“What do you consider the Way?” (Case 418 TotEoTT)

Ehu (Ehu Dayi?) asks some questions:

“418.  Ehu asked some distinguished clerics, “Walking, standing, sitting, lying down, ultimately what do you consider the Way?”  They answered, “The knower is it.”  He said, “’It cannot be known by knowledge, cannot be recognized by cognition’—how can the knower be it?”  Some replied, “Nondiscrimination is it.”  He said, “’Be able to distinguish the characteristics of things without moving from the highest truth’—how can nondiscrimination be it?”  Some replied, “The four meditations and eight concentrations are it.”  He said, “’The body of Buddha is not constructed and doesn’t fall into any categories’—how can it be in the four meditations and eight concentrations?”  Now the whole group shut their mouths.

Dahui said, “’When we’re reviling each other, you may lock beaks; when we’re spitting at each other, you may spray water.’””

• Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching Vol 1 (Translated by Thomas Cleary)

Comment: I’ve heard it been said that paradoxes occur in the mind, not reality. What do you think? Is there any water here for the clerics and Ehu to drink or not? Where will you live?

Submitted October 19, 2020 at 07:07AM by eschox https://ift.tt/3jbWiA2