Here's one of my favorite sayings of Zhaozhou:
Brothers, if a truthful man expounds a heresy, that heresy is the truth. If a heretical man expounds the True Dharma, the True Dharma becomes a heresy.
What compassion he had, placing so much trust upon man and less upon abstracts. How does one become this truthful man? Perhaps Foyan might help us here (page 85 of Instant Zen):
If you would turn your attention and watch yourself, you would understand everything. As it is said "When one faculty returns to the source, the six functions are all in abeyance." Just see in this way and you will have some enlightened understanding.
Immediately after that, Zhaozhou said:
Everywhere Zen is hard to see but easy to know about. Where I am it is easy to see but hard to know about.
Indeed Zhaozhou, Zen is laid bare in your expression, but nothing is known. Watch yourself!
Submitted May 06, 2019 at 10:12PM by Nimtrix1849 http://bit.ly/2V5s5Xl
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