The true meaning of a nenka smile

The other day, I received a beautiful brightly colored hydrangea from an acquaintance, so when I felt various things while arranging them in a vase, I noticed that I had a sad, complicated smile on my face that made me feel lonely. (There was a strange switch on.)

That's OK, but I remember for the first time in a long time about the story of Nuka Smile, which I had doubts about a long time ago, probably because I've been reading Hasunoha all this time.
Certainly, he smiled.

I still don't understand what the story represents. Even when I looked it up on the internet again, it was still refreshing.

smile (?) Why did he smile? What was conveyed?

Thank you for your support.

4 Zen Responses

The Laughing Bird Sings

Entsuji answered, and I think that's true.

This is the moment when the Buddha's heart was conveyed to Makkaha Venerable through flowers.

So what was conveyed and how...

・Shohoganzo... the main body and essence of personality
・Nirvana Myoshin... the effects of personality
・Unreal... aspects of personality

What are the three parts.

Faceless phase means that it is neither clean nor dirty, neither male nor female, and has nothing to do with actual phase.

Nirvana Myoshin is a place where there is no phase, and the place where you look and listen without heart is Nirvana Myoshin.

Shohō Genzō means holding eyes that see the right truth. It's a place where the eye sees the world, subjectivity and objectivity have become one.
When the Buddha expressed the Buddha's heart through flowers, Venerable Makakaba realized that he had the same heart as the Buddha.

We were both aware of things we couldn't convey even if we tried to tell them. It wasn't about how it was transmitted; it was Kaba Takara's awareness. I expressed it with a smile.

The flowers bloom with a big smile, and the birds sing full of joy.

Yuyu is also in such a wonderful world.

two truths

Yu-yu-sama

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is a humble answer to the question.

“Nenka Smile” is actually a made-up story to emphasize that the teachings of the Zen sect have truly inherited Shakyamuni's proper law... I'm sorry...

This is also written in detail on Wikipedia, so... please forgive me... sorry for not having a dream...

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/拈華微笑

Well, however, there are two truths in Shakyamuni's teachings. One is “Katsu no Yoshitaka” as the supreme truth, and “secular deception” as a convenient teaching explained toward that “victory,” and in conveying victorious truths, they sometimes treat things that cannot be expressed in words as “outrageous.”

Therefore, in the Zen sect, which adheres to the “Irritsu Monji: Kyogaibetsuden,” it is thought that the fact that the devil Makaka Maha understood the teaching of Shakyamuni's supreme truth as an “outrage” may have wanted to be emphasized as a story of “smiles.”

Of course, I know that it was certain that Lord Makakaba understood Shakyamuni's teachings of the supreme truth along with other venerables.

Anyway, aside from the difficult story for now, hydrangeas have begun blooming at Jokuji Temple. I want to love hydrangeas as hydrangeas.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

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