00:00A Zen master said, if I speak, I'll tell a lie, but if I remain silent, I am a coward.
00:08The mind cannot accurately speak of it. Strictly speaking, we should remain silent.
00:13No, no, no.
00:14But, but, but.
00:16However, as the second thing the Zen master said, but if I stay silent, I am a coward.
00:22I think the little parable or story or koan you quoted can be interpreted very differently.
00:28If I speak, it's a lie. If I remain silent, I am a coward.
00:35You're putting again the emphasis on the liness and the cowardice, which are just objects to the I am.
00:44The little story you quoted is pointing at the nature of the ego.
00:49That if the ego speaks, it is self-preservatory.
00:52If the ego doesn't speak, it is again self-preservatory.
00:56Whatever the ego does, it is not a thing between words and silence.
01:01It is not words versus silence, what to choose.
01:03It is who is the chooser.
01:05The focus, the emphasis, the underlined word in the little story you told,
01:10the underlined word is not lies and cowardice.
01:13The underlined word is I.
01:15The emphasis always is on the I, irrespective of whether we are coming from Nagarjun, Chandrakirti, Madhyamad, Adwayat, Zen, Sufism.
01:27The underlined word is I, irrespective of whether we are coming from Nagarjun, Chandrakirti, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad,
01:30Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad,
01:32Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Madhyamad, Mad
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