Lam Te addressed the monks, saying,
―Followers of the Way, as to Buddha-Dharma, no artificial effort is necessary. Just be natural, don‘t strive.
Shitting, pissing, putting on clothes,
Eating food, and lying down when you are tired.
Fools may laugh at me, but the wise understand.
―A man of old said, "if you seek something outside yourself you are a great fool.‘
―Just become the master wherever you are. Then, any place you stand is the true place. If you can do this under any circumstances, you will not be dislodged. Even if you have some evil karma due to your past delusions, addictions, and your having committed the five heinous crimes, these themselves become the great ocean of emancipation.
―You students of today do not know the Dharma. Just like sheep, taking into your mouths whatever your nose happen upon. Unable to distinguish between servant and master. Unable to discern host from guest. Students like you enter the Way with impure motivation. You go wherever there is a crowd. You cannot be called true renouncers of home. You are in fact true householders.
―The true renouncer of home must attain genuine insight. He must see through buddha, see through the devil, see through the true, see through the false, see through the secular, see through the sacred. Only one who can discern in this way deserves to be called a true renouncer of home. One who cannot see through a devil or see through a Buddha has just left home to enter another home. Such a person is called a sentient being who creates karma, not a true renouncer of home.
―Suppose a Buddha and a devil were inseparable, like a mixture of water and milk, of which the king of geese (Hamas Goose) drinks only the milk. The clear-eyed follower of the Way would thrash both the devil and the Buddha. If you love the sacred and hate the secular, you will float and sink in the ocean of life and death"
~Linji lu (Lam Te Ngu Luc)
Submitted January 30, 2019 at 08:29PM by Bingo_Maru http://bit.ly/2CYQYg6
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