Cleary's "eye of true teaching" v1..
Master Longji said to an assembly,
Complete ordinariness is not known to ordinary people; complete sagehood is not understood by sages. If sages understood they would be ordinary people; if ordinary people knew, they would be sages.
This saying has one principle and two meanings: if people can discern them, undeniably they have some penetration of Buddhism. If you can't discern, don't say you don't wonder.
Dahui remarked , "It is easier to turn stones into gold and jewels than to get people to set aside affirmation and negation. "
Longji also said,
Affirming the pillars, you don't see the pillars; negating the pillars, you don't see the pillars. After detachment from affirmation and negation, understand in the midst of affirmation and negation.
Dahui remarked , "Tsk! He's starting all over again!"
Comment: Last comment made me literally lol, thought you folks might get a kick out of it. Or not.
Submitted January 19, 2019 at 08:39PM by sje397 http://bit.ly/2MhDn7S
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