Robert Baker Aitken

So recently, for the last few weeks, I've been thinking about these lines from the Genjokoan.

These lines come from about a third of the way in to Genjokoan, and, uh, they go, uh, this is Kaz Tanahashi's translation with Robert Aitken, "When you first seek Dharma, you imagine you are far away from its environs.

But Dharma is already correctly transmitted.

You are immediately your original self." Um, and that's mainly what I'm gonna talk about tonight, those lines.

The master statement, "They are not confused about cause and effect," is an unusual translation.

More common translations include Robert Aitken's translation, "Such person does not evade cause and effect," or does not deny cause and effect.

These translations are based on the Chinese phrase, "bùmén yīnguǒ".

Huangbo's slap symbolizes returning to now, to this moment.