Whenever he received questions from students Chan master Fenzhou Wuye often answered them by saying, “Do not have deluded thoughts.”
Compiler's Commentary:Juefan Huihong said, “The Faju jing says, ‘If you give rise to the mind of zeal, this is delusion and not zeal.’ The Yuanjue jing says, ‘All living beings of the final age, if their minds do not give rise to delusions, the Buddha preached that such people will become bodhisattvas in the present age.’ This is all gossip about (original) nature and the gate to enter the Way. But students take these words for granted and erroneously seek the mysterious sublime. How laughable!”
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Zhimen Guangzuo’s verse
Mazu was able to produce a Fenzhou,
Deluded thoughts, like thunder, spread through the nine provinces,
If you do not have the eyes of a patch-robed monk while investigating Chan,
Often it is like looking for bubbles on the ocean.
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Chongsheng Yuangong’s verse
Fenzhou tells us not have deluded thoughts,
If a boat is to sail the tide must be high.
All those who come boast that they can do it,
How many people can relieve an itch?
Relieving an itch is the real deluded thought.
They fall into a moat or pit with a thud.
They don’t know how to use the thousand-pound bow for shooting tigers,
But they say a great accomplishment is worthy of receiving an award.
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National master Tiantai Deshao while instructing the assembly raised this gongan and said, “All of you say, ‘There is no need for Do not have deluded thoughts.’ If you do not recognize the source of deluded thoughts, then everything will become an artificial construction. It is neither to discern nor to judge it. What else is there to judge? Everyone! Generally speaking, when on pilgrimage one must be equipped with eyes (of appreciation). If you look for words and sayings then there will be no place of function. Do not conjecture or deliberate. Examine it in an instant. Activity is not as good as quietude. You must quickly investigate it.”
Cishou Huaishen ascended the hall and said, “In the past whenever Reverend Fenyang saw a monk approach him he would say, Do not have deluded thoughts. Whenever some one asked him a question he would always say, Do not have deluded thoughts. The prior said, ‘People spread the rumor that your reverence’s Buddhist teachings consist only of one phrase. Henceforth please stop.’ From that point on whenever Fenyang saw someone approach him all he said was ‘Stop.’” The master then said, “The ancient one did not wish his students to value what they heard over what they had attained and therefore did not dare use flowery language or artificial understandings. He went straight to the point and told you Do not have deluded thoughts or ‘Stop.’ Have all of you stopped? Everyday all of you, from the moment you open your eyes to the moment you close them, whatever actions you make there is none that is not deluded thoughts. Even when you dream during sleep this is also deluded thoughts. When one deluded thought arises distorted views develop into ten-thousand threads of upside-down (views). This opens the gate to defilements and throws the realm of purity into disarray. If you are able to recognize the source of deluded thoughts and directly rest and relax, then there is no Buddha to seek above, no demon to fear below, and no living being to love in between. There is also no death to fear. This is the fundamental source of purity and original, sublime Way. If you do not recognize the source of deluded thoughts, you shall transmigrate in the three realms, slip into the four modes of birth, and escape here and enter there without rest. I have always been a man of many words. This morning we meet on this narrow path and I urge all of you to (do the following). Bear in mind this one account about Fenyang and to recite my (Huilin) two clumsy verses and you will be able to make a small place for rest on this path of gods and men. From age to age and rebirth to rebirth, I wish for us to always meet at the same dharma assembly. The verses read,
Investigate Do not have deluded thoughts well,
We do not know for whom we’re so busy all day,
If you know the true revealed facts amidst all this busy work,
A lotus flower will appear in boiling water.
Rest well we did indeed,
But a hundred years of superfluous illusions and bubbles in water,
The true Buddha is in one’s own home,
By all means avoid frivolously seeking it elsewhere.
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Just stop. Killing tigers. Taking everything away and giving nothing. Just don't have deluded thoughts.
Is this the purpose of the Zen Masters, or something sinister and pathetic?
Today, the saga of u/ThatKir has continued to ferment on the sub. What do you think? Is this Muzhou, slamming the door on Yunmen's leg, or a modern day Dogen, teaching the practice of slamming doors on people's legs to attain enlightenment?
Submitted April 15, 2021 at 12:41AM by turiya-harem https://ift.tt/3mYkXM5
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