Q: But is there not a Sword of Truth within the Royal Treasury?
A: Another ram's horn!
Q: Yet if there is no Sword of Truth why is it written: "The Prince seized the Sword of Truth from the Royal Treasury and set out upon his conquests? Why do you tell us nothing of it beyond denying its objective existence?
A: The prince who took the sword connotes a true spiritual son of the Tathagata; but, if you say that he carried it off, you imply that he DEPRIVED the Treasury of something. What nonsense is it to speak of carrying off a piece of that Void Nature which is the Source of all things! It would appear that, if you have got hold of anything at all, it may be called a collection of rams' horns!
*Rams' horns symbolize passions and delusions.
The above is from The Zen Teaching of Huang Po; On the transmission of Mind by Blofeld.
Submitted July 31, 2017 at 01:25AM by Dillon123 http://ift.tt/2v9hsK5
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