A monk asked Seijo, "Daitsu Chisho Buddha did zazen (meditated) for ten kalpas in a Meditation Hall, could not realize the highest truth, and so could not become fully emancipated. Why was this?" Seijo said, "Your question is a very appropriate one!" The monk asked again, "Why did he not attain Buddhahood by doing zazen in the Meditation Hall?" Seijo replied, "Because he did not."
Comment: I’ve recently not only witnessed much discussion of meditation on this forum, but have also engaged in conversation with several people, informing me on the necessity of meditation practice.
Mumonkan Case 9 seems to have other thoughts on the subject. Have any of you a turning word on this? Or is it simply he did not reach emancipation because he did not?
Could a choice of Vipassana over Samatha (or vis versa) have changed his fate? What was the difference between his Shikantaza and Bodhidharma’s of several years facing a wall?
I have the feeling that while metta couldn’t have saved the cat, it could have at least helped them feel better about the cutting.
Submitted March 20, 2018 at 05:49AM by kamasii http://ift.tt/2ua1sbF
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