Teisho presented by Arno Hess on 21/06/2026 at the Pathway Zen Zenkai at Spring Hill, QLD, Australia.
Introduction
Once a speck of dust arises, the whole great earth is embraced in it.
On a single horse and with a single lance
You enlarge the territory and widen the boundaries – that is not impossible.
Who is the person who can be master at any place and embody the principle in any karma?
Case
When the World-Honored One was walking with his assembly, he pointed to the ground
with his hand and said, “This place is good for building a temple.”Indra took a stalk of grass
and stuck it in the ground and said, “The temple has been built.” The World-Honored One
smiled.
Verse
The boundless spring upon a hundred plants –
Taking up whatever comes to hand, he can use it familiarly.
The golden body of sixteen feet, an assemblage of virtues:
Taking casually the hands (of others), he walks into the scarlet dusts.
He is able to be master amid all the dusts,
While the guest spontaneously appears from beyond this world
(where the Buddha’s preaching is due).
Everywhere life is sufficient according to its portion;
It does not matter whether you are inferior to someone else or not.
