The Gatha of the Idiot Who Plays Ball. An Absurd Zen Story

The Gatha of the Idiot Who Plays Ball. An Absurd Zen Story
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“The Song of the Idiot” is one of the paradoxical poems by R. M. Rilke (1875—1926), the greatest modernist poet of the 20th century. After reading this funny book, the reader will know what this poem has in common with Zen’s sense of nonsense. As the story goes, when the famous Master Tho Idi heard this “Song”, he exclaimed, “If I am asked about the Sense of all sense, I will bounce like a fool’s ball”. The book is illustrated with drawings by Zen artists of the Edo period.

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Preface

The Gatha of the Idiot Who Plays Ball

Instead of Prologue

From the Codex of the Bouncing Ball School. Sections on Sudden Enlightenment. Recordings of Master Tho Idi’s Lectures

• Gatha to Pass on the Teachings

Addressing the assembly,

Everyone held

“Who is it,

“Oh, how lightly

“Are there other worthy men

“There is certainly one

“Yes, he is the one who

“I’m telling you

“I will reveal to you

“The fool will laugh

“It was from Him

“And then He,

“So listen to

• The Non-Verbal Message of the Tathagata

“And now,”

The disciples responded enthusiastically,

Someone added, “But…

“Well,”

“What is confusing your mind

Someone asked,

The Tutor replied, “Can you shake

“Oh! It turns out just how deep

“That is praiseworthy ,

“Oh yes! That is. We are

“So that one day

“There are countless of them!

“A collection of idiots?

“I see you tirelessly nibbling at

“But what you ignorant people

“The Gatha is dead

“So what are we, the unawakened, to do?

“Do you want to know

“May each and every one of you receive the reward

“– a slap on the back of the head…

The Mentor asked in an angry

“Brain

“Then where is

The disciples couldn’t think of

With the voice of thunder,

Instead of Epilogue

Reference section

• From “Das Lied des Idioten” by R.M. Rilke

“Ah was ist das für ein schöner Ball…” (extract from “Das Lied des Idioten ”)

“Oh look at that beautiful ball over there…” (extract from the translation by Stephen Mitchell1)

• Glossary of Some Buddhist Terms

• Notes on Some Zen Characters and Plots

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This book is my first work in the Buddha-Rilke series. The fantasy story it contains is small in volume, not overloaded with great meaning, and “brewed” like a single cup of unpretentiously light tea, so that it is not even read, but rather “digested” leisurely – in two or three carefree sips. And yet I hope that the aftertaste of such a “frivolous” book will remain with the reader for a long time.

The semantic centre of the book is “The Song of the Idiot”, one of Rilke’s paradoxical poems. I have to admit right away that my translation of this poem looks like a very free and clumsy interpretation of the original text. However, despite this shortcoming, I sincerely hope that I have managed to keep the spirit of Rilke’s Idiot alive and to integrate this character harmoniously into the story of the book.

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do you think?” the Mentor addressed the assembled.

“The wisest of all the philosophers!” replied a philosopher.

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