Chan Master Xingshan Weikuan (755-817), who is another Dharma heir of Mazu Daoyi, also pointed at the marrow of Patriarch/Matriarch Chan and gave the related discourse:
“A monk asked Xingshan, ‘Does even the dog have Buddha-nature?’ Xingshan said, ‘Yes.’ The monk asked, ‘Does Master too still have Buddha-nature?’ Xingshan said, ‘No, I don't.’ The monk asked, ‘All sentient beings have Buddha-nature, Why only Master does not have it?’ Xingshan answered, ‘I am not one of all sentient beings.’ The monk asked, ‘Since you are not one of sentient beings, then are you a Buddha?’ Xingshan answered, ‘Not a Buddha.’ The monk asked again, ‘Then what thing ultimately are you?’ Xingshan replied, ‘I am also not a thing.’ The monk asked again, ‘Does it can be seen or thought about?’ Xingshan replied again, ‘It is non-attainable through thinking or discussion. Therefore, it is said that it is inconceivable and ineffable.’ ”
(The Record of Transmission of the Lamp; Volume 7)
Ven. Beishi Guohan's commentary:
Chan Master Xingshan Weikuan pointed out directly that the marrow of Patriarch (or Matriarch) Chan is inconceivable, just as told by Shakyamuni Buddha that such Dharma could not be realized through thinking and discrimination. Chan Master Yunan Zhenjing in the Song dynasty mentioned:“Provided that there is no deluded mind of self- centeredness, then everything is of brightness and subtlety, everything is the natural true reality, and everything is pure just like the lotus blossom stretching out from the water without the taint of the dripping. Those who confuse in the true mind are sentient beings, and those who awaken to the true mind are buddhas.” Chan Master Zhenjing clearly pointed out that if Chan practitioners have no self-centered discrimination and attachment in their mind in daily life, then anything and any phenomena they are aware of, all are Chan, and also all are the Way. Everything is the manifestation of subtle wisdom, everything is also the spontaneous true reality of Dharma Body, and it is like the lotus flower blooming from the muddy water, yet is pure without defilement as usual. Meanwhile, practitioner's own mind having self-centered discrimination and attachment is confusion, while that without self-centered discrimination and attachment is enlightenment. A confused passing thought makes one an ordinary person, while an enlightened second thought makes one a Buddha. Also being in confusion thought after thought makes one an ordinary person at any moment, while being in enlightenment thought after thought makes one a Buddha at every moment.
Submitted December 21, 2017 at 03:19AM by 3DimenZ http://ift.tt/2BbFXGi
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