"Who is at fault?"; "Where does the fault lie?"
These are often common questions encountered in studying Zen.
[15] Q: At this very moment, all sorts of erroneous thoughts are constantly flowing through our minds. How can you speak of our having none?
A: Error has no substance; it is entirely the product of your own thinking. If you know that Mind is the Buddha and that Mind is fundamentally without error, whenever thoughts arise, you will be fully convinced that they are responsible for errors. If you could prevent all conceptual movements of thought and still your thinking-processes, naturally there would be no error left in you. Therefore is it said: ‘When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish.'
This doesn't mean that there is no such thing as "right" or "wrong"; "black" or "white"; "correct" or "incorrect" ... but it does tell you all you need to know about true "fault".
Submitted February 03, 2020 at 11:07PM by GreenSage45 https://ift.tt/37Wlk10
No comments:
Post a Comment