Daoshen's Mirror of Mind: What does it mean to be a good person?

KIRILL J. SOLONIN The Teaching of Daoshen in Tangut Translation: The Mirror of Mind

Again, the Dharma master Shilo^[1] said: “The perfect miraculous way cannot be attained through the perfection of virtues;

the wisdom of the sages cannot be attained by the ‘existing mind’,

the ultimate truth cannot be understood through [the concept of] existence of self,

the virtues of the sages cannot be attained through actual doings.

[1] Master Shilo who in fact is no other than famous Kumārajīva (343–413) with his apocryphal Wuxuan xu

.    

(Welcome link) (ewk^who?) note: Aside from what the virtues are, we can agree that the virtues are what makes a good person "good". Similarly we can agree that doing good things doesn't make you good.

But what does it mean that Zen distances itself from "perfection of virtues"?

Submitted June 07, 2020 at 10:09PM by ewk https://ift.tt/30knZ3I