達磨絵
The sixth lecture ‘Awaken Karma‘
59) The rice dealer said making a joke with laughing yesterday.
Because listening to the Emptiness or Mu in the holy sutra lecture every single day, so, I don’t have to worry if I suffer any losses ever.
Even if don’t understand the profound meaning of emptiness, or at least, have a broad-minded and loose feel that you are as much as enough with the birth of the nakedness, are correct as it is.
60） Reflecting on the original meaning of Hannya and doing it without wasting it, I would like to contribute to our life and society with all our heart and comfort so far.
61) In short, if looking at every inch, Buddhist fundamental teaching means Karma after all. The relations of the interdependence of give-and-take and the principle that everything is constantly in an endless cycle, those truths come from the parent’s body named Karma completely.
62) To tell the truth, the reason why a human’s son became Buddha was that realized Karma. Moreover, it is Buddhism that Buddha who got enlightenment taught the truth of Karma through his experience namely. Therefore, Buddhism means Buddha’s teaching. For all that, because Buddha was realized person, Buddhism is for human beings after all. And Buddhism is not the teaching of God, is the teaching by a human, doesn’t stay the heaven, stay on earth.
63）Alpha and omega in the religions, the first and the last, are ultimately the humans.
From those who go astray rise to those who are enlightened. From those who slept rise to those who awakened.
There is a religious primary object in there. All in all, religion does not command a distant view and is here in our harm the Pure land does not have a place. Where do you ask with devoting yourself? Where is religion without human life at least? Therefore, the question of why you need religion means why you must live at the same time.
64) Nothing is my alive rejoicing; nothing is my sadness of death. they are all lies. It is right for us to feel the joy of living and to die with sadness. He who gets enlightenment as living and death to be one, feels alive joy, feels death with sadness. It is good as it is. The important issue for us is not being obsessed with it. Don’t be a slave about it.
65) Where is a religion without human nature?
A religion needs not for those who live in the world of heaven with getting be pretentious. Those who have a muddy job and are worried about the world need it. It requires religion for the human world that cannot be dreamed of as a dream or given up for the loss. Moreover, you will reach the religious world by cultivating your human way deeply. You will reach it naturally. Without deeply cultivating your heart, if searching your neighboring place, there is nothing religious fountain.
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The fifth lecture. One who commits his heart and soul to emptiness.
48) In May, the season of fresh green every single year. I recall the famous verse.
‘The green leave for eyes, the mountain little cuckoo, the first bonito fish in early summer.’
Japanese people should be able to fully understand it without explanation.
And then, I recall another one in addition.
‘What a sweet smell of adhered indigo to my palm in a seasonal change of clothing.’
This verse is the best expression of a new refreshing feeling of seasonal change of clothing.
49) No matter what our job when working with all our might, we are unaware of the passage of time. We feel an hour or two hours as five or ten minutes. However, it was not that an hour became five minutes. By transcending time, we feel that. It seems to exist but nothing.
50) Scarcely need saying, ‘The green leave for eyes‘ means the world of eyes. It is the world of being reflected in the eyes. And the subject is the world of form as the green leave for eyes. Our eyes noticed the world of form as the green leaves by way of an eyeball and became aware of it. Our eyes noticed, ‘it became wholly new greenery.’
But if saying, I want to go play somewhere. It is not the eye area.
“Zoitsu Agon Sutra” teaches that our eyes eat form, and our ears eat voice. The food of eyes is formed. The food of ears is voice. With for beautiful scenery. That is rejoicing of eyes. Desire a good voice, that rejoices of ears.
51) Buddhists offer up incense when attending a funeral. It comes from the that ‘All beings eat incense after they’re passing away. Therefore, we need food not only for the mouth but also eyes, ears, and nose.
52) Everything is related together as an interdependence. Mutual relationships are important not only for humans but also for everything in the world. Therefore, it is not a taking-and-taking, is a relation of a give-and-take. We should understand giving life and receiving life simultaneously. That means the relationship between Karma and interdependence.
53) Moreover, everything does not only exist in give-and-take, but everything is passing, moving, like a river. We cannot wash our legs with water from the same river. The water of the river continues to flow. The water used to wash my feet is irreversible. Not just the water of the river, we are constantly changing. My existence yesterday does not exist today.
54) I cannot live without society. My life is not just for me merely. We are keenly aware of the blessings of society when we fully understand we are maintained and nurtured by all. Well, we have to feel that way.
55) Now that my physiognomy means social aspect and the social aspect means my physiognomy, our feeling of gratitude to the world and people are gushing out from the bottom of our minds. We cannot but say it is out of the question that one who makes a curse another one and has a grudge the society immoderately by nothing confession.
56) One who realizes the learning of Karma once and committed himself to the emptiness of Hannya can understand fleeting life and precious life simultaneously. In fact, for a fleeting reason, our lives are precious.
That is ‘I feel joy in cherry blossoms because of scattering’. There is flower life due to scattering. We have a precious life and gratitude for life.
57) Just one thousand five hundred years ago, there was a young Buddhist scholar, named Shojyo in China. He was the best scholar among three thousand disciples. But owing the incident, aroused the king’s anger, and he just got the death penalty at that time. He begged to be alive for seven days strangely. He completely wrote, “The Hozoron; The theory of owned Dharma” in the prison during those days. He was thirty-one years old.
58) It is said, there are lots of ways. However, there is only one way you have to do it. Taking this lecture on the Hannyashin sutra opportunity, learning the path of Hannya truly, I think to work steadily just one path.
The fourth lecture. The eternal life.
35) In short, ‘emptiness’ is ‘emptiness of Hannya’ and does not simply mean like a dualism, to be or nothing. One of the ancient Chinese Buddhist masters, Shyuken Daishi (644~712) said.
I see ‘form is emptiness, he will get great wisdom.
I see ‘emptiness is formed, and he will get deep affection. This verse makes me consider it. Because great wisdom means profound wisdom and is true wisdom namely.
36） Correct Jihi; love is not blind love like a cow licking her calf. Jihi in Buddhist teaching means that correct love is based on real wisdom namely. Therefore, at least in Buddhism, Jihi and wisdom are two and are one simultaneously. When I hear the name of the Buddhist image now, I recall the Buddhist image which has a gentle figure like Avalokiteshvara or Jizo. But there is a fierce look at the Buddhist image like a Fudo-Myo; Acala.
37) By the way, there is no distinction between parental affection for children like high and low. The expression of affection, of course, there is a certain peculiar attitude between the father’s affection and the mother’s affection for the child. The affection of a strict father and a tender mother, speaking of distinction, is it. Those are his scolding affection and her hugging affection.
38）At least in Buddhism, the philosophy of wisdom, and the religion of Jihi; affection is two and one together. Children may think that their parent’s mind may change their minds. That is a child’s prejudice. Nothing is a difference in affection between father and mother to their child. By scolding and hugging once, the child will never go off the right path, will never fall into the evil path, and grow honestly and fast.
39) Issa Kobayashi said it is cold and no one scolded me at snooze. It is lonely absolutely that we have no one give scold. We should need one who gives scolding when growing up adults increasingly. I should want those who have a frank and critical opinion of my behavior. Many persons give to blame and criticize behind me my back. However, we have very few people to criticize directly.
40) For example, even with different facial expressions, the tears of wisdom and affection are nothing distinction in the mind. My uncle who died thirteen years ago retained this poem for me.
Father illuminated and mother shed a drop of tears, and the Nadeshiko stood up by the same benefit.
I don’t know who composed it. I think, keep in mind, it is a remarkable poem surely.
41) Owing to my strict father’s mind and tender mother’s mercy, when I remember delightful memories and look back on dear my parents, I am deeply grateful for discovering profound and holy Buddhism as a philosophy or religion.
42) Hannya is said to mean a Buddhist mother. Indeed, Hannya is a mother who raises all Buddha and is the basis for the birth of all Buddha.
43) From a high point, from a so-called holistic perspective, if you see everything with your own eyes, all things are neither arising nor ceasing, neither dirt nor purity, neither increasing nor decreasing.
44) Like that law of energy is the scientific truth and the electronic quantity which creates everything in the universe is unchangeable law, everything done by gathering Karma and keeping it empty is neither arising nor ceasing, neither increasing nor decreasing altogether.
45) Zen master Dogen said that to awaken one’s life and death is Karma a significant matter for Buddhists.
However, awakening one’s life and death are not only Buddhist disciples. I think everybody has to do that.
46） ‘Even if passing away in Musashino field, I keep on the Japanese spirit.’ Shoin Yoshida (1830~1859) who left the poem of farewell, passed away like a dewdrop of the execution, was a just person who was not bound by life and death. He was not afraid of death. He transcended ‘life and death with obedience to ‘life and death, and acquired the truth of ‘neither arising nor ceasing’, the so-called had done alive with death. He sent a letter to his sister like that.
‘Now, immortality means that, what feel familiar with, Buddha and Confucius are alive now. because, people delight, feel grateful, feel with awe them.’ It is sure, should appreciate those words.
47) Let’s live to be strong, firmly, calmly, making up our minds to be with death looking for eternal life.
◯Kakushyo Takagami (1894~1948) was a monk belonging Shingon sect and a Buddhist scholar. “The lecture of Hannyashin sutra“ was published in 1934 and was the best sale for a long. It is a marvelous recording lecture. It is useful to understand ordinary people due to writing down for radio broadcasting while divided twelve times. He studied Zen by way of Dr. Kitaro Nishida at Otani university in Kyoto. So, he knew about Zen.
The first lecture. The truth wisdom
1) If seeing our existing world by the wisdom of Hannya, there is nothing useless and worthless things in all respect.
2）There is nothing worthless things in the world to the truth―an awakened person. by Buddha’s eye. Yes, all grasses are medicines. One who feels worthless means that the wisdom brain is small. If viewing by the large wisdom’s brain named Hannya, everything means the expression of the holy truth.
3）Today and tomorrow are insignificant days. By gathering insignificant days, we have built up our life. Far from it, it is a holy single day. Which do you choose to achieve in your life, an insignificant day or a holy day? For that reason, it is significant keeping on our minds together. it means how to have your mind.
4) there is nothing worthless itself. Because the wisdom’s brain to see is simply small. According to the wisdom of Hannya which is woven into the Hannyashin sutra, there is nothing worthless things in the world. On the contrary, they are all holy beings to each other in which becoming to be front or back, shaded place or sunny place, making full use of themselves or by others.
5) By polishing the wisdom of Hannya having each other, we must be more sacred and respectably used for all existence.
6） I am often inquired about by the audience. What is the teaching about Buddhism?
I respond simply.
‘Buddhism is Buddha’s teaching. That is to say. Buddha’s teaching is that humans become Buddha.’
Buddhism teaches us to become a Buddha and attain Buddhahood.
7）This sutra has nothing sound of religion, and never goes out of date. It teaches us what is the real truth and the wisdom frankly as it is and is the fresh sutra forever.
The second lecture. Better to walk than to talk
8) There are four ways to look at things to see, to observe, to inspect, and to perceive.
Incidentally, to see means seeing with the naked eye. To observe means Avalokitesvara’s observation is what to see given heart. So, to observe means to see with the heart’s eye minutely. To tell the truth, we can notice real features distinctly by observing.
9) Musashi Miyamoto said that he would see or observe with his eyes. As he mentions, only the eyes of observation can learn the secrets of Japanese fencing. He insisted on observation and confirmed that the eye of mind was the most important training for Japanese fencing. But it is also important to do business, study, and everything else, not just only Japanese fencing in Japan. Meantime, the most important thing is to see by the eye of the mind.
10) It should be attention that the character is Gyo which means practicing Prajunya Pramita. It is heavily important for this character. I did not dare anticipate Goethe’s words. The soul of religion is better to walk than to talk. Well, religion should not talk, should walk. Moreover, Gyo means this practicing. Practicing means to walk, to carry out.
11) Buddhism teaches three types of wisdom in short. Those are the wisdom to hear, the wisdom to think, and the wisdom to practice.
First, listening wisdom simply means wisdom that can be heard from the ear. That is a little wisdom. That is certainly wisdom. But it cannot say true wisdom.
Second, the wisdom to think means the wisdom gained by thinking. It is the wisdom to reconsider and judge the wisdom of hearing again. That is the wisdom that is being considered.
In addition, practicing wisdom means to grasp by practicing. You can get it by practicing yourself. Therefore, this is a religious area. That means it is better to walk than to talk.
12) Let us chant Hannyashin sutra by our heart and learn it by body practice. Let us practice the religion of it not just only knowledge of philosophy voluntarily.
13) First, let me talk about the story of ‘Five components‘. This word was translated from the Sanskrit words Pañca Skandha. Pañca means five as a number. Skandha means an aggregate. Therefore, Buddhist scholars interpreted it as an aggregate and a component. Moreover, the Five Components are always in motion themselves, not stopped. Sanskrit scholars translated it into movement. It is very interesting.
14) Materialism explains everything in the world, and Spiritualism sees everything in the world as the focus of the spirit, they have a prejudice together. Buddhism does not approve of them.
Buddhism has a basic view that subjectivity, objectivity, and everything consists of a collection of five elements. So, the so-called, teaching to be one with things and mind or denying separation of the bodily shape and mind teaches us the correct view of the world or life.
15） A complete expression of our language and thoughts is incomplete. We cannot easily talk about our thoughts and what we want to discuss. The miserable world and the most enjoyable heart cannot be expressed as it is by writing or speaking.
16) From ancient times, it has been said that Yuima’s silence is like thunder. The word silence has big considerable meanings. Fireflies that cannot sing suffer from love. It is said that you cannot cry when you are sad really. That is the saddest world. The saddest time is when tears do not come out.
17） When someone asks for the impression of drinking a cup of water, how do you respond about it? You cannot understand to taste water unless you drink it yourself. Whether it is delicious or not, spicy or sweet, you cannot decide to taste it. So, needless to say. Let us drink a cup of tea.
18)When you have had a child, you can understand the worries and joys of parenting before anything else, like that, you can thank not only your parents but also your child simultaneously. Thanks to noticing completely owing to a child that child is the cutest existence than others in the world. We must be grateful for the love of our children, the joy of acting altruistically and taught unselfishness through parenting children.
19） Behind just one word of ‘emptiness’ is a vast and profound teaching. The emptiness of the word is fully incorporated into the profound philosophy of Buddhism. This is the extract of Buddhism.
20）Avalokitesvara directly experienced profound emptiness. One who truly understands emptiness and devotes himself completely to emptiness is undoubtedly alive Avalokitesvara. Hence, at least we need to discover Avalokitesvara in our figure and find ourselves in Avalokitesvara.
The third lecture ‘Form is Emptiness
21) I remembered the haiku written by Nagao Ogasawara.
Sãriputta, look, ‘emptiness is form’ in full bloom.
This haiku is a complete expression of the verse of the Hannyashin sutra. And I will introduce it today. Needless to say, this simple verse expresses skillfully, the word emptiness which Hannniyashin sutra powerfully teaches with earnest effort is not simply meaning like as hollowness or nothing.
22) Without understanding Karma, you cannot grasp emptiness. By the way, I first said Sãriputta. Of course, this is my name. He was called the most superior who got wisdom among Buddha’s disciples. He was a Brahma monk in the first place and was famous for being a Buddha’s disciple with a marvelous motive. While walking in the town of Rãjagrha, Sãriputta happened to meet with Asvajit, a disciple of Buddha. And he heard the amazing truth from Asvajit.
It is that ‘All reasons rise from Karma. Buddha teaches that Karma.’ We may hear it as a commonplace and mediocre word. But the great scholar Sãriputta listened to the words of Karma, just like the footsteps of a valley in the sky.
23) I think, we should reaffirm the idea of Buddhism,
which has been the source of Japanese spiritual resources for 1300 years, especially the thought of Karma which is the origin of Buddhist thought. Karma, is a very old word, a common word. However, that is true.
24) To understand ‘Dependent origination’ means to understand Buddhism. I think it is true. Gautama Siddhartha realized the principles and truths of ‘Dependent origination’ by himself, so, he finally became Buddha. That is the fact that Buddha achieved enlightenment under The BO TREE.
Buddha first discovered a common eternal truth that everything rises from ‘Dependent origination. Hence, the principle of ‘Dependent origination’ was nothing created by Buddha newly.
Buddha was not the creator of ‘Dependent origination’ but the one who discovered it.
25) ‘Dependent origination’ means the relationship between cause, chance, and result. It is called Engi in Japanese. Namely, cause means the factor, the force to the result. Chance means an indirect force to help the cause and produce the result. For example, there is a grain of rice seed. In this case, a grain of rice is the cause namely. By the way, by putting on it on your desk, there is only just a grain forever. But, if seeding it into the farm, adding something force like rain, water, sunlight, or fertilizers, a grain of rice is up to the plentiful ear of rice in fall. This is the relationship between ‘Dependent origination and result’
26) The stumbled stone is a small relationship. Even those who swing their sleeves together are related in another world. But it is not a reason or theory. It is not about thinking and becoming true. It does not mean thinking or not thinking, whether it is a Buddhist theory or not. This is true. Fact and the truths are eloquence above all.
27) Today never exist without yesterday by no means. Today does not simply exist apart from yesterday. Today is not just today, is carrying yesterday on its back and holding tomorrow in its arms.
Anyway, not everything in our world exists independently, but there is a limitless relationship like as vertical and horizontal. Therefore, I stand at the intersection of infinite space and eternal time.
28） Why was the inventor of the metro, Isambard・K・Brunel able to dig the bottom of the Thames? He was inspired by a shipworm digging a timber. He had done completely digging the bottom of the Thames. This was called an impossible digging by human ability.
There doesn’t seem to be a relationship between the Metro and a shipworm on the surface. But they have a deep relationship together. Everything is made by ‘Dependent origination’, Five components, the formation by harmonizing matter and mind, etc., the world doesn’t have to continue to exist forever as one. Everything is constantly changing and moving.
29) According to Buddhism, everything is called ‘U’ in Japanese. Everything is temporary and momentary. Anyway, there is nothing eternal and immortal being. The cherry blossoms which have bloomed and germinated will soon be scattered. It will be a completely dead tree. There are scattered cherry blossoms, the rest of the cherry blossoms, and finally both scattered cherry blossoms.
30) One day the mountain monk asked Ikkyu oshyo.
‘You mentioned the Buddhist Dharma. Where is the Buddhist Dharma?’
So, Ikkyu answered immediately.
‘It is in your breast.’
Upon hearing that, he took the dagger from his pocket, pushed, and rebelled.
‘Show me.‘
The witty Ikkyu responded immediately after returning the poem.
Cherry blossoms bloom every year in Yoshino.
Cut them out to see the existing cherry blossoms.
The mountain monk bravely did it, but finally gave up, and became a disciple of Ikkyu at last.
31) Looking for in a heavy snowstorm, there are nothing cherry blossoms. This is ‘the form is emptiness’ as it is. It looks like dead trees, however, the branches of the cherry bloom with a smile coming in the spring fog. This is ‘emptiness is form’ namely. In any circumstances, it is wrong to think that you will exist forever and say emptiness from the beginning and deny everything.
32) One who feels a terrible waste of paper dropping on the passage is excellently recognized economic value from the beginning as understanding Buddhist Dharma.
It is a matter, of how to hold your mind. In short, is the material more valuable than the mind, or are the spirits more valuable than the materials? Does material dominate the mind, or does the mind dominate material? Do we spend money or does money use us?
33） Acting right and practicing the middle way is a necessary matter in every world and time. If the correct human life is provided by the right seeing, then we must have a clear understanding of what the right seeing is. Anyway, even if living in physical poverty, let us live in mentally rich life at least.
34) By appreciating the Karmic tenet and Karmic philosophy, even if living in poverty, we want to live in rich life at least. Wishing to conduct in pure, right, firmly on the earth. I think, one who commits himself to the tenet of Karma and appreciates the ‘Emptiness of Hannya’ is just the man taking the middle way. A living Avalokitesvara will be born from such a human.
Source: Kakusho Takagami“The lecture of Hannya shin sutra” 1934 Daiich Shyobo
Translation* Giken Yoshitomi 2022
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