From Cleary's scholarship travesty, "Zen Sayings from Some Guys".
Ying-an, four generations after Wuzu Fayan.
Bodidharma came from the West and just pointed to the human mind, to show its nature and enlighten it. That was undeniably direct and economical, but when seen with the absolute eye, it is already mixed up. There is no choice for not but to make some medicine for a dead horse.
This mijnd that is simply pointed to is precisely what the Buddha could not express in forty-nine years of lectures and talks. It is extremely rarefied, extremely subtle; few are able to find the true pulse.
This mind cannot be transmitted but can only be experienced in oneself and understood in oneself. When you get to the point where there is neither delusion nor enlightenment, you simply dress and eat as normal, without a bunch of arcane interpretations and lines of doctrine jamming in your chest, so you're clear and uncluttered.
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ewk book note index - We get religious trolls in this forum that want to talk about meditation doctrines or virtuous conduct doctrines... how can such people pretend to be uncluttered?
People who say they study or practice Zen, what do they study or practice that doesn't simply add more clutter?
Submitted August 21, 2017 at 03:27AM by ewk http://ift.tt/2wuLuYV
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