Question
Hello, I would like to discuss a subject that seems to me the heart of EVERYTHING (thirty years of practice). I do not think there can be the slightest freedom under any form of dependence. Going against that makes the mind sick. The side effects of this illness are many and varied (competitiveness… lack of creativity… a critical attitude…). Love cannot have an object: that is obvious. The mind is free from the outset and will never become free with time, even with crossed legs (that would be too easy!). When I hear kusen (where I go) that are merely repeated words and phrases, and thus not integrated by the person speaking them, I do not see what meaning they can have for that person or those listening… other than reproducing and once again taking the word for the thing. Thus ignorance perpetuates itself. I am thinking of all religious forms. I do not think there are good ones and bad ones. That said, it does not prevent me from being a fervent practitioner of silent sitting, but I do not consider myself Buddhist. All these religions lack humor. They take the word for the thing… Hoping to meet you one day and share a moment. THANK YOU.
Anonymous
Answer from Master Kosen
Yees.
Kosen