Fundamentals are important in virtually everything we do. There's a saying that "If you don't forget the fundamentals, you never have to get back to them," often directed to a sports figure who botches one of the most basic elements to their game. Buddhism is not different. ZM Seung Sahn say our basic practice is to "Try, try, try for 10,000 years, become enlightened, and save all beings." The fundamentals are very easy to learn, sometimes more difficult when we think about them rather than just doing them. The way we accomplish our task us to "Cease from all evil, cultivte the good, and cleanse the mind." And what are the fundamentals that help us do this? The Middle Way, Four Nobel Truths and the Eightfold Path are the fundamentals we don't have to get back to if we never forget them.
Min 'Ui Maitri gave the Dharma talk on July 26, 2023 at One Mind Zen.
