When Chan Master Jing of Mt. Sikong was questioned by students, he would answer with verses. Here are three that are recorded:
The four gross elements have no owner; like flowing water, They meet the crooked and the straight without ‘that’ or ‘this.’ When minding neither purity nor pollution, How could blockage or free flow divide consciousness? When coming in contact with the world of objects, just be like water; In the world without minding, what problem is there one way or another?
Seeing, hearing, awareness, knowledge—there is no obstruction. Sound, scent, flavor, feeling—these are perpetual Samadhi. Neither grasping nor rejecting, no love or hate, If you can respond to situations basically not minding, Then you can finally be called independent observers.
Only when you’ve seen the Way do you practice the Way— If you don’t see, what do you practice? The emergence of the Way is like space— What is there to cultivate in space? Those who practice the Way by all kinds of contemplation Are stirring fire looking for foam. Just observe the manipulation of the puppets— When the strings are cut, it all stops at once.
Submitted June 11, 2017 at 06:38PM by koancomentator http://ift.tt/2sbkqvw
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