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even the self starts disappearing and the door opens to the vast, to the infinite. To be a buddha is the ultimate experience of joy, of eternity, of immortality, freedom and liberation.
And nobody else can do it for you. It is simple: you have to do it yourself.
WHEN YOU EMPTY THE HEART, THINGS APPEAR AS IN A MIRROR, SHINING THERE WITHOUT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM. LIFE AND DEATH AN ILLUSION, ALL THE BUDDHAS ARE ONE'S OWN BODY.
ZEN IS NOT SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS; IT IS JUST HITTING AND PIERCING THROUGH.
I am reminded... A great industrialist had imported a totally new, sophisticated machine. It worked so beautifully, a hundred times more productive than the older one, but one day it stopped. Nobody knew what to do.
The manufacturers were informed, and they said, "We can send our man. But his fee is ten thousand dollars plus all traveling expenses."
The industrialist was losing thousands of dollars every day. He agreed; he said, "Send him immediately, right now." The man came from the airport and without wasting a single moment, he took from his handbag a small hammer and hit the machine at a certain point and it started working.
The owner of the factory said, "But this is too much! Ten thousand dollars just for hitting it with this little hammer?"
The expert said, "No, for hitting with the hammer just one dollar will do. The real thing is knowing where to hit."
It is true, ZEN IS NOT SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS.
IT IS JUST HITTING AND PIERCING THROUGH.
But don't believe in Bukko. The point is where to hit. It is not mysterious, but the problem is where to hit. Once you hit at the right time, at the right place, it is really very simple; there is nothing mysterious about it.
That's what I have been continuously trying to get you to experience, because there is no way to tell you where to hit. Everybody has to find the place by going deeper into himself, seeing where the light is coming from, where the life is coming from, and then moving in that direction without any fear. This is what he means by "hitting and piercing through."
Then don't stop. It will be very beautiful. Even in the
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