The CMJ Experience.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecmj
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 5 days 12 hours 3 minutes
The Heart of Knowing Is Now
ASCENDING TO THE HIGH SEAT, DOGEN ZENJI SAID: "ZEN MASTER HOGEN STUDIED WITH KEISHIN ZENJI. ONCE KEISHIN ZENJI ASKED HIM, JOZA, WHERE DO YOU GO?' HOGEN SAID. 'I AM MAKING PILGRIMAGE AIMLESSLY.' KEISHIN SAID, 'WHAT IS THE MATTER OF YOUR PILGRIMAGE?' HOGEN SAID, 'I DON'T KNOW.' KEISHIN SAID, 'NOT KNOWING IS THE MOST INTIMATE.' HOGEN SUDDENLY ATTAINED GREAT ENLIGHTENMENT."
'I See What I Need to See'
ONE DAY, AFTER HE HAD GONE BLIND, RABBI BUNAM VISITED RABBI FISHEL. RABBI FISHEL WAS FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE LAND FOR HIS MIRACLE CURES. 'ENTRUST YOURSELF TO MY CARE,' SAID HIS HOST, 'I SHALL RESTORE YOUR LIGHT.' 'THAT IS NOT NECESSARY,' ANSWERED BUNAM 'I SEE WHAT I NEED TO SEE.'
The Treasure
RABBI BUNAM USED TO TELL YOUNG MEN WHO CAME TO HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME THE STORY OF RABBI EISIK SON OF RABBI YEKEL IN CRACOW... 'AFTER MANY YEARS OF GREAT POVERTY WHICH HAD NEVER SHAKEN HIS FAITH IN GOD HE DREAMED THAT SOMEONE BADE HIM LOOK FOR TREASURE UNDER THE BRIDGE WHICH LEADS TO THE KING'S PALACE IN PRAGUE. WHEN THE DREAM RECURRED THE THIRD TIME HE SET OUT FOR PRAGUE. BUT THE BRIDGE WAS GUARDED DAY AND NIGHT AND HE DID NOT DARE START DIGGING...
Peasant Wisdom
RABBI VISAKHAR BAER MET AN OLD PEASANT FROM THE VILLAGE OF OLESHNYA WHO HAD KNOW HIM WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. NOT BEING AWARE OF HIS RISE IN THE WORLD THE PEASANT CALLED TO HIM, 'BAER, WHAT'S NEW WITH YOU?' 'AND WHAT'S NEW WITH YOU?' ASKED THE RABBI. 'WELL,' ANSWERED THE OTHER, 'I SHALL TELL YOU. WHAT YOU DON'T GET BY YOUR OWN WORK, YOU DON'T HAVE...
Walking the Tightrope
ONCE, WHEN THE HASIDIM WERE SEATED TOGETHER IN ALL BROTHERLINESS, PIPE IN HAND, RABBI ISRAEL JOINED THEM. BECAUSE HE WAS SO FRIENDLY THEY ASKED HIM, 'TELL US, DEAR RABBI, HOW SHOULD WE SERVE GOD?' HE WAS SURPRISED AT THE QUESTION, AND REPLIED, 'HOW SHOULD I KNOW?' BUT THEN HE WENT ON TO TELL THEM THIS STORY.. THERE WERE TWO FRIENDS OF THE KING, AND BOTH WERE PROVED GUILTY OF A CRIME...