Practicing Zen with Wumenguan: Case 1

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若是箇漢、不顧危亡單刀直入。

A man of determination will unflinchingly push his way straight forward, regardless of all dangers.

八臂那咤、擱他不在。

Then even the eight-armed Nata cannot hinder him.

縦使西天四七、東土二三、只得望風乞命。

Even the four sevens of the West and the two threes of the East would beg for their lives.

設或躊躇、也似隔窓看馬騎、貶得眼來、早已蹉過。

If one has no determination, then it will be like catching a glimpse of a horse galloping past the window: in the twinkling of an eye it will be gone.

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(Welcome link) (whoewk link) note: So the theme seems to be determination... how determined are you in your study of anything? What to be determined about?

Carry [this no continuously day and night. Do not form a nihilistic conception of vacancy, or a relative conception of "has" or "has not."

Determination to continuousness.

Submitted May 13, 2020 at 10:08PM by ewk https://ift.tt/3bvFAHO