Question
“It is often so distressing to see the level of awareness,
awakening, intelligence, and involvement of people in my country. No
wonder they (…) follow Roland Rech or Rafou thinking they are
Zen masters. It makes you want to fall to your knees and weep.”
Yeeees! The slapping machine is back. Today, everyone gets a free shave!
Too bad you did not add your own name to the list. After
all, this is not about that old quarrel between schools, is
it? It is more about not confusing the man with the teaching he
embodies.
No one can awaken in my place. It depends neither on Roland’s
steadiness nor on Stéphane’s vitriol. But without a master, no awakening either!
A fine paradox in the end: to be the masterpiece of a master who
transmits nothing… Emptiness, you have us in your grip!
Gassho.
Anonymous
Master Kosen’s answer
It is precisely when we distinguish the man from the teaching he embodies that there is no mastery.
Kosen