Constant Principle

Cleary's translation of The Book of Serenity #75: Ruiyan's "Constant Principle"

Ruiyan asked Yantou, "What is the fundamental constant principle?"
Yantou said, "Moving."
Ruiyan said, "When moving, what then?"
Yantou said, "You don't see the fundamental constant principle."
Ruiyan stood there thinking.
Yantou said, "If you agree, you are not yet free of sense and matter: if you don't agree, you'll be forever sunk in birth and death."

Comment:

Who agrees and who doesn't? Any leaning one way, and there's a saying to take things back the other way.

"Don't abide by the zero point of the scale" (BCR 86). Even this is a counterweight.

Contemplation is always half. Need a question?

Submitted May 31, 2020 at 05:57PM by sje397 https://ift.tt/2ArxCmc