The Fruits of Zen Practice

Ruben Habito describes the fruits of Zen practice. This video was made possible by the donors of the MKZC Publication Fund and the support of the MKZC community.

Producer: Helen Cortes
Director: Ramtin Nikzad
Assistant Director: Florian Habito

Practitioners:
Evan Carpenter
Helen Cortes
Florian Habito
Kristin Julian
Minoru Koi
Chris Runk
Sheila Walker

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Zen Maria Kannon Zen Center
• Thomas Merton
• Yamada Koun
• Sanbo Kyodan
• Unlimited Love
• Concentration
• Meditation
• Enlightenment
• Compassion

[MrUlutraman]

i call bullshit

we are not one, the mind isnt mountains or rivers

if a person gets shot in the face, that doesnt happen to me

if a mountain is blown apart, or a river drys out, nothing happens to my mind

we are not connected, not really

[mujaku]

@FearThisChannel There is no simple way to explain Buddhism to puthujjanas.

[FearThisChannel]

@mujaku Being in the "here and now" allows one to look into the own nature. This good man tries to explain that if we focus on future and past, we will get confused and will be led by our desires and thought.

Awakening to the moment simply means to stop thinking in terms of future and past, and simply observe everything right here AS IT IS.

[FearThisChannel]

@mujaku Time is an illusion. But Mind is everything, such as in Advaita Brahman is everything.

"The world is illusion. Brahman alone is real. Brahman is the world."

In other words, your words can never describe what Mind is like or what it is devoid of. Being timeless was no more than an indication it was not bound to causality like in this world. On contrary, this world is. Mind is all, and we cannot grasp this. We cannot understand how it can both be with time and timeless.

[FearThisChannel]

@mujaku Ok, but how was this a response to what I said? Speak in simple language please, we're not at all born English speakers.

[mujaku]

@FearThisChannel The transcendent, for example, the dharmakaya, is timeless and by implication devoid of moments. The real goal of Zen is to see pure Mind which is the same as tathata (suchness-substance). Always the great Zen master speak of pure Mind or universal Mind or the unborn Mind or Buddha Mind, and so on. This Mind is both substantial and animative. To awaken to it is bodhicittotpada. One then begins the life of a bodhisattva going up the bhumis.

[FearThisChannel]

@mujaku Well, by awakening to the dynamic reality of each present moment, one is enabled to look into one's own nature, since evertyhing will then be seen as a "part" of you.

[mujaku]

In the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng - let's call it the Bible of traditional Zen - there is no mention at all of "awakening to the dynamic reality of each present moment." Hui-neng said:" To attain supreme enlightenment, one must be able to know spontaneously one's own nature or Essence of Mind, which is neither created nor can it be annihilated."

[Sh3rby]

fantastic video, thank you for sharing it

[madskillzpc]

@NejiOisOawesome Michael Chen :]

[NejiOisOawesome]

@madskillzpc SAME. whos this

[madskillzpc]

Mr. Wilkes sent me here!

[Longhornzrock96]

had first visit last week. enjoyed every second. plan to attend this weekend

[kmhumphreys7]

wow is right.. really inspiring to find that inner peace an happiness..

thanks for sharing

stay blessed

[PhilosophyPBS]

wow, what a wonderful video :)

[Change012409]

Thanks Ruben for a very lucid teaching on the fruits of the Zen Practice! Gassho!

[Change012409]

I was eating my dinner yesterday,then I heard a soft knocking on my door, I opened it, and my next door neighbor, a mother of two was there, she asked me to loan her $20.00 for the food of her children, without asking anything, I got what I have in cash, exactly $20.00 and gave it to her, a world of non-separateness opened anew, with outburst of profound, inner joy.  Thanks Ruben for a very lucid teaching on the fruits of the Zen Practice! Gassho!

[draintesm]

Thank you for the great video. I've sat with Ruben Habito a couple of times on retreats. Hopefully I can go back this year.

[JayWeik]

Beautiful. Thank you for putting this together!