For instance, if you are sick, from here to here, if you are sick, in monastery, even though you are big, if you go to a church, if your street, if your street, in bed, neighbor's domain, you will be scolded. So, you must be careful about where you sit.

[01:06]

And, it is difficult to know your back, but here is, you know, wood, like this. This wood is for prayer, so you should not step on this wood, that part. But this is not wide enough, so this kosher mat is not wide enough. We have to add five or six inches more, like that.

[02:08]

So, it can't be helped, but we should not step on that wood part, wooden part. And, of course, you cannot cross here. When you want to come to this side, you have to go around. And, in AH, when you pass that part, you should bow. But here, it may be too difficult, because so many people are here, so there may not be no need to bow there.

[03:13]

In front of, when you pass in front of Buddha, you have to pass that part. And, in monastery, there are boxes. The temple master will be there. That corner is for the seat for temple master. And, there is another. Godo, and Seido, and Tanto. Three officials are there. So, when you pass three officers' seat, you have to bow. But, this way. Here, when you pass here, because there is a catagory here, so you have to bow.

[04:32]

And, I am here, so I have no need to bow to that person, that corner, nobody. So, we have to do it. There we have to bow. And, other officers are out of zendo. They are sitting out of zendo. So, but officers in zendo are Godo, Tanto, Seido, and temple master. There are four corners, and in each corner, in each corner, there are officers. Hm?

[05:39]

Anytime. No, even though he is not here, you should bow. We call it pure rules. You know, pure rules means, it is not dualistic rules. Pure rules is absolute rules. And, there is no rule to... It is not matter to obey or not to obey. You have to just do, as you practice zazen. You just sit, and that is zazen.

[06:47]

This idea is very important. We deprive, or we take, or we take everything. Every discrimination and every function of your mind is not there when you practice something. That is pure practice. Or else, all what you do will be just dualistic. This way, maybe, is very difficult to apply in your everyday life. But, if you have this attitude in your inmost heart,

[08:11]

you can do anything, and you will be free from duality of the world. But, because you have known this idea, you are not free from dualistic world. Those are called pure rules. Not dualistic rules. Just good or bad, convenient or inconvenient, it is out of question. So, when we decide some rules, it is important to know whether it is possible to practice it or not.

[09:22]

So, the rules should be decided little by little. Or else, we cannot force anything. So, the rules will be created by yourselves. But, once you decide some rules, we should obey completely until we change the rules. The important thing is how to obey your rules. We should obey the rules once when it is decided, without any discrimination, good or bad, it is out of question.

[10:30]

In this way, you will have a pure mind. So, the way to study pure mind is through practice. That is only one way. Because our inmost nature wants some medium. Without medium, it is impossible to get contact with the pure mind or your inmost request. Without something, without some means, it is impossible to express your inmost nature. So, your everyday life is also the expression of the inmost nature.

[11:44]

But, our everyday life is too dualistic. So, in everyday life, it is almost impossible to study what is inmost nature. Only in zendo, it is possible to study what is inmost nature. That is why we have zendo. And, if you understand, if you get accustomed to this kind of life, you can apply this way in your everyday life.

[12:48]

So that you may not be bothered by duality of the world. This is maybe pretty difficult. In duality, actually, there is oneness. Oneness will be expressed by duality. Duality and oneness is actually one, but in zendo, it is one. But, in your everyday life, duality and duality is one. No oneness is there. In its true sense, duality and duality is one, and one and one is one.

[13:55]

This formula is very important, but in our sense, but in usual sense, duality is duality. It means nothing. It is just confusion. Form is emptiness. Emptiness is form. Form is form. Emptiness is emptiness. This formula will be understood in zendo. But in your everyday life, it doesn't make any sense. In everyday life, we will give the interpretation to those four formulas. If you are worldly self or dualistic self.

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