Guest guest Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 - Mourad Rashad MillionPaths Wednesday, August 13, 2003 5:56 AM [MillionPaths] Robai-shin "Grandmother-mind" As told by Taisen Deshimaru RoshiTetsu was taught by Master Dogen. He was young, intelligent, good zazen, good samu. Later he became the third Patriarch of Eihei-ji. Tetsu was "perfect" and very capable: sutra, posture, zazen, comportment, everything was very good. But he had one weak point: he didn't yet have robai-shin ("grandmother-mind"), the empathetic mind of a grandmother, and so he could not truly follow the cosmic order. Dogen, just a little while before his death, told him this: You understand all of Buddhism, but you cannot go beyond your abilities and your intelligence. You must have robai-shin, the mind of great empathy. This empathy helps all of humanity. You should not think only of yourself. We have in us this mind, neither rare nor special, of Buddha. We should believe in it, unconsciously, naturally, automatically. This is true faith. Buddha and ourselves are not separate. It is necessary to go beyond the power of Buddha or God. This is to lose ones ego and have the mind of empathy. But this doesn't come from intelligence, ability or knowledge. mourad ******************************************************************** MillionPaths URL: MillionPaths/ Un : MillionPaths ******************************************************************* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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