The Sixth Patriarch heard a monk quote a verse by Wolun saying:
"Wolun has a skill, able to cut off a hundred thoughts; when mind is not aroused in face of objects, enlightenment grows day by day."
The Patriarch said: "This verse does not clarify the ground of mind; if you practice based on this, it increases bondage."
Accordingly he presented a verse saying:
"Huineng has no skills, does not cut off a hundred thoughts. Mind is aroused repeatedly in face of objects; how can enlightenment grow?"
6P-on-Wolun
Explicit rejection of expounded Buddhist doctrine as non-clarifying: X
Casual dismissal of a revered Buddhist Priest as irrelevant: X
Repudiation of cultivation-of-behavior gradual enlightenment as increasing bondage: X
6P's Verse
An understanding not arising from skills or cultivation: X
Original enlightenment: X
It's...not even remarkable how the same kind of bozo monks come in here and try to barf up the same sort of "day by day purify, purify!" teaching and insist that it is somehow a model example of the Zen lineage and then get super rage-y when someone cites to 6P who refers to their teaching as 'increasing bondage'.
What do you study?
Submitted August 28, 2020 at 05:24PM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/32vVhfT
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