REAL COURAGE

WHY did the man from India in 500 A.D. leave India, and spend nine years years looking at a wall in a cave and was instrumental in his non-verbal realisation of inspiring Dogan's Being to transmit Chan to eager Japanese open minds (Chan called 'Zen' in Japan.

The Indian sage in 500 A.D. left India for China after he came to the conclusion that the realisation of Gautama had zero relationship to what was practised as 'Buddhism'. As far as he was concerned Buddhism was no different to all the many Indian religions worshiping extraordinary 'gods' like the Elephant god ---Ganesh, and Hanuman the monkey 'god'. Now Gautama had become a 'god' and was worshipped in the same mind-less manner. He decided that true enlightenment could never thrive in India so he walked to China where he knew that a form of Taoist Quietist meditative practises was to be found. After meeting the sage Master Ko and experiencing a non-verbal mind to mind Dharma-less Dharma, he spent nine yeasts in a cave looking at a wall before travelling around China emanating the Dharma-less Dharma--Dharma-known as 'Chan'. He became known as Bodhidharma. In 1200 Dogan was born (700 years after Bodhi dharma) who introduced his Dharma-less Dharma to a few eager open minds. My own Dharma-less Dharma is born of the real-Ise-ation that Being is the mysterious source of existence. This means that the entire existence of everything is within Being.

Language being an intrinsic component of existence can not in any way say anything meaningful about Being. Dogan's transmission became known as Soto Zen. Dogan insisted that every sentient creature is already enlightened but is un-aware of this truth. He advocated doing nothing to become aware of one's true nature.. Just sit. That's it. I was very, very fortunate to be initiated into two non verbal secrets by a genuine Soto Zen Master 42 years ago. All real esoteric secrets have obviously never been written down.

So ever present Being is the matrix of ever changing existence. No matter how much anyone explores existence one will never rest in BEING. Waking
up to the meaning-less of all existence---if not illuminated by BEING is the entrance-less entrance to eternal happiness. Being is what I am

One thing we can guess about ontological Being is that existence comes into palpable 'reality' through BEING's imagination.
(William Blake suggested that ' Imagination is the body of Christ'. It is now 800 years since Dogan showed the way by emanating Being. It is up to us to discover this eternal way of living.