12-28-2010, 12:00 AM
As Master Unmon said himself,
“I won’t ask you about up to the fifteenth of the month, but what about after the fifteenth of the month?”
Those great hell breaking words of the Buddha, Unmon said it like this. So how about it? This training period up until today, have you made the efforts? I won’t ask about that but on this day of deep reckoning, how about it? From today onward, in what state of mind will you lead your life? Each and every person must look
at this sharply! Master Unmon glared at the assembly and asked this fiercely ,but no one could answer. It is not that they could not answer but no one could match that state of mind of Master Unmon, they probably said this or that, but no one could get anywhere near that state of mind of Master Unmon. Not a single one could reach that quality of state of mind. And so Unmon said to his transmitted to disciple Kyorin who later received Unmon’s Dharma, he pleaded, “please answer for us since we cannot answer” and Master Unmon replied,”
Every day is a good day!”
“Each day and every day, each day, all of it, this is a fine day” this is is how most will interpret these words but this is nowhere near the state of mind of Master Unmon, who would also be in that state of mind when there are crises, earthquakes, deep resentment great unexpected hatred and within that we cannot so mildly just say, “today it is a little difficult for me”. But if we try stay in that world of what we like and don’t like, that is not zen. Up until today we don’t bother with that, but from today, what state of mind will you do your training with? No one could answer this or even get anywhere near it.
Master Unmon said, “Every day is a good day”, but this is not about an interpretation. Can anyone realize this directly? Most probably no one can possibly realize this, to say every day is to not be moved around by anything that comes down. We have to instead drink it down and not just that, but to believe with absolute deepest faith, and vow deeply. Without that deep vow then it doesn’t work. In every second that deep vow and belief has to be there or it is like going into war without a weapon, like being in a world full of mozo and blind meaningless activity without faith and deep vow. We will be pushed and tromped by peoples delusions and Master Unmon was saying clearly that no matter what we may come by we will not be moved around. Nothing will prevent us from realizing our vow. No matter what conceptual idea we may hold our true meaning is not about that, the true meaning of our being born has to be deeply held
or we are not worth living in this world - seeing that clearly we are not moved around in our mind no matter what comes along.
“I won’t ask you about up to the fifteenth of the month, but what about after the fifteenth of the month?”
Those great hell breaking words of the Buddha, Unmon said it like this. So how about it? This training period up until today, have you made the efforts? I won’t ask about that but on this day of deep reckoning, how about it? From today onward, in what state of mind will you lead your life? Each and every person must look
at this sharply! Master Unmon glared at the assembly and asked this fiercely ,but no one could answer. It is not that they could not answer but no one could match that state of mind of Master Unmon, they probably said this or that, but no one could get anywhere near that state of mind of Master Unmon. Not a single one could reach that quality of state of mind. And so Unmon said to his transmitted to disciple Kyorin who later received Unmon’s Dharma, he pleaded, “please answer for us since we cannot answer” and Master Unmon replied,”
Every day is a good day!”
“Each day and every day, each day, all of it, this is a fine day” this is is how most will interpret these words but this is nowhere near the state of mind of Master Unmon, who would also be in that state of mind when there are crises, earthquakes, deep resentment great unexpected hatred and within that we cannot so mildly just say, “today it is a little difficult for me”. But if we try stay in that world of what we like and don’t like, that is not zen. Up until today we don’t bother with that, but from today, what state of mind will you do your training with? No one could answer this or even get anywhere near it.
Master Unmon said, “Every day is a good day”, but this is not about an interpretation. Can anyone realize this directly? Most probably no one can possibly realize this, to say every day is to not be moved around by anything that comes down. We have to instead drink it down and not just that, but to believe with absolute deepest faith, and vow deeply. Without that deep vow then it doesn’t work. In every second that deep vow and belief has to be there or it is like going into war without a weapon, like being in a world full of mozo and blind meaningless activity without faith and deep vow. We will be pushed and tromped by peoples delusions and Master Unmon was saying clearly that no matter what we may come by we will not be moved around. Nothing will prevent us from realizing our vow. No matter what conceptual idea we may hold our true meaning is not about that, the true meaning of our being born has to be deeply held
or we are not worth living in this world - seeing that clearly we are not moved around in our mind no matter what comes along.