Tao by Matsumoto

21. Tao the essence

[Chapter 21 / English Translation] - click the line to watch the related video.
The characteristic of the great attainment is to follow Tao and Tao only.

As an object, Tao is vague and elusive.

Though it is vague and elusive, there  are yet formed objects inside it.

Though it is elusive and vague, there are images inside it.

Though it is deep and dark, and dim, there is the essence, or the root of energy, (as clean as polished rice), inside it.

This essence, or the root of energy, (as clean as polished rice), is very genuine.

There is something sure inside it.

From now to the olden days, Tao's name does not go away.

And it serves, supervising all the roots of material beings.

How do I know that all the roots of material beings are like that?

By the name of Tao.


Rapid Decoded
<POINT> Tao is the energy that creates all.

The attainment of Tao is easy. All you have to do is to remember that you are always one with Tao. The moment you doubt it and think of the world (=your hologram), you will forget the fact and be stuck in there. Believe that Tao is the most important energy and the rest (=the world, =your hologram) is its catalyst.

What you see is your hologram. Tao is invisible and intangible.

Tao is invisible and intangible. It is the very energy (=true You) that creates your hologram, which includes all the material objects.

Tao is intangible and invisible. It is the very energy (=true You) that creates your holographic images in your mind. Your mind (and self) is part of the hologram. It sounds contradictory, but forget being logical if you want to know about Zen or Tao.

Tao is deep and dark, so it is called Dark Depth, too. It is the essence of all existence.

This essence is pure energy.

You can believe in Tao the fundamental energy.

Time doesn't exist in Tao. It is a concept we create in our mind. They say in Zen Buddhism that past, present, and future are being created simultaneously. Besides, the function of Tao had existed all the time even before Lao Tzu invented the word "Tao".

Tao is the source of the energy that projects all the material beings. Tao is the origin of everything.

What does it mean by "I" or "you"? These individual selves are holograms. Your feelings are part of your hologram, which is an illusion. True You is Tao itself. It doesn't matter what you call it; Love, Buddha, Zen, or whatever you like.


Videos

- 21-1 Tao only
- 21-2 Object
- 21-3 Formed objects
- 21-4 Images
- 21-5 Essence
- 21-6 Genuine
- 21-7 Sure thing
- 21-8 Tao's name
- 21-9 Tao supervises all
- 21-10 By Tao's name


[Related Articles]
-Dark Depth Attainment. 徳（得）is the famous Te of Tao Te Ching. It is often translated as moral. Tao by Matsumoto prefers «attainment», which is the Chinese character in parentheses. "Borrowing a character of the same pronunciation" takes place often in the old literature.

-Zen is Love. Is Love a four-letter word? It was considered so, at least in samurai Japan.





Read Yama Uba the Zen play

☞Yukio Mishima 三島由紀夫 and Osamu Dazai 太宰治 detested each other. Dazai was born in an opulent family in the North of Japan. Without doubt, his «No Longer Human / Ningen shikkaku 人間失格» is a masterpiece in modern Japanese literature. ☞Saigyo 西行 was a Japanese poet in the 12th century. This ex-samurai was a Buddhist monk.  He was not a Zen monk. He died before the birth of Doge 道元. His name "sai-gyo" means "to go west". He seems to have enjoyed traveling the north of Japan. He went there twice.
  1. Tao

 2. Hologram

 3. The floating world Ukiyo

 4. Play

 5. Gate

 6. Dark Depth

 7. Dark Depth Female

 8. Do nothing

 9. Body soul and Spirit soul

10. You and non-you

11. Yin Yang circle

12. No judgement

13. Resistance

14. Satori

15. Act without acting

16. Colour

(Last modified: 10 June 2011)