There are people who are so afraid of Zen teachings that they say "books aren't real". Do they mean that words aren't real? That the experience of reading isn't as real as the experience of seeing or hearing? That understanding a sentence is somehow less spiritual than recognizing a flavor or a color?
These people struggle to say what is real... feelings? Accurate statements? Faith?
Foyan explains how to do the work:
Foyan: You may contemplate the stories of ancients, you may sit quietly, or you may watch attentively everywhere; all of these are ways of doing the work.
Foyan is suggesting that the work is everywhere. If that is accurate, then the work Foyan is talking about is characterized by it's everywhere availability.
In contrast, people who tell you what they are working on can only be found in certain activities, truths, or thoughts... those people are clearly not doing the work Foyan is talking about.
Submitted August 13, 2020 at 03:12PM by ewk https://ift.tt/3aiKg54
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