Return to ZCO Dharma Heritage Koryu Osaka, Roshi |
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1901-1987Koryu Osaka Roshi was a lay Rinzai teacher. He succeeded to the Dharma of Joko Roshi, who, distressed by what he saw as the corruption of the priesthood, asked that Koryu Roshi never ordain. Koryu Roshi emphasized lay practice, holding monthly sesshin in a dojo on the grounds of the family's home. A few students lived with him and many slept in the dojo during sesshin. |
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"There is no doubt that by having firm faith we can best develop, as well as sustain, deep samadhi power. Time ripens and the liberation of body and mind is realized. Life, once we have liberated body and mind, becomes the manifestation and functioning of prajna.There are very few people who continue to sit until they actually attain enlightenment--even though they have good faith. Often when people have profound faith and a good intellectual understanding of the teachings of Buddhism, they are satisfied to remain like that. In the Soto school there are many fine scholars, as well as great masters, who have really strong samadhi power. A very limited number, however, really sit, and relatively few become creative, vital forces in their culture. The emptiness of both body and mind means to be in the state of no-self or no-mind. When you experience this sort of realization yourself, all sorts of physical problems disappear, and all sorts of tension and rigidity in the mind are dissolved. This is why we say that it redeems all sorts of sufferings. There the true satori lies, and there is a life of infinity, unrestricted by either time or space. When you realize this satori you will be able to live in an eternal moment and there you will find delight and the significance of life." |
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