An ancient Zen master said that Zen is like learning archery; only after long practice do you hit the bullseye. Enlightenment is experienced instantaneously, but Zen work must be done over a long time, like a bird that when first hatched is naked and scrawny, but then grows feathers as it is nourished, until it can fly high and far. Therefore those who have attained clear penetrating enlighten- ment then need fine tuning. When it comes to worldly situations, by which ordinary people get suffocated, those who have attained Zen get through them all by being empty. Thus everything is their own gateway to liberation.
Yuanwu Zeb Letters
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