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🗓️ 12 September 2019
⏱️ 16 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of the Secular Buddhism Podcast. |
0:05.3 | This is episode number 109. |
0:07.8 | I am your host Noah Rosheta, and today I am talking about finding one's true self. |
0:15.0 | Keep in mind you don't need to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist. |
0:26.2 | We can use what you learn to be a better whatever you already are. |
0:31.6 | So let's start out with last week's Zen Koan. |
0:35.3 | This is called Time to Die. |
0:37.5 | Ikkyu, the Zen master, was very clever even as a boy. |
0:41.2 | His teacher had a precious teacup, a rare antique. |
0:44.8 | Ikkyu happened to break this cup and was greatly perplexed. |
0:48.7 | Hearing the footsteps of his teacher, he held the pieces of the cup behind him. |
0:53.8 | When the master appeared, Ikkyu asked, why do people have to die? |
0:58.7 | This is natural to explain the teacher. |
1:01.3 | Everything has to die and has just so long to live. |
1:05.9 | Ikkyu, producing the shattered cup, added, it was time for your cup to die. |
1:11.7 | This is a funny one. |
1:13.2 | It makes me laugh as I try to picture this. |
1:16.1 | This to me reminds me of when you do something wrong and you're trying to figure out a clever |
1:21.9 | way to get out of it. |
1:22.9 | That's what I see in this Koan. |
1:26.0 | For me, this is about cleverness, about being skillful in that moment. |
1:31.3 | You could say skillful action. |
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