The Real Shobogenzo: ewk is just foolin'

Dahui's Real Original, the First Shobogenzo:

A monk then asked [Master Longya], “Do the Patriarchs and Buddhas have any intention of fooling people?”  He said, “You tell me—do rivers and lakes have any intention of obstructing people?”

He also said, “Though rivers and lakes have no intention of obstructing people, because people cannot cross them at the time, rivers and lakes turn out to obstruct people, so you can’t say rivers and lakes don’t obstruct people. 

Although Patriarchs and Buddhas have no intention of fooling people, because people of the time cannot pass beyond, Patriarchs and Buddhas turn out fooling people; so you can’t say Patriarchs and Buddhas don’t fool people. 

If one can pass beyond Patriarchs and Buddhas, this person is beyond Patriarchs and Buddhas.  Only then does one realize the intent of Patriarchs and Buddhas.  Then one is the same as transcendent people.  If one has not passed beyond, and only studies Buddhas and seeks Patriarchs, then one will never get out in a million years.”

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(Welcome link) ewk link note: ewk - a puddle of piss in the Pure Land! What a little obstruction. Still, don't get any on your shoes... the smell doesn't come out. Tell me, who here is not obstructed by odor? Longya has the odor of Caodong/Soto, according to Terebess... who here is not obstructed by lineage?

Submitted January 31, 2020 at 08:44AM by ewk https://ift.tt/2OePSmT