Dharma Discourse by John Daido Loori, Roshi

Realization isn’t about ideas, theories, or beliefs. It’s a direct, personal experience of reality. If we want to realize the Buddha’s teaching, we need to hear and see with the whole body and mind. When we’re truly intimate with sound and form, this very body is realized as the body of the buddha.

The koan in this talk is titled "Xiangyan's Great Enlightenment," which is case 17 of the True Dharma Eye. This discourse was given at Zen Mountain Monastery September of 2005.