Huangbo: on "unable to make that sudden transcendence"

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Essential Dharma of Mind Transmission 10i-g

爾如今一切時中行住坐臥。但學無心。久久須實得。為爾力量小不能頓超。但得三年五年或十年。須得箇入頭處自然會去。為爾不能如是。須要將心學禪學道。佛法有甚麼交涉。

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As of now, at all times, whether in moving-standing-sitting-reclining, you just need to learn no-mind. This need of yours to keep [grasping on to] substantial obtainment will persist for a long while because your strength is small. [You would] still be unable to make that sudden transcendence.

However, in three to five years or ten years, an entry-point should be attained. Then naturally [you] would realise it. So it's only when you are not as such that studying zen and studying the way are regarded as necessary. [But] what have these actually got to do with the Buddha-dharma?

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Submitted June 18, 2020 at 06:14AM by chintokkong https://ift.tt/2N6AND3