Thursday, 17 January 2019

Why struggle?

All of old masters of China already said it- you are already complete as you are, do not aspire do attain anything, do not try to achieve anything. Why do all the chanting, sitting meditation, quarrel about sutras when you can go for a walk and bathe in the sun?

"All one has to do is to attend to the circumstances of his life. Don't have a desire to attain Buddhahood. Don't even have the least thought of it. If instead of seeking something outside yourself, you were to turn your attention within, as you've been instructed, you'd realize that your mind isn't any different from that of the Buddhas and patriarchs. When you come to this stage of doing nothing, then you'll have attained the truth."- Linji Yixuan



Submitted January 17, 2019 at 09:09PM by Hammerheard http://bit.ly/2SV9sFb

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