Make Yourself Master Everywhere

If someone comes and asks about seeking buddha, I immediately appear in conformity with the state of purity;

if someone asks about bodhisattvahood, I immediately appear in conformity with the state of compassion;

if someone asks me about bodhi, I immediately appear in conformity with the state of pure mystery;

if someone asks me about nirvana, I immediately appear in conformity with the state of serene stillness.

Though there be ten thousand different states, the person does not differ. Therefore,

According with things he manifests a form, Like the moon [reflecting] on the water.

Followers of the Way, if you want to accord with dharma, just be men of great resolve.

If you just shilly-shally spinelessly along, you’re good for nothing.

Just as a cracked jug is unfit to hold ghee, so he who would be a great vessel must not be taken in by the deluded views of others.

Make yourself master everywhere, and wherever you stand is the true [place].

~ Linji, zen teacher - R.F. Sasaki, The Record of Linji, Discourses 16

Submitted November 06, 2019 at 01:40AM by dec1phah https://ift.tt/36ykSWN