Someone asked,“What was the purpose of the [Patriarch’s] coming from the West?”
The master said, “If he had had a purpose he couldn’t have saved even himself.”
Someone asked, “Since he had no purpose, how did the Second Patriarch obtain the dharma?”
The master said, “‘To obtain’ is to not obtain.”
Someone asked, “If it is ‘to not obtain,’ what is the meaning of ‘to not obtain’?”
The master said,“ It is because you cannot stop your mind which runs on seeking everywhere that a patriarch said, ‘Bah, superior men! Searching for your heads with your heads!’
When at these words you turn your own light in upon yourselves and never seek elsewhere, then you’ll know that your body and mind are not different from those of the patriarch-buddhas and on the instant have nothing to do—this is called ‘obtaining the dharma.’
“Virtuous monks, at present I’ve no other choice than to speak so much trash and rubbish.
Don’t be mistaken. As I see it there really aren’t so many problems. If you want to act, act; if you don’t, don’t.
~ The Record of Linji, R.F. Sasaki, Discourses 20
Submitted November 20, 2019 at 01:12AM by dec1phah https://ift.tt/2OrVdGR
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