Excerpts from Minding Mind, Translated by Thomas Cleary, pp. 105-106
As for the Zen of the living exemplars, even if a clear mirror is placed on a stand, they break through it right away. Even if a precious pearl is in their palm, they smash it at once. A mortar flies through space, the eastern mountains walk on the water. Having the fortune to know that all living beings have Buddha-nature and that there is already a matter of utmost importance right where you stand, investigate continuously, twenty-four hours a day, in principle and in fact: what is it that is walking, what is it that is sitting, what is it that acts, what is the mind?
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Nurturing the embryo of sagehood, cultivating practice in the aftermath of awakening, is really not easy. An ancient said, “If your potential does not leave a fixed position, it falls into an ocean of poison.“ It is imperative to know that there is cultivation on top of realization and to preserve the Way of living Zen with hidden practice and secret application.
Note: If you’re interested in more from Man-An’s talk, then I can OP a series starting from the very beginning, OPing his talk bit by bit over the course of a few weeks.
Submitted February 09, 2019 at 04:14PM by kaneckt http://bit.ly/2THZ8kg
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