Keichu's Wheel (Gateless Barrier 8)

Blythe's Translation:

Keichu’s Wheel:
Gettan said to a monk, “Keichu made a hundred carts. If we took off the wheels and removed the axle, what would then be obvious?”

The Commentary:
To clarify this, one’s eye will be like a shooting start, his response like a flash of lightning.

The Verse:
Where the wheel of the mind-activity turns
Even a master doesn’t know what to do about it.
It moves in all directions in heaven and earth,
And south and north and east and west.

Me:
What would then be obvious:

1. Keichu's work continues, and the carts move exactly as they're supposed to.
2. Keichu's work is complete, and the carts have no need to move any longer
3. Keichu's work is interrupted, and the carts are in perpetual tension

What I can do with this: Fall down or fall apart--look for opportunities or times when I'm undone, and see what I do.

You:
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Submitted January 07, 2020 at 07:58PM by Porn_Steal https://ift.tt/2QTdzld