The capacity of speech is not only in the tongue, the ability to talk is not just a matter of words.
The enlightened know that spoken words are not to be relied on, so the sayings of the ancient Zen masters are only intended to induce people to directly witness the nexus of causes and conditions that constitute what has always been of greatest concern.
Therefore the teachings of the Buddhist scriptures are like fingers pointing to the moon. When you know this matter of greatest concern, then you stop formal study and apply this knowledge thoroughly, using it with comprehensive penetration.
Eventually you will reach the point of immovability, where you can pick up Zen and use it, putting it away and letting it out expertly.
Then you can see through ordinary situations and detach from them without leaving a trace.
And when you come to the border of life and death, when they interlock but do not mix, you depart serenely, unperturbed. This is the Zen of facing death.
- Yuanwu
Submitted July 19, 2017 at 02:12PM by padmagarbha http://ift.tt/2teCG4V
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