I was looking for an alternate translation of the passage shared in this post so I opened the PDF of Leahy Wan-Ling's translation of Huangbo and felt compelled to share this.
"This [teaching], disciples, has no branches and leaves. It only contains the highest Truth (tattva). Therefore, this [teaching's] meaning is difficult to believe.
Bodhidharma came to this land (China), arriving in the two kingdoms of Liang and Wei. [Upon his arrival] there was only one person, Master [Hui-]Ke, who [could receive] the esoteric faith of one's own mind. Once [Bodhidharma's] words were spoken, [Master Huike attained] this simple understanding: this very Mind is Buddha. The body and mind both are non-existent. This is called the Great Path.
So this no-mind is the great path? Contrary to what others have said, Huangbo is all about practice, and says that practice is this no-mind.
It was asked: "If there is no-mind is to practice this path, will it be obtained?"
The Master replied: "No-mind truly is practicing the Path. How can you even speak of what is obtained and unobtainable? It is like this: when you even slightly give rise to a single thought, then there are phenomena. If there is not one thought, then the phenomena are forgotten and this false mind self-extinguishes. It will not again be able to seek."
Submitted March 03, 2018 at 06:57AM by Dillon123 http://ift.tt/2GZdCW4
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