Master Mingzhao said to an assembly,
Opposing successfully with blade intact - one rarely meets a connoisseur. Dying the same and born the same - there is not one in ten thousand. Those who pursue words and go after sayings are as numerous as sand grains in the Ganges River. Those who cite the old and quote the new are destroying the Buddhists. As for the one road beyond, even breaking in and breaking out is contrary. When Confucians meet, they grip their riding crops and turn their heads; the views of Buddhist ascetics are truly miserable, discarding real gold and picking up dirt along with the crowd. I tell you youngsters, don't be conceited - impulsively interpreting others' mysteries still includes rubble. It is better to leap beyond cosmic space at once - who dares approach this spiritual blade? I'll allow you oncoming arrows - only then is one called a strong man. If you try to swallow your voice, you're not worth a dig.
My comment:
Mingzhao rants on the kind of people you could find in China. Buddhism takes a hit, a recurrent theme in Zen, probably a symptom of the state of decay of Buddhism at that point, to the extent of Zen considering itself something other than Buddhism.
In the end it is all about taking that leap beyond cosmic space. Not a popular view then and not a popular view now.
Submitted October 01, 2020 at 10:09PM by CultAwarenessNetwork https://ift.tt/3l3Ezfl
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