00:00There is that Zen koan that says there was this woodcutter and he got enlightened whatever that means and somebody
00:07asked him what did you do before your enlightenment and he said I used to get up I used to
00:13pick my axe and travel to the jungle and chop wood and carry it on my head and sell it
00:19and buy food and sleep oh so that was your routine before enlightenment now what is your routine after enlightenment
00:25he says now I get up I pick my axe I go to the jungle I chop wood I sell
00:29I buy food I eat it I sleep so no change at all and I totally reject this kind of
00:37mindset doesn't matter whether it's coming from Zen or anywhere else if you are saying that your outer environment and
00:46actions will remain the same even after inner illumination then you have had no inner illumination what if the fellow
00:54were a butcher or a murderer then he would say I used to pick up the gun I used to
00:59to slaughter the animals or human beings before enlightenment now after enlightenment I again pick up the gun and I
01:06slaughter human beings no no no no no the inner rise must display itself in the outer change
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