Buddha and the Flower (Ashin Ottama)

Reflections for the enlightened ones. Engl. and Port. subtitl. (Sutta-references down here under). Contents of the video:
0:00:27 Buddha holding a flower
0:02:04 Koan in Rinzai-ZEN
0:03:25 Ghoose in the bottle
0:06:30 Satori -- solving the Koan
0:10:15 Buddha and the Crystal
0:13:04 Discrepancies in the results of practice
0:16:25 Dilution and distortions of the Teaching
by later additions
0:18:00 Without mind and body -- Parinibbana
0:20:40 Hundreds of enlightened people in the West
0:22:45 Serious problem: Fear of the Aim
0:23:05 Veneration and admiration for Parinibbana
0:26:15 We are just a whirl of virtual phenomena
0:28:18 Sayadaw U Janaka under standing ovations
0:30:50 Chain of Dependent origination
0:34:55 Buddha accused to be a destroyer of life
0:36:30 Is Nirvana sheer nihilism?
0:38:05 Enlightenments versus genuine Realizations
0:43:20 Intensive methods of insight meditation
0:49:40 Weak insight, weak purification
0:52:05 Empty bottle of whisky = the Vasanas
0:53:35 The story of a 'Rude Arahat'
0:57:10 The story of jumping Arahat
0:58:25 After Ecstasy the Laundry
0:59:00 Daniel Ingram: many Maggas.....
1:01:30 Distinguishing marks of the true Realizations
1:11:40 10 Questions for an Arahat
1:16:20 The Buddha holding a Crystal
1:17:50 The Spittoon parable
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English transcript: Pedro Cruz
Rohitassa Sutta, A-II-47:
"It is just in this very fathom-long body endowed with perception and mind, that I declare the world, the arising of the world, the cessation of the world, and the way leading to the ending of the world."
"However, friend, without having reached the end of the world, there is no making an end to
suffering, I say."
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Phena Sutta, SN 22-95:
"Form is like a glob of foam; feeling like a bubble; perception like a mirage; mental fabrications like a banana tree; consciousness comparable to a magic trick... When you observe them, examine them appropriately, you will see that they're empty, hollow and void. "
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Udana 8-3, Nibbana:
"There is, monks, an unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned. ..."
Udana 8-1, Nibbana:
"There is that sphere, monks, where there is no earth, no water, no fire, no air, no sphere of infinite space, no sphere of infinite consciousness, no sphere of nothingness, no sphere of neither perception nor non-perception, no this world, no world beyond, neither Moon nor Sun. There, monks, I say there is surely no coming, no going, no persisting, no passing away, no rebirth It is quite without support, unmoving, without an object,-just this is the end of suffering."
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Sabba Sutta SN 35-23 : The All - (Allness)
"And what, bhikkhus, is the all? The eye and forms, the ear and sounds, the nose and odours, the tongue and tastes, the body and tactile objects, the mind and mental phenomena. This is called the all."
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Adittapariyaya Sutta SN 35-28 : The Fire Sermon (translation: Thanissaro Bhikkhu)
"Monks, the All is aflame. What All is aflame? The eye is aflame. Forms are aflame. Consciousness at the eye is aflame. Contact at the eye is aflame. And whatever there is that arises in dependence on contact at the eye - experienced as pleasure, pain or neither-pleasure-nor-pain - that too is aflame. Aflame with what? Aflame with the fire of passion, the fire of aversion, the fire of delusion. Aflame, I tell you, with birth, aging & death, with sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs.
"The ear is aflame. Sounds are aflame... "The nose is aflame. Aromas are aflame... "The tongue is aflame. Flavors are aflame... "The body is aflame. Tactile sensations are aflame... "The intellect is aflame. Ideas are aflame. Consciousness at the intellect is aflame. Contact at the intellect is aflame. And whatever there is that arises in dependence on contact at the intellect - experienced as pleasure, pain or neither-pleasure-nor-pain - that too is aflame. Aflame with what? Aflame with the fire of passion, the fire of aversion, the fire of delusion. Aflame, I say, with birth, aging & death, with sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs.
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Bāhiya Sutta Ud 1-10 : Bāhiya (translation John D. Ireland)
"Herein, Bahiya, you should train yourself thus: 'In the seen will be merely what is seen; in the heard will be merely what is heard; in the sensed will be merely what is sensed; in the cognized will be merely what is cognized.' In this way you should train yourself, Bahiya.
"When, Bahiya, for you in the seen is merely what is seen... in the cognized is merely what is cognized, then, Bahiya, you will not be 'with that.' When, Bahiya, you are not 'with that,' then, Bahiya, you will not be 'in that.' When, Bahiya, you are not 'in that,' then, Bahiya, you will be neither here nor beyond nor in between the two. Just this is the end of suffering."
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Portugal Subtitles: Pedro Cruz

[@afreshlife422]

Thank you Ashin Ottama for sharing this insight very much. Up to about 39 mins it is very engaging and not too intellectual or specific Theravad.
About your research, I have the clear sense that to a very great extent that there is nothing "lost" but instead that modern Western peoples consciousness is blinded by the ego gratifying materialistic and scientific world view. What seems lost is just behind and underneath conditioned Western perceptions. This modern worldview is actually in the "blind spot" of our perceptions - it fills in what we cannot otherwise to be that the Buddha originally taught. We seem to just blindly "know" that reason and logic is needed to understand Buddha's original teachings. Many say that the Buddha advised to not believe himself or others but to investigate it for one self. Nowadays, that is taken to mean to use logic and reason. Such is the delusion of so called dualistic secular Buddhists. Buddha did not think he could teach what he awakened to at first - right. Here it is now as well...again...and again...and again only just with different cultural coloration. Even the modern notion of history and evolution is unhelpful to understand the Buddha while Western modernists think it is necessary to understand anything and every thing - ie: that we are somehow more 'advanced' today. Pure delusion. There is no "back to" anything. Theravad is now on about it's 16th revision already. How does anyone propose to get back to anything worth knowing when what is required is right at hand? No one needs to know more or be more reasonable in their 'research'. When the Buddha insists the he is teaching only 'suffering and the end of suffering', anyone who looks for reasonable meaning here in reason and logic will not understand the Buddha's teaching. It just happens that even logic and reason have roots in the intuitive and that is where to start for any meaning of Buddha's teachings.
Thank you for suggesting that the Flower Sermon and method is worthwhile, even though it is Mahayana/Zen. Figuring this one out directly reveals the truth of birth and death to logic and reason which actually is not linear-logical at first but becomes clearly to be utterly reason-able. This is where the Buddha wants us to go and it must be on our own. It cannot be "taught" as he so well knew. Teaching this way is the genius of Zen. Others have their own genius but it seems vital to give life by taking away the reasonable and logical defaults first.

[@malabuha]

What i feel Budha intended with the silent flower teaching was this: i used to like to go to church. It provided the space for me to just sit, relax, rest, enjoy the company of others who eagerly participated the ceremonies, to enjoy the singing... just not being needed all the time was the bliss of sunday mass. Because i was not able to understand the preachings i was also taking a time off from rationalle. I loved it.. this was the silent teaching - just watch it and let go. Nothing else... there is nothing in there to grasp, understand, conclude, grow upon.. just relax and enjoy the moment.. what else do you need indeed? What else do you have indeed than this.. and how you experience it gives colour and scent to the flower

[@vek0zzzz]

Good Dhamma ! Thank you

[@BenChapman1988]

excellent

[@thahanchaiyen]

Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu.

[@headofshogun]

THADU THADU THADU...