A monk asked, "I've come a long way to see you; it's not clear to me, what is your 'family custom'?"
The master said, "I don't talk about it to people."
The monk said, "Why do you not talk about it to people?"
The master said, "That's my family custom."
The monk said, "You do not talk about it, but why do the four seas come to see you?"
The master said, "You are the sea, I am not the sea."
The monk said, "It's not clear to me, what is in the sea?"
The master said, "I've hooked one!"
A monk asked, "What about it when the mind is not percieved by the mind?"
The master said, "Who is perceived?"
The monk said, "The self is perceived."
The master said, "There are not two selves."
A monk asked, "I am chaotically adrift and drowning; how can I get out of it?"
The master just sat motionless.
The monk said, "I'm asking you sincerely."
The master said, "Where are you 'adrift and drowning'?"
Not talking about the family custom, how would you explain it?
How can the fire-god search for fire with fire?
To seek buddha is to deviate from buddha; where is your abode?
Submitted December 28, 2019 at 11:59PM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/2tSEFkC
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