I think this Buddhist text seems very Zenny

For some reason the mods removed my post without a remark as to why.

People don't seem to discuss what makes something Zen or not, and I think this is pretty Zen, so I'm sharing it again for discussion:

Think of neither existence nor nonexistence, neither progress nor regress.

Think of neither front nor back, neither left nor right.

Think of neither nonexistence nor existence, neither far nor near.

Think of neither pain nor itch, neither hunger nor thirst.

Think of neither cold nor hot, neither pain nor pleasure.

Think of neither birth nor old age, neither illness nor death.

Think of neither body nor life, nor longevity.

Think of neither wealth nor poverty, neither nobility nor lowliness.

Think of neither sense objects nor desires.

Think of neither large nor small, neither long nor short.

Think of neither beauty nor ugliness.

Think of neither evil nor good, neither anger nor delight.

Think of neither rising nor sitting, neither proceeding nor stopping.

Think of neither the sūtras nor the Dharma.

Think of neither right nor wrong, neither grasping nor abandoning.

Think of neither perception nor consciousness.

Think of neither cessation nor continuation.

Think of neither emptiness nor true reality.

Think of neither heavy nor light, neither hard nor easy.

Think of neither deep nor shallow, neither broad nor narrow.

Think of neither father nor mother, neither wife nor children.

Think of neither friends nor acquaintances, neither love nor hatred.

Think of neither gain nor loss, neither success nor failure.

Think of neither clarity nor turbidity.

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Text ^link - "佛說般舟三昧經 Buddha Pronounces the Sūtra of the Pratyutpanna Buddha Sammukhāvasthita Samādhi, Translated from Sanskrit into Chinese in the Eastern Han Dynasty"

Note: Zen Masters are great and everyone's jealous of them. Why?

Submitted July 08, 2017 at 05:52AM by Dillon123 http://ift.tt/2sQkbaY