When the lotus opened and the universe lay disclosed, there arose the duality of Absolute and sentient world; or, rather, the Absolute appeared in two aspects which, taken together, comprise pure perfection. These aspects are unchanging reality and potential form. For sentient beings, there are such pairs of opposites as becoming and cessation, together with all the others. Therefore, beware of clinging to one half of a pair.
Those who, in their single-minded attempt to reach Buddhahood, detest the sentient world, thereby blaspheme all the Buddhas of the universe. The Buddhas, on manifesting themselves in the world, seized dung-shovels to rid themselves of all such rubbish as books containing metaphysics and sophistry.
Huangbo Xiyun, On the Transmission of Mind, translated by John Blofeld, 1958
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Wandering Ronin commentary and questions: The tiger stalks the mountainside, yet he can only catch what you've left behind for him. The dragon dances in the sky in the realm between the sentient world and the Absolute; what ghost could escape his grasp? Therefore, beware of clinging to one half of a pair, Huangbo teaches here, which grants access to understanding the essence of One Mind.
The human concept of 'perfection', which many don't allow themselves to believe in, is actually one of the greatest access points towards understanding the Absolute; what flaws or imperfections could there be in the entire universe if one drops all conceptual thinking and dualistic reasoning? The understanding of the whole can only be accessed through the understanding of the two halves taken together. One hand up, one hand down.
Submitted May 15, 2019 at 07:12PM by WanderingRoninXIII http://bit.ly/2HkOIlu
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