The Real Shobogenzo: All I can do

Dahui's Real Original, the First Shobogenzo, Vo. 2:

475 .  Master Baiyun Duan said to an assembly,

In ancient times, in the assembly on Spiritual Mountain the World Honored One held up a flower and Kasyapa smiled.  The World Honored One said, “I have the treasury of the eye of truth; I impart it to Kasyapa the elder.  Transmit it successively; don’t let it die out.”  It has come down to the present day.  Everyone, if it is the treasury of the eye of truth, old Shakyamuni had no part himself—what did he impart, what did he transmit?  What does this mean?

Each one of you on your own part has the treasury of the eye of truth yourself.  Everyday getting up is it; affirming what is so and negating what is not, distinguishing south and distinguishing north, all sorts of activities, are all reflections of the treasury of the eye of truth.  When this eye opens, the universe, the whole earth, sun, moon, stars, and planets, myriad forms, are right before you, but you do not see that there is the slightest definition. 

When the eye is not yet open, it’s all in the pupils of your eyes.  Those whose eye is already open are not within these limitations; for those whose eye is not yet open, I will spare no effort to open the treasury of the eye of true teaching for you:  look!  (he then raised his hand, putting up two fingers)  Look, look!  If you can see, everything is one.  If not, I cannot but reiterate in verse:

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(Welcome link) (ewk^who?) note: Couple of interesting things here... take *if not, cannot but reiterate in verse". That's it? That's going all out for us? lol.

Affirming what is so and negating what is not is a slap in the face to religious trolls in this forum who pretend that everything is truth. So that's nice.

Each one of you on your own... that's what makes Zen different than Buddhism yet again... no need for practices, attainments, no restrictions due to gender or karma... it's all right there. Each of you on your own.

Go forth and preach this dharma.

Submitted August 17, 2020 at 07:00AM by ewk https://ift.tt/2Y9QqiS