That’s how the mother is connected with the child. And suddenly you are connected, linked together. If you are in deep love with someone, sitting side by side, sitting together with your beloved, if you observe, you will be surprised that suddenly, for no reason at all, not cultivated by you, you are breathing in the same way. One of the greatest secrets is that sitting by the Master’s side, the disciple starts breathing in the same way the Master breathes. Slowly slowly, by and by, just sitting by the side of the Master, the disciple learns many secrets, although they are never taught. And the disciple has to see, watch, observe, feel, love the energy that is manifesting in the Master. It has to be heart to heart, soul to soul, body to body. It is not a teaching, it cannot be a teaching – all teachings are superficial. The disciple has to imbibe the spirit of it. How else do you expect to learn Zen?’ Tao can be shared but cannot be divided. ’When you bring me my morning tea,’ said Dogo, ’I accept it. ’Oh?’ said Soshin, ’When could that possibly have been?’ ’But I have been giving you lessons in Zen ever since you arrived, ’ said Dogo. Finally Soshin could stand it no longer and reproached his Master for not having shown him anything of Zen. But Dogo said nothing special to him, and, indeed, appeared to have no intention of conveying anything unusual to the disciple. When Soshin became a novice under Dogo, he doubtless expected that the Master would instruct him in Zen the way a schoolmaster instructs his pupils. The ancient Zen Master, Dogo, had a disciple called Soshin.
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