Not Mind, Not Buddha

三十三 非心非佛

Case 33 "Not Mind, Not Buddha"

馬祖、因僧問、如何是佛。

Mazu was asked by a Preceptor: "What is Buddha?"

祖曰、非心非佛。

Zu said: "Not mind, not Buddha."

無門曰、若向者裏見得、參學事畢。

Wumen says: "If, at this, you catch a glimpse, your study is thus complete."

頌曰

Verse:

路逢劍客須呈

Stumbling upon a Swordsman, stand on-guard.

不遇詩人莫獻

Not running upon a poet, don’t recite.

逢人且説三分

When speaking: tell one-third;

未可全施一片

On no accounts bestow it all.

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"Catching a glimpse; study complete'...Wumen really steals a torch in broad daylight going on and on like this.

What does this 'bestowing it all' look like; why the admonition?

(Clearly discern!)

Submitted August 25, 2020 at 09:12PM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/2YxD9Rw