You come here looking for sayings and talks, novel expressions and elegant lines, uselessly taking to verbalization. I am old and my energy is not up to par; I'm a dull speaker and have no idle talk for you. If you ask me questions, I answer in accord with your questions, but I have no mysterious marvel that can be conveyed to you, and I won't have you get fixated.
I never assert the existence of Buddha and Dharma, of ordinary person and sage, either in the beyond or the here and now; and I have no intention of sitting here tying you down.
You go through a thousand changes, but all of it is you people convceiving interpretations, carrying them with you, expreiencing the results of your own doings.
I have nothing here for you, and nothing exoteric or esoteric to explain to you, no appearance or intention to represent to you.
Touzi Datong
TL;DR FOR THE LAZY:
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Zen isn't any mysterious marvel that can be conveyed.
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Existence of Buddha & Dharma isn't asserted; that's just tying people down.
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Exoteric religion? Esoteric religion? Not Zen.
We've had quite a few people as old as dirt or as young as a spring chick come in here bragging one way or the other, but, how about Touzi?
Did the passage of time diminish his fire? Is candlestick count even relevant to Zen Masters?
It's been like 1200 years and the comment sections are still filled with people set alight and burning from this low-energy, dull old man.
Submitted June 13, 2020 at 06:38AM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/3e18fXi
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