Back to Talks and Lectures

Correction by Breath

Murshid Sam reads from undetermined text.

 

0:00—Communicating on seven planes.

1:00—Murshid Sam’s spiritual journey: Japan.

3:08—Miracles.

3:28—“My master told me if you cannot bring a disciple to enlightenment by 5 minute Zen, you are not worth becoming my disciple…. The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

4:40—Tells “a very dirty story.”

6:13—Nyogen Senzaki: too much Manjushree not enough Samantabhadra.

7:14—Murshid Sam’s spiritual journey: Pakistan.

12:35—Tale of Sufi Master Hassan.

15:30—Resumes reading.

20:50—“In our work here, we do not have dualistic corrections. The teacher corrects the disciples through breath practices, not through admonitions. When they are not correct, the breath is not correct. So it is done by adjusting the breathing. This is done in two ways: collective and individual.”

23:00—Recess.

24:30—Disciples chant: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, Allah Ho Akbar.

26:35—Fikr: Ya Shaffee (in) / Ya Khaffee (out).

28:45—Fikr: Ishk Allah (in) / Mahbood Lillah (out).