The monk asked, "If inanimate things have the nature of mind, can they teach?"
The teacher said, "They are clearly always teaching uninterruptedly"
The monk said, "Why don't I hear them?"
The teacher said, "You yourself don't hear."
The monk said, "Who can hear?"
The teacher said, "The saints can hear."
The monk said, "Have common people no part in it?"
The teacher said, "I teach for common people, not for saints."
The monk said, "I am deaf--I do not hear the teaching of inanminate things. You must hear it."
The teacher said, "I don't hear it either."
There you have it...can you really say "the jig is up" if the magician explains the trick before the performance?
People who claim the authority to teach for saints aren't Zen Masters, people who claim to preach mystical message derived from a babbling brook or raindrops aren't of the same lineage as Huizhong. Nature isn't an authority. Buddha isn't an authority. Zhong isn't an authority.
This "You must hear it!!" as opposed to Zhong's "I don't hear it either."...how many people does it come to infuriate in /r/zen?
The down-votes and false reporting are a good indication.
Submitted May 27, 2020 at 06:29AM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/2TF7Phc
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