ANINTRODUCTION TO ZENBUDDHISM
Satori, however, depictsanart and a way ofenlightenment
whichispracticallyimpossiblefortheEuropeantoappreciate.
I wouldpointout theenlightenment ofHyakujo (Pai-chang
Huai-hai,a.d.724-814)onpage89,andthelegendonpages
92-3ofthisbook.
Thefollowingmayserve as afiirtherexample: A monk
oncewenttoGensha,andwantedtolearnwheretheentrance
tothepathoftruthwas. Genshaasked him,"Do youhear
the murmuring ofthe brook?" "Yes, I hear it," answered
the monk. "There is the entrance," the master instructed
him.
Iwillbecontentwiththesefewexamples,whichillustrate
clearlytheopacityofthesatoriexperiences.Even ifwe take
exampleafterexample,itisstillextremelyhazyhowsuchan
enlightenmentcomesandofwhatitconsists;inotherwords,bywhatoraboutwhatoneisenlightened.KaitenNukariya,who
washimselfaProfessorattheSo-To-ShuBuddhistCollegein
Tokyo,^says,sp>eakingofenlightenment:"HavingsetourselvesfreefromthemisconceptionofSelf,nextwemustawakenourinnermostwisdom,pureanddivine,
called theMind ofBuddha, orBodhi,orPrajna byZen
Masters.Itisthedivinelight,theinnerheaven,thekeyto
allmoraltreasures,thesourceofallinfluenceandpower,the
seatofkindness,justice,sympathy,impartiallove,humanity,andmercy,themeasureofallthings.Whenthisinnermost
wisdomisfullyawakened,weareabletorealizethateach
andeveryoneofusisidenticalinspirit,inessence,innature
withtheuniversallifeorBuddha,thateacheverlivesface
to facewith Buddha,that eachisbesetby theabundantgraceoftheBlessedOne,thatHearouseshismoralnature,
thatHeopenshisspiritualeyes,thatHeunfoldshisnew
capacity,thatHeappointshismission,andthatlifeisnotan
oceanofbirth,disease,oldageanddeath,northevaleof
tears,buttheholytempleofBuddha,thePureLand,where
hecanenjoytheblissofNirvana.Thenourmindsgothroughanentirerevolution.Weare
*^Seehisbook:TheReligionoftheSamurai,1913,p.133.