127. Master Huaitang said to an assembly, If you knock on space and make a sound, who can discern the note? If you knock on wood but it makes no sound, it’s a waste of effort to lend an ear.
It is not the phenomena before your eyes; don’t create all sorts of attitudes. Occurrence and disappearance do not know each other; herein there is no back or front.
Where the king of elephants strides, foxes and rabbits leave no tracks. When the moon reflected in the water appears, the wind and clouds are naturally distinct.
When you get here, the universe cannot contain you, heaven and earth do not know your name. A thousand sages stand down—who dares come forth and speak?
Good people, this requires that you sweep away your previous concept of life, your actions and doings, understanding and not understanding. Better you should go back to the mountains always whistling a single note deep in the mist.
The Treasury of the Eye of True Teething, Vol. 1., Case 127
Comments: I'm not trying to explain this. I just liked it and wanted to share it. There were a few interested in the source text. I've been using the "leave no tracks" metaphor a lot the past couple days. Then I open the book back up, and boom, it's right there. I hope you enjoy, you red-eyed, boar-biting hounds!
Submitted January 28, 2020 at 12:57AM by Hansa_Teutonica https://ift.tt/2RtPqTZ
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