"You must go quickly for I fear that people might harm you."
Hui Neng asked, "Where shall I go?"
The Patriarch replied, "Stop at Huai and hide at Hui."
Hui Neng received the robe and bowl in the third watch. He said, "Hui Neng is a Southerner and does not know these mountain roads. How does one reach the mouth of the river?"
The Fifth Patriarch said, "You need not worry. I will accompany you."  The Fifth Patriarch escorted him to the Chiu Chiang courier station and ordered him to board a boat. The Fifth Patriarch took up the oars and rowed. Hui Neng said, "Please, High Master, sit down. It is fitting that your disciple take the oars."
The Patriarch replied, "It is fitting that I take you across."
Hui Neng said, "When someone is deluded, his master takes him across, but when he is enlightened, he takes himself across. Although the term 'taking across' is the same in each case, the function is not the same."
Gently down the stream...
Do you want to be like the Patriarchs? Man the oars!
Submitted April 18, 2021 at 10:11AM by Owlsdoom https://ift.tt/3sqH7az
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