The Importance of Zen in the Teaching of Sansanine

Sansanine: I couldn't wait to go talk to him and when it was my turn, I told him I saw this in the mirror. He laughed and then he took his Zen stick and gently touched my thigh, like gently tapping my leg. We're both sitting cross-legged face to face and he looked me right in the eye and he said, your body already a corpse. And burst out laughing. For some reason I found this mysteriously comforting that he could talk about our mortality and laugh about it because this is the way it is. So I've got to go on and on with his teaching, but I want to give you a chance to ask me any questions that