[...] are entering the world of color yet not being deluded by color;
entering the world of sound yet not being deluded by sound;
entering the world of odor yet not being deluded by odor;
entering the world of taste yet not being deluded by taste;
entering the world of touch yet not being deluded by touch;
entering the world of dharmas yet not being deluded by dharmas.
Therefore, when it is realized that these six—color, sound, odor, taste, touch, and dharmas— are all empty forms, they cannot bind the man of the Way, dependent upon nothing.
Constituted though he is of the seepage of the five skandhas, he has the supernatural power of walking upon the earth.
[...]
The true student of the Way has nothing to do with buddhas and nothing to do with bodhisattvas or arhats.
Nor has he anything to do with the good things of the triple world.
Having transcended these, solitary and free, he is not bound by things.
Heaven and earth could turn upside down and he wouldn’t have a doubt; the buddhas of the ten directions could appear before him and he wouldn’t feel an instant of joy; the three hells could suddenly yawn at his feet and he wouldn’t feel an instant of fear.
Why is this so? Because, as I see it, all dharmas are empty forms—when transformation takes place they are existent, when transformation does not take place they are nonexistent.
The three realms are mind-only, the ten thousand dharmas are consciousness-only.
~ Linji, a teacher of zen.
(Record of Linji, R.F. Sasaki, p. 20)
Submitted January 08, 2019 at 01:49PM by dec1phah http://bit.ly/2AA6QFH
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