Meditation Week – June – Go back to the listener and hear, too, of your nature of hearing!
Welcome to the meditation week in June at the Honora Zen Monastery in Switzerland.
Contemplation - Meditation Week June
There are many ways to the truth; here I will let you return to the origin by showing you one entrance. Are you hearing the sound of crows and magpies? Go back to the listener and hear, too, of your nature of hearing. Are there various sounds here? Let me ask you again, when you said, 'there are not a variety of sounds nor distinctions at all,' if there was already nothing there at all, at that time, don't you mean it became an empty space? What is the essence of what is not empty? Since it is formless and invisible; it cannot be attained by word.
Wisdom
This is the life of Buddha, Jesus and Patriarchs. Do not carry any further doubt. If this is formless and invisible, can it be big or small? If there is neither big nor small, does it have boundary or limit? Because there is neither boundary nor limit, there is neither inside nor outside. Because of neither inside nor outside, there is neither farther away nor nearby.
Because there is neither farther away nor nearby, there is neither you nor I. If there is neither you nor I, there should be neither going nor coming. If there is neither going nor coming, there is neither birth nor death. If there is neither birth nor death, there should be neither past nor present.
If there is neither past nor present, there should be neither confusion nor enlightenment. If there is neither confusion nor enlightenment, there should be neither ordinary-being nor sage. If there is neither ordinary-being nor sage, there should be neither impurities nor purities. If there are neither impurities nor purities, there should be neither right nor wrong. If there is neither right nor wrong, it is possible to grasp this, neither by names nor by words. (Zen Patriarch Pojo)
Meditation Center - June Retreat
The Honora Zen Monastery is a rustic and small meditation center in Switzerland. Here you can find more information and register for the monthly meditation weeks.
