A commentary on THE DIAMOND SŪTRA E-Book

Zen Master Engaku Taino

• Herausgeber: Fontana Editore
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

How to realize Enlightenment Here & Now through anactive experience of Life?The Diamond Sutra bothcommented upon and noted in this book, as well asexplained with operative chapters, provides answers in apractical, usable way to this deep, intimate question.

Leseprobe

A commentary on

THE DIAMOND SŪTRA

How to realize Enlightenment Here & Now through an active experience of Life

Zen Master Engaku TainoZen Master Reiyo Ekai

1979 - From the top and starting from the left in the picture:The group on the left: Carlo D’Angelo Rogan, Andrea Toniatti Anryu, Luca Sarchi, Li Ai Vee Gyoku Ran.In the center of the picture is Master Yamada Mumon.The group on the right is: Andrea Sarchi, Lamberto Liverani, Leonardo Anfolsi Reiyo Ekai, Andrea Banzola, Master Noritake Shunan, Master Luigi Mario Engaku Taino and Maurizio Zeppilli Ghencho.

Realizing the path throughthe Diamond Sutra

How to use the teachings contained in this book

By Zen Master Leonardo Anfolsi Reiyo

In this book you have a basic, easier, translation of the Diamond Sutra, a complete translation and a commentary. With these three tools – functioning as a first-aid koan - and with meditation, you can see and understand your free mind not leaning on anything. Having a free mind not leaning on anything means that upon being born, we are challenged to understand deeper and deeper the power of this real mind of ours that is already functioning but has to be completely unfolded.

About the argument Master Engaku Taino says:

“First of all is the desire that drives us to enter into a certain path. Then traveling on that path you will perceive the scents, you will see colors and landscapes, so you will hear the voices that are peculiar to that path. Of course, it takes an effort to get started and we do not know who moves our will or who takes the initial step giving us confidence in the path, some “thing” that makes us keep going. But going forward we must be able to grow a steadfast faith in ourselves, we absolutely have to find that strength in ourselves, finally letting us flow and remain in the conviction that we are already on the path, that we are already the enlightenment and therefore the practice itself. And here it is the experience of enlightenment!”

So, in some ways there is nothing you can do because this free mind is already you, but at the same time you have a lot of work to do, because living this mind fully is a total challenge. Training with this Sutra can really unfold your silent understanding of life.

For this reason, after you read these lines:

It is crucial to practice some Meditation to re-integrate this understanding of yours within the lines and continue enjoying it daily by yourself and together with other practitioners; if you are not Buddhist just remain in silence letting go all your pretenses and tensions, being sure of the silent, divine inspiration therein. Then you can start reading some lines of the commentary by Master Engaku Taino and try to understand his practical approach to the Sutra, getting rid of the analytic, sub-logical mind. There you can discover that mind that is in silence but, at the same time, is active able to overcome every problem. And then read the basic, easier version of the Sutra – if you prefer - and enjoy it, finding your understanding within every statement and paradox. If you like, you can even go on with the commentary and jump from one and the other again and again in a way that you understand something more of it. Then you can fully enjoy the complete version. So you remain for some moments deeply surprised of your understanding, innocence here is part of the picture otherwise you can cynically forget to celebrate this inner victory of yours. You merge with a higher meaning that spreads all over the reading, still surprising you every time and so you merge with a higher meaning that appears all over in your life – silently taking the form of things, people, and circumstances; you know for sure that something is starting to light up inside yourself, something that you can no more understand as a thing nor a reference, and so you know that the raw acceptance of this lack of confirmation begins to set you free and makes you active, insightful, but still able to rest at will. In fact, the first symptom is that you don’t like the club of the “very sensitive and spiritual people very close to enlightenment” anymore, but you achieve the state of those “simple/wonderful people who are just what they are.”

Somebody states that Meditation is even not knowing that you are not thinking but, funny to say, we have to decide a lot of things in our life and for this reason we have to think often, something that tricks a lot of the most serious Meditation practitioners. On the contrary, some other people think that “taking life as it is” is all they need and they would like to kill the Buddha as soon as they meet him, and they say that while fishing or collecting shells on the seashore, they deeply practice Meditation without wasting their time cross-legged. But, in both cases, not knowing our free mind as it is might remain the real problem. And this is the reason why wiser people go on living their own life sincerely, practicing Meditation. One very day, because of this challenge, living with all our strength beyond hope or fear, it happens that you raise your arm while cleaning a window and you know that is really all… And you sense, feel or think, experiencing an exploded silence.

You are not leaning on anything.

Here starts the real Zen training.

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Where the real DiamondComes from

Realizing the path throughthe Diamond Sutra

How to use the teachings contained in this book

Techniques to approach meditation easily through the Diamond Sutra

The perception of the tenThousand galaxies

The practice of the universal breathing

Clearing the Mind

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Words/mind’s sound and letters

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Becoming an Alive radiation

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Meditation

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The Sūtra of the Diamond who cuts the delusions

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The commentary four teishos on the Sutra

Introductory words

The first part of the commentary of the Diamond Sutra

The second part of the commentary of the Diamond Sutra

The third part of the commentary of the Diamond Sutra

The fourth part of the commentary of the Diamond Sutra

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