The ebb and flow of words.

Men of immeasurable greatness are tossed about, in the ebb and flow of words..

Yunmen.

Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand.

Seng Ts'an

Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

Bodhidharma

If you wish to understand, know that a sudden comprehension comes when the mind has been purged of all the clutter of conceptual and discriminatory thought-activity. Those who seek the truth by means of intellect and learning only get further and further away from it. Not till your thoughts cease all their branching here and there, not till you abandon all thoughts of seeking for something, not till your mind is motionless as wood or stone, will you be on the right road to the Gate.

Huang po.

T. O. M. 's comment.

There is a current theme here, espoused by various imminent masters.. There is no need to pour over koans every day, studying texts and finding hidden meaning amongst vauge interactions between long dead master and student.

Just let the ordinary mind be at ease, trust in the nature of your own mind to be correct.

Peace.

Submitted August 27, 2020 at 12:50PM by transmission_of_mind https://ift.tt/3hKcZlW