Monday, 11 May 2020

Rare sight of a Mazu 'slip-up'

On the 34'th case from the BCR (Cleary), Yuanwu makes a mention in his comments about when Mazu meet Baizhang and asked him:

  • Where did you come from?
  • From down the mountain.
  • Did you meet anyone on the road?
  • Not at all. ______________________________________
  • Why did you not meet anyone at all?
  • If I had met anyone, I would mention it to you, teacher.
  • How could this have been happening?
  • I am at fault (Baizhang)
  • On the contrary, I am at fault.

OP: the spilt in discourse is quite obvious. 5/4 Human parts still making up stuff where there is no need to make stuff up. I like how Baizhang brought his 5/4 of humanity in by identifying with being at fault with no reason.

Is there a hidden meaning in this beside the obvious fact that Mazu was going a bit through the weeds with his follow-up question - Why?! How come!? Here you stand telling me zero is not an invention of the mind ... hold the staff while i make-up some doubts. Press X for Doubt.



Submitted May 11, 2020 at 02:37PM by robeewankenobee https://ift.tt/2Ta9xan

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