Zentao

As I see members of present-day Zen communities, it is as if

none of them are talking about this reality. Now wherever

you go there are Zen communities and teachers preaching Zen

and Tao, holding interviews and lectures, all talking about this

matter—why do I say they haven’t been talking about it at all?

They are talking, to be sure, but they cannot actually speak of

it. Not only can they not speak of it, they are unable to see it.

Not knowing how to work on it as it is, they simply say, “When

the true imperative is brought up in its entirety, the ten directions

are cut off: Any Buddha that shows up will get a beating,

and any demon that shows up will get a beating.” They fanatically

talk Zen, but never touch upon what is most urgent. (...)

Foyan "Watch Yourself"

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Foyan begins his lecture like this before he does us a favour by asking us to remove some obstacles to start the true practice of watching ourselves. Ignoring the latter, would interpret this as Foyan mentioning that the core message of Zen and Tao ("this reality") is one?

Submitted June 20, 2020 at 05:22AM by Coinionaire https://ift.tt/2YSfY3F