From Clearly's scholarship failure, "Teachings of Zen I Decided to Translate That Might Be Zen".
Ying-an, 4th generation following Wuzu Fayan
The founding teacher came from the West and pointed directly at the human mind to show its nature and foster enlightenment, but in Zen this is like digging a hole in the ground and burying peopel alive. It was out of temporal necessity that medicine for a dead horse was made, with talk about Buddha, Zen masters, mind, and nature, like switching sweet fruit for bitter gourd.
As for powerful people, they cut in two with one blow of the sword, stepping back into themselves, seeing through to the original face before a single thought is conceived, illuminating the universe, penetrating everywhere. Then they are no different from Shakyamuni Buddha. This is called the crowning royal concentration, it is called the bonfire, ti is called the diamond sword, it is called the crouching lion, it is called the poison drum, it is referred to by various names.
At this time, who makes birth and death? Who makes coming and going? Who makes good and bad? Who makes opposition and harmony? Who makes right and wrong? Who makes heaven and hell? Who makes the various states of being? The whole world is a door of liberation; the whole thing is the experience of the true human being with no position.
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ewk book note index - People who are no different than Buddha can cut in two with one blow of the sword, this is called crowning royal concentration... I can't say for sure... but "crowning royal concentration" sounds quite a bit like "reigning awareness".
Anyway, no dharma combat, no Buddha, Zen, or enlightenment. Bottom line. Read it and weep. If sitting doesn't get you there, then sitting ain't Zen.
Submitted August 27, 2017 at 09:35PM by ewk http://ift.tt/2xDZpJA
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