The Master instructed the group, saying: "Followers of the Way, the Dharma of the buddhas calls for no special under- takings. Just act ordinary, without trying to do anything par- ticular. Move your bowels, piss, get dressed, eat your rice, and if you get tired, then lie down. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean. A man of old said, 'People who try to do something about what is outside themselves are nothing but blockheads.' If, wherever you are, you take the role of host, then whatever spot you stand in will be a true one. Then whatever circum- stances surround you, they can never pull you awry. Even if you're faced with bad karma left over from the past, or the five crimes that bring on the hell of incessant suffering, these of the Dharma. They're like sheep poking with their noses- whatever they happen on they immediately put in their mouths.
"As I see it, there's no Buddha, no living beings, no long ago, no now. If you want to get it, you've already got it-it's not something thar requires lime. There's no religious prac- tice, no enlightenment. no getting anything, no missing out on anything. At no time is there any other Dharma than this.
"Followers of the way, the really first-rate fellow knows right now that from the first there's never been anything that needed doing. It's because you don't have enough faith that you rush around moment by moment looking for something. You throwaway your head and then hunt for a head, and you can't seem to stop yourselves. You're like the bodhisartva of perfect and immediate enlightenment who manifests his body in the Dharma-realm but who, in the midst of the Pure Land, still hates the state of common mortal and prays to become a sage. People like that have yet to forget about mak- ing choices. Their minds are still occupied with thoughts of purity or impurity. "But the Ch'an school doesn't see things that way. What counts is this present moment-there's nothing that requires a lot of time. Everything I am saying to you is for the moment only, medicine to cure the disease. Ultimately it has no true reality. If you can see things in this way, you will be true men who have left the household, free to spend ten thousand in gold each day.
“Followers of the Way, don't let just any old teacher put his stamp of approval on your face, don't say 'I understand Ch'an! I understand the Way!' spouting off like a waterfall. All that sort of thing is karma leading to hell. If you're a person who honestly wants to learn the Way, don't go looking for the world's mistakes, but set about as fast as you can looking for a true and proper understanding. If you can ac- quire a true and proper understanding, one that’s clear and complete, then you can start thinking of calling it quits."
-The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-chi
Comment: To have faith that mind is the Buddha, what would there be to seek for?
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