When We Give It All to Buddha

A Shunryu Suzuki story about Nona Ransom and him - by Kokyo Henkel in Lion's Roar

Nona Ransom cuke page

Kokyo Henkel is the teacher at the Santa Cruz Zen Center. Here/s the SCZC page for him.

Nature

When we say “nature” it is, of course, truth. But nature is something which includes what we see. In its strict sense, truth is not something which we can see.       --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-10-00-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC  - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching. - DC

The Enduring Teachings of Suzuki Roshi

BY SHUNRYU SUZUKI AND BUDDHADHARMA

posted about this last week but there was no link to the article then

thanks Peter Ford

Accident

So nothing happens just by accident. When something happens, there should be some reason. It is caused by Dharma. In this sense, truth is close to the Dharma Nature. But we can understand it in some way, we can figure out some rules. In Buddhism, those rules, or that truth, is sometimes called the Dharma itself. That is the way in which we call it the Dharma Body. It is the source of all truth.     --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-10-00-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC  - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching. - DC

Gravity

 I say there is no way to talk about the Dharma Body, but if you will allow me to say something about it, we can call it “Truth Itself.” Truth is something which you cannot see. You can see the apple, but you cannot see the theory of gravity. But there is some theory, some truth.    --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-10-00-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC  - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching. - DC

A Chat with Lew Richmond

 

Lew Richmond Chat on Cuke Audio Podcasts 

Cuke Audio page

Lew Richmond page

Lotus sutra

Did you understand? The Nirmanakaya Buddha is the form of dharma, the Sambhogakaya Buddha is the nature of dharma, and the Dharmakaya Buddha is the dharma body, which is beyond words, which we cannot describe. So this sutra tells what the Dharma Nature is, and when we listen to it, we will understand what the Dharmakaya Buddha is and who the Nirmanakaya Buddha Shakyamuni was.    --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-10-00-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC  - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching. - DC

A Wanna Be Green Gulch Story

 Does anyone remember the Korean monk who came to Green Gulch to visit and claimed to have had sex with 1000 people and 1000 animals? I'd love to get more details on that story. He did have an unusual practice. - dc

A Green Gulch Story

 Dear David,

Do you remember helping Aimee Diller & me late one evening.  We'd "borrowed " a GGF vehicle and jumped the culvert on our way back from the  Pelican Inn.... mmmmhaha.

You got us out AND covered the tracks. I was all of 17yo.

Thanks David.

Be well. 🌿

Only Love,

Donna Harvey

Dear Donna,

Pleased to be of service, ma'am.

d

Continuing from Yesterday as all these recent posts are

That is the dharma body, the dharma nature, and the dharma attribute, or form and color. That is the outlook of dharma, nature of dharma, and dharma itself. And the Nirmanakaya Buddha, the Sambhogakaya Buddha, and the Dharmakaya Buddha.    --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-10-00-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC  - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching. - DC