Master Daning Kuan said to an assembly, No thought is the source, no dwelling is the basis, true emptiness is the substance, ethereal being is the function. That is why it is said that the whole earth is true emptiness, the whole universe is ethereal being.
Now tell me, who can apply this? The four seasons go on and on, the sun and moon are always light; reality basically never changes, the Way has no location. Adapt to conditions and you will be free; pursue objects and you will rise and fall.
In this land and other regions, you enter the ordinary and the holy, but tell me, how do you express going into a village and adapting to its customs? [a long silence] Sanskrit in India, Chinese in China.
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ewk note: There is a long standing argument between Zen and Buddhism about whether doctrinal truths are eternal, whether they transcend cultures or not. Zen takes Huangbo's "no unalterable dharma", Buddhists take the position of all religions: supernatural knowledge. But this question of adapting to customs goes beyond religious doctrine... it goes to separating what you like from what you dislike.
Submitted January 30, 2019 at 05:07AM by ewk http://bit.ly/2S9s4En
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