[Zen]What is it that has come?

When Huairang first arrived, Master Huineng asked, “Where did you come from?” Huairang said, “From Mt. Song.” The master asked, “What is it that has come?” Huairang was stuck and couldn't answer. He then decided to stay and practice there.

Eight years later Huairang one day said to Master Huineng, “Now I have an understanding.” The master asked, “What is it?” Huairang said, “To say or do anything misses the mark.” The master asked further, “Then is there any real practice to do, or awakening to experience?” Huairang said, “It's not that there isn't practice and awakening, it's just that they can't be defiled.” The master said, “Just this that can't be defiled is what is upheld and sustained by all the awakened ones. You are like this, I am like this, all the ancestors in India were like this.”

Submitted June 17, 2017 at 10:25PM by ZenMovie http://ift.tt/2rHNo2j