Trample Vairocana's Head!

Model Subject 99 of The Blue Cliff Records

R. D. M. Shaw Translation

Attention!

The Emperor Shuku-so asked his Religious Adviser (Chu Kokushi): What are the Ten Bodies of the Herdsman?

Chu Kokushi said: It is Danapati. Go and trample on Vairocana's Head!

The Emperor said: I do not understand you, Sir.

Chu Kokushi said: Do not consider Self to be the Clear Pure Law-Body.

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Cleary Translation

Emperor Su Tsung asked National Teacher Zhong, "What is the Ten-Body Controller?"

The National Teacher said, "Patron, walk on Vairocana's head."

The emperor said, "I don't understand."

The National Teacher said, "Don't acknowledge your own pure body of reality."

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Emperor's and their "I don't know" and "I don't understand", never gets old. The National Teacher leads him around like an ox though, what an embarrassing display for all of them.

The external manifestation of the Buddha's unalterable dharma? Trample on it's head.

The Self? Don't take it as a compass to guide you.

Submitted May 17, 2020 at 03:59AM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/2zMUfl2