soul until there's nothing there and your dead"
You see that's where you are wrong because the moment you name it God, creator or whatever you want to call it then you either kill it or place it with in your own boundaries of understanding and this is what religions where doing for thousands of years mixing it with there own countries tradition thus creating Islam, Christianity Hinduism, etc. All of these tried to name it according to there own needs, at some point where they got it right somewhere wrong and somewhere they made it a mess. What is God then ? is it an entity , a definition or a concept ? if it is then a question arises who created God if you can determine him. The answer is that something precedes all of these and only few known individuals managed to descried it correctly one of them is Lao Tsu he is the one who understand it better than anybody else he named it TAO (way and or path) which is the entire Universe, but it's also the flow of the Universe and beyond the universe. Another individual was Gautama Siddhartha the known Buddha which he knew that he couldn't named it or defined it so he used the term Tathagata (that or thus gone). After there deaths many people misused there teachings again creating a religion that suit there needs. Lao Tsu left a documentary called Tao De Ching and he describes as best as possible the reality of this world using human language although it is thought that other Taoist masters put some text also on to it making the version we read today. Gautama the Buddha never allowed anything to been written down from his teachings all that was written was after his death by his disciples that where closer to him. Another great being who is worth mentioning is Bodhidharma the founding of Chan Buddhism and the Shaolin Temple...
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Read the Lotus Sutra. There you will find many confirmation. Buddha speak there from himself as the creator of everything and that extinguishment isnt the real goal.
Gieszkanne And that the Buddha is an eternal entity, who achieved nirvana eons ago, but willingly chose to remain in the cycle of rebirth (samsara) to help teach beings the Dharma time and again...
Buddha Tara is also known as the mother of all Buddhas even though she was born from Buddha Avalokiteshvara's tear. Om tare Tuttare Ture Soha
My cat's breath smells like cat food.
-AND A GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR!
FULLY ENLIGHTENED!!!!!!!
enlightened answer ahaha
The train goes thru the mountains.
The wife’s rusty sheriffs badge smells like cat food of the fish variety.
A real Master Roshi
Tnank you for posting this wonderful videos with Eido Roshi. Is it possible to post the full interview again? I know it was uploaded some time ago. Thank you!!
Need you
Asiandoc,
No one will ever believe in everything one may state. Although the Buddha liberated himself and performed what most would call miracles here. He is not the creator. But, a messenger of the highest. I offer for you to open yourself up. And challenge my words. And when you find your answers share them with me if you will. Like you said, Zen masters teach from their experiences. I am as well.
I thank you, good sir, for the offer and for helping others to awaken to their Buddha Nature. Gassho!
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