zen is special
in many ways
from other traditions
of the mystics
the one thing that stands out very unique
is strange small dialogues
just reading them
you cannot find
how those small dialogues
can bring enlightenment to someone
secondly
zayn gives no explanations itself
that is one of the reason a living tradition of enlightenment
has not overtaken the whole world
i would like you to understand
those small dialogues which apparently mean nothing
but in a circle certain circumstance
produced by others in methods
they can bring awakening
the dialogues are remembered down the centuries
and the people on the path of zen enjoy them immensely but for outsiders they remain anathema
because the context is never told
in what reference
the awakening happened
is never discussed
behind these small dialogues there is there is a long discipline of meditation
understanding may be years and years of work
but only the dialogue
is known to the outside world
you don't know the men
who are
discussing with each other they are not ordinary people
the awakening
it's possible only
if they have a background which can make the small piece of dialogue which in itself is nothing
of tremendous importance but when you read it you cannot believe how these
dialogues can make somebody enlightened
and you are reading them and you are not becoming enlightened
so something is
not in your perspective
my effort will be to give you the whole context
and not only to explain the words of the dhalla but the individuals
who are engaged in these small dialogues
only then you will see they are not small things they are the very
optimum
those people have reached to the last point these dialogues are just a little pus
they were almost ready it can be said that even without these dialogues
they were going to become enlightened maybe a week later
these dialogues have cut not more than one week
from there being enlightened
all around the world
now that zen
has become fashionable
and there are so much written about it
and nobody i have come across up to now
and i have seen almost everything that has been written about zen
by people who don't have any enlightenment but who are impressed
by the beauty
of the people who have been following say
so they have picked up things which make no sense are almost nonsense
and they don't have the capacity to give you the background
and remember everything depends on the background
the long years of preparation are there
long years of waiting longing
long years of silent patience
meditating
and this dialogue comes at the apex at the very end
if you can understand the whole process then the dialogue will be explained to you
that it can bring enlightenment to someone
without knowing the whole process
zen will remain just entertainment in the world
what is enlightenment to the zen people
falls down into a state of entertainment
these are not
the whole thing
it is just like an iceberg
a small piece is sowing above the sea one tenth of the whole iceberg 9 10 is underneath
and unless you understand that nine tenths this one tenth will not give you any insight