Zen Page #3

Don't touch me.

Orin.

You.

Let go!

Go back to sleep, my child.

Dawn is not yet here.

When dawn comes

the temple bell will ring.

Orin san...

Shunryo san.

Why did you become a monk?

Because I was poor.

My parents abandoned me.

I scrounged for garbage.

...and even stole to survive.

Just like me.

One day, I realized...

...if I joined a temple

I would never starve.

That was my only goal.

I entered the temple

a starving demon.

But now that I have met Dogen,

I have changed.

Master Dogen told me...

"Why wait to die to meet Buddha?

"Meet Buddha in this life...

" and find paradise here"

Instead of just eating...

I chose to practice my faith

under Master Dogen.

Dogen san...

...cried when he held my baby.

He cried while you

were sleeping, too.

Master Dogen is always sharing...

...our joys and our sorrows.

Kill any who disobey!

Kill! Kill!

What have they!

What have they done!

Please, stop!

Please, stop!

Shut up!

Good enough!

Let's go.

A heretical sect destroyed!

You reap what you sow!

Water! Get water!

Driven out of Kennin Temple...

...and now driven out of here

with our aims half fulfilled...

I am sick with disappointment.

I am heartbroken.

Nevertheless...

...we cannot allow the true light

of Buddhism to be put out.

Fellow monks, we will depart...

...for Echizen, in order

to lay the foundation...

...for true Buddhism.

Who are you?

Oh, Gikai, you made it.

Master Dogen, I, Gikai of

the Dharma sect and the others...

...have raced here to ask

your permission to join you.

Let us proceed.

The heavenly way...

...is lofty and serene.

The earthly way...

...solid and still.

The human way...

...is calm and tranquil.

Throughout the universe...

...there is unending peace.

The person who helped to clear

my way towards enlightenment...

...was an elderly Kitchen Master.

The position of Kitchen Master has always

been entrusted only to monks...

...whose hearts are committed

to seeking the Way.

This is because...

...the practice of Kitchen Master...

...requires a single-minded purity

permitting no idle thoughts.

"I owe my knowledge of teachings

and my understanding of practice...

...entirely to that Kitchen Master. "

Kitchen Master Instructions

"entirely to that Kitchen Master"

Kitchen Master Instructions.

How is it?

Have you grown used to

the work of Kitchen Master?

I do my best.

That's good.

Gikai sama, may I

ask you a question?

What is it?

I understand it logically, but...

I am not able to sit Zazen

the way everyone else can.

I cannot help but panic at

the thought of being left behind.

Then you should sit

while everyone else sleeps.

You are here, Orin.

Yes.

Master Dogen...

...please allow me to become

a nun here.

I cannot.

Is that because I am a sinful...

...and disgraced woman?

- We do not question past acts

- Why not, then?

First you must abandon

your attachment to the past.

When you are free

of your attachments...

...though you may be

in the secular world...

...you shall be pure.

Return to Kyoto and do your best.

I will not return.

Gikai sama.

We have no rice to cook.

Nor millet left.

If there is not enough rice...

...then make porridge.

It is not enough for porridge.

Then make rice broth.

It is not enough for rice broth.

In that case...

...we shall drink boiled water

and sit Zazen.

Completely disengage from

normal life.

...and abandon everything

you had been engaged with.

Abandon thinking about

right and wrong...

...and of thinking itself, along with

thoughts of enlightenment.

Abandon all intentions

and thoughts.

This is known as

Without Thinking.

We do not sit Zazen for

the purpose of enlightenment.

Just sitting in meditation.

That itself is enlightenment.

Shunryo sama.

Orin san.

When did you arrive?

Ten days ago.

I did not see you...

...and feared you had moved away.

I am responsible

for the cooking...

...so I cannot sit with everyone else.

What is wrong?

I do not know.

"Plant the seeds.

"In the fields and levees.

"In the fall, there'll be.

"Five kinds of grains.

"In the fall, there'll be

five kinds of grains"

Shunryo sama.

Orin san.

What are you doing?

I'm mushroom hunting.

I can be your guide

I know a good spot.

Look, there.

Here, too.

Ouch!

Shunryo sama!

It's not a poisonous snake,

you should be fine.

I am so sorry

I gave in to temptation.

If you find me acceptable...

I don't mind.

Orin san, please forgive me.

Now you see the base motives

that brought me into Buddhism.

But for me to defile you,

whose motives are so pure...

The fault is mine.

I wanted to interact with you

as a normal woman...

...ignoring my own past.

And I wanted you to touch me,

not for my female body...

...but as a real human being.

I am the one who tempted you

Forgive me.

Shunryo sama!

Shunryo, what are you doing!

Shunryo!

Shunryo.

What is the meaning of this?

Zen Master.

I am horrified to realize

that the demon...

...of lust has settled into my heart.

It is unforgivable in

one who seeks the Way.

Upon careful consideration...

I have resolved to take a leave.

I can no longer

defile this temple...

...and your teachings

with my presence.

Is the demon still within you?

Tell him...

It's gone.

Are you...

Are you sure

that is your decision?

Yes.

Master.

It is time to sit.

Everyone take your places.

Shunryo!

The gates of this temple...

Are always open for you.

Shunryo sama, don't go!

Don't come near me.

I love you!

Sir Hatano,

you are most welcome.

Please forgive my rudeness...

...arriving so early in the morning...

...and interrupting your

Zen meditation.

No, no, for you, Sir Hatano...

...you are welcome

at any hour of any day.

I can never possibly repay

the great debt.

I owe you for donating this Zendo.

I remain constantly

grateful to you.

It is I who am grateful.

I trust your arrival here...

...means Hojo Tokiyori

is in dire peril.

It is exactly so.

It was a merciless battle.

The Hojo and Miura clans

had been closely knit...

...ever since Yoritomo formed

their alliance.

But yesterday's friend

is today's foe.

In the event, samurai must kill

with arrows and with swords.

It was living hell on earth.

You!

Die!

Die!

How dare you defy me,

Tokiyori, even in death!

Damn you!

Die! Die!

Damn you!

Go away!

How dare you!

Master Dogen

please come to Kamakura.

Please save the Shogun.

I beg, I beg of you.

A dog?

Or a wolf?

Ji-uen...

...let us visit living hell together.

Yes.

I am not going...

...to visit the Shogun,

Hojo Tokiyori.

I am going to visit...

...a young man

howling in anguish.

Master...

...let me join you.

I cannot.

I am risking my life...

...on this journey to Kamakura.

Ejo...

I cannot also place

your life in danger.

I entrust...

...my affairs to you.

Vast is the robe of liberation.

A formless field of benefaction.

I wear the Buddha's dharma.

Saving all sentient beings.

I am Tokiyori.

I am Dogen of Eiheiji Temple.

I've brought you here because

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