"Don't lose your true self!"
As Ryokan said when there was a great earthquake,
If there is a tragedy, tragedy is fine
If sick, then sickness is fine,
If dying, then dying is fine.
That was not being said from some safe cozy place rather in the same tragedy and crisis to be saying. "Don't hurry around and be so panicked!" While in the same crisis, Ryokan is saying, "Don't lose your true self!"
Do not be confused by the circumstances! We lose track of our being alive. If our mind is pure and empty then we can receive and accept whatever comes and our wisdom will come forth spontaneously, naturally and obviously. If we think we cannot receive or accept something, that is an obstruction in our mind. Even in the worst crisis we go through it very evenly.
From Shodo Harada Roshi's newsletter.
If there is a tragedy, tragedy is fine
If sick, then sickness is fine,
If dying, then dying is fine.
That was not being said from some safe cozy place rather in the same tragedy and crisis to be saying. "Don't hurry around and be so panicked!" While in the same crisis, Ryokan is saying, "Don't lose your true self!"
Do not be confused by the circumstances! We lose track of our being alive. If our mind is pure and empty then we can receive and accept whatever comes and our wisdom will come forth spontaneously, naturally and obviously. If we think we cannot receive or accept something, that is an obstruction in our mind. Even in the worst crisis we go through it very evenly.
From Shodo Harada Roshi's newsletter.
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