A monk asked, "What kind of understanding should one have in order to comprehend the way?"
The Patriarch replied, "The self-nature is originally complete. If one only does not get hindered by good or evil things, then that is a person who cultivates the way. Grasping good and rejecting evil, contemplating void and entering bliss -- all these belong to activity. If one seeks outside, one goes away from it. Just put an end to all mental conceptions in the three realms."
"The mind can be spoken of [in terms of]: birth & death, and suchness. The mind as suchness is like a clear mirror which can reflect images. The mirror symbolizes the mind; the images symbolize the dharmas. If the mind grasps at dharmas, then it gets involves in external causes and conditions, which is the meaning of birth and death. If the mind does not grasp at dharmas, that is suchness."
Layman Pang also asked, "Water has no bones and sinews, and yet it can support a boat of ten-thousand pounds. What is the meaning of this?"
The Patriarch said, "There is neither water nor boat here; what bones and sinews are you talking about?"
Mazu went everywhere and was really quite the chatterbox some people even go on to say that he wasn't a confused old man.
Regarding this boat business though...suppose actually is water & boat here. Then what is the meaning of it supporting a boat of ten-thousand pounds?
Submitted January 19, 2020 at 11:45PM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/2Tz6klA
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