...
Yun Men said, "Medicine and disease subdue each other: the whole earth is medicine; what is your self?" ...
Wrong! ...
Since this one line of his had thrown everyone in the world into confusion, Yun Men said, "When my staff is waves, you may go freely in all directions; when the whole earth is waves, I'll watch to see if you float or sink." ...
... Wrong!
Both Yun Men's former statement and his latter statement are wrong. Who would know that Hsueh Tou's opening up a road is also wrong? Since your nostrils are as high as the sky, why do they get pierced anyway?
The whole earth is medicine:
Why have Ancients and moderns been so mistaken?
I don't make the carriage behind closed doors--
The road through is naturally quiet and empty.
Wrong! Wrong!
Though they be high as the sky, your nostrils have still been pierced.
Hsueh Tou speaks to open up a road for you: "If you build your carriage behind closed doors, and you bring it out the gate and it fits the ruts, what has this accomplished? I am not building the carriage behind closed doors here. When I go out the door, naturally it's quiet and empty."
"Clouds are frozen over the great plains, but the whole world is not hidden. When snow covers the white flowers, it's hard to distinguish the outlines. Its coldness is as cold as snow and ice; its fineness is as fine as rice powder. Its depths are hard for even a Buddha's eye to peer into; its secrets are impossible for demons and outsiders to fathom."
A monk asked Pa Ling, "What is the school of Kanadeva?"
"A white horse enters the white flowers. What are you saying? Check!"
Pa Ling said, "Piling up snow in a silver bowl."
"He blocks off your throat. A profuse outburst!"
Old [Pa Ling]
Is truly something else:
He knows how to say, “Piling up snow in a silver bowl.”
The ninety-six each must know for themselves;
If you don’t know, then ask the moon in the sky.
The school of Kanadeva, Kanadeva’s school;
Beneath the red flag, arouse the pure wind.
"...leaving aside "whole body" for the moment, if suddenly you had no eyes, how would you see? Without ears, how would you hear? Without a mouth, how would you speak? Without a mind, how would you perceive? Here, if you can unfurl a single pathway, then you'd be a fellow student with the ancient Buddhas. But leaving aside "studying" for the moment, under whom would you study?"
Submitted November 07, 2019 at 11:43AM by i-dont-no https://ift.tt/2qrgmc2
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