Wumen's Comment, Case here: https://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/zen/mumonkan.htm
無門曰、不落因果、爲甚墮野狐。
Not falling under causation: how could this make the monk a fox?
不昧因果、爲甚脱野狐。
Not ignoring causation: how could this make the old man emancipated?
若向者裏著得一隻眼、便知得前百丈贏得風流五百生。
If you come to understand this, you will realize how old Baizhang would have enjoyed five hundred rebirths as a fox.
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(Welcome link) (ewkwho?) note: Okay, so... the monk got cursed to live as a fox (fox=demon) because of his answer. Baizhang also answered, so he should also be cursed to live as a demon. But how could this story be true? If true, how could a wrong answer bring such a curse? If true, how could a right answer free the monk from the curse?
What's the practice in all of this?
Wumen's poem says "two colors, one game"... like Go... how is either side "right"?
So, it's perhaps then it's "practices" then... first, practice fearing the curse, and second practice when seeing two sides, knowing they are just sides.
Submitted May 15, 2020 at 02:43AM by ewk https://ift.tt/2WV7OGJ
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