2024JAN27 D7 Right Speech Is Not So Simple
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2024
- There are three Bodhisattva Precepts that point to Right Speech because it is so important. Countless times, "wrong" speech has caused harm or created suffering. But to engage in Right Speech is not so simple as it sounds. Mitra-roshi goes into specifics on this portion of the Eightfold Path.
I wanted to thank you for your teisho(s). For a part of my journey in Zen I used to listen to you quite regularly, which gave me an idea about some of the qualities a true teacher should have. I live in Europe and becoming your student has therefore never been a realistic option, but while I kept searching for a capable teacher closer to where I live you remained a kind of guiding light. I had contact with a local Soto teacher (dharma heir to roshi Kobun Chino), who strangely had stopped leading a sangha and apparently also had no interest in working with me, or presumably anyone else, on Zen. Another teacher was from a particular lineage that doesn't really speak to me and I also knew him as one of my old highschool teachers. He also puts up videos on UA-cam, but I've never felt much of a connection to him.
In the end I found a teacher who you might even know personally, as it is Migaku Sato, one of the current Masters of Sanbo Zen. He was an assistant to Koun Yamada in his later years and then studied under roshi Kubota. I am now working on my koan with him. Again, thank you, as it was the effect of your teishos that guided me to him.
I am so glad you have persisted in your search for a true teacher that you could resonate with, and that you found my teishos helpful! May your practice continue to deepen, and ultimately bring you to full Awakening!
Thank you so much for sharing your story! I'm so glad you've found someone effective and with whom you resonate!
Very nice teisho on right speech. I came across on one acronym for right speech. Think is the word. Is it T for Thoughtful, I is it intelligent , N is for is it necessary, K is for, is it Kind.
Thanks Saroja! Hope all is well!
Beautiful, Saroja! Thank you for sharing this!