" At the time when, on Vulture Peak, before an assembly of eighty thousand, the World-honoured One offered up a flower with a twinkle in His eye, none grasped His frame of mind and all remained silent except for Makakashá who alone broke out in a smile. The World-honoured One said, “I have the EYE AND TREASURY OF THE TRUE LAW, the wondrous HEART of nirvana, the perfectly pure and bright DHARMA-GATE that has no signs of restriction. I have Transmitted IT completely to Makakashá.”
" ...There is not a hairbreadth of difference between an ordinary, everyday raising of your eyebrows and ಠ‿↼ winking and Gautama’s offering up the flower with a twinkle in His eye, nor is there in any way a hairbreadth of difference between your speaking with a smile and Makakashá’s face breaking into a smile..."
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- From Keizan Zenji's "Denkoroku" "The Record Of The Transmission Of The Light"
So this is the meaning of the so called 'transmission'? Nothing received after all...? Makakasha got the joke...
Submitted May 02, 2020 at 07:23PM by bigjungus11 https://ift.tt/2z6Zuva
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