-- Te-shan’s Ultimate Teaching –
Seppo asked Tokusan, "Can I also share the
ultimate teaching the old patriarchs attained?"
Tokusan hit him with a
stick, saying, "What are you talking about?"
Seppo did not
understand, so he repeated his question the next day.
Tokusan answered,
"Zen has no words, and neither does it have anything to give."
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Remember! This blog is only for meditators and only a
meditator free from orthodox faith systems can understand these posts.
The existence is infinite and accommodates contradictory
things – the day and night, the yin and the yang all are the part of existence.
But words are limited. When I say day, it leaves night behind and so on. All
the philosophies and religions are therefore culprit of the humanity because
they have kept the truth away from the world by giving words to the world!
Understand this! A theist believes that there is God. An atheist
believes that there is no God. And each of them believe that only their set of
words and philosophy are correct and hence keeps fighting. But did you see, a
child was there some time ago and one day it dies and becomes NOT. Being and
NOT Being, both are the part of the existence. So both theists and atheists are
talking about only one side of the coin. Words are always limited. The truth is
beyond words. It cannot be expressed in words.
This is why Zen doesn’t give you any philosophy. It says: Just meditate
and realize the truth in your meditative silence! This is why I say, a
meditator cannot be a theist or an atheist. He understands that all faith
systems are bunch of words and truth is much bigger than your words. If you are
not meditating and merely reading these stories then you are doing nothing but
just deceiving yourself!!
