Question
Laughing my head off ;) … Honestly, you’re something else. I was talking about you with some godos at the Paris Zen Dojo party this weekend, and their opinions are clear: you’re out of the ordinary… You really make me laugh… I have no trouble imagining Master Deshimaru telling you that you were crazy. Anyway, I’m relaxed; I let zazen do its work, that’s all… As for my reading and conversations with “Zen masters,” I’m open. I try to learn from everyone… Anyway, I won’t give you names because you might insult them unfairly… As for politics, the system is locked down. Unless you come from certain institutions—Sciences Po, the ENA, etc.—it is hard to enter influential circles… But I am convinced zazen can change the world… Yes, a new world order. So Sarko, Royal, or whoever: it is the system that needs changing; people need educating… Anyway, my question is not so bad. Sages have addressed this subject since time immemorial… You seem to have been born under a lucky star. Maybe the planets have something to do with it. Beyond the ego, ask yourself…
Anonymous
Answer from Master Kosen
My planets are rotten, my karma is rotten, I am a good-for-nothing, a madman, a loser. But my God is great and my soul is beautiful, and this fucking personality—I change it, make it beautiful, brilliant, divine. I myself save the omega disciple, so who could be incapable of saving themselves?
I am my masters’ masterpiece, living proof of Master Deshimaru’s greatness, and the planets go where I tell them to go.
Sensei wrote on one of my rakusus: “The cosmic order follows Stéphane.” So be it.
Kosen