Freedom is my Message
From the Series:
Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest
Discourse#7 Duration: 7 Mins.
3 July 1988 pm in
Gautam the Buddha Auditorium
Freedom is my message, because the moment you become a buddha, hearing silently your own heartbeat, you are no more a disciple. But it is a little subtle to understand. You can be an egoist in the name of independence and freedom -- and then you are as far away from your authentic reality as you can be; stars are not that far away from you. Your ego takes you for a ride. And it becomes more and more difficult, as the ego becomes more and more crystallized, to come out of the prison to freedom -- to break the chains, to jump the fence. And that's exactly what Fischer-Hoffmann therapy is doing. It is against human beings and their growth. They need to be with a master. But this need is not dependence, this need is simply a device so that the master can share his light and his space and make you aware that now you need not be here, you are a buddha yourself.
Either you can be a buddha -- then you are in freedom, real freedom. Or you can be an egoist -- then the freedom is just a name, you don't know anything about freedom.
Nanyo said, "THEN THEY ARE NOT JUST PEOPLE ANYMORE." I teach people ... the moment they understand they are buddhas, this much is the difference between the sleeping person and the person who is awake.
What I am doing here continuously is pulling on your legs -- "Come out of your blankets, it is time to wake up! It has already been long that you should have been out of bed." But you are clinging to your bed, clinging to your blanket; it seems to be secure, comfortable. Who knows what awakening will bring?
You have to be awake to know. Nobody else can be awake in your place.
