Master Longji said to an assembly,
Complete ordinariness is not known to ordinary people; complete sagehood is not understood by sages. If sages understood, they would be ordinary people; if ordinary people knew, they would be sages.
This saying has one principle and two meanings: if people can discern them, undeniably they have some penetration of Buddhism. If you can't discern, don't say you don't wonder.
Dahui remarked, "It is easier to turn stones into gold and jewels than to get people to set aside affirmation and negation."
Longji also said,
Affirming the pillars, you don't see the pillars; negating the pillars, you don't see the pillars. After detachment from affirmation and negation, understand in the midst of affirmation and negation.
Dahui remarked, "Tsk! He's starting all over again!"
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I mean, obviously Dahui's Shobogenzo is real, and Dogen's is fake. Just look at this case about affirming and negating affirmation and negation.
Dogenists never take any criticism. They can't even admit to the authenticity of Dogen's rambling. What about that?
Can you be honest? Do you understand Zen? Can you converse about Zen?
I've noticed that people who haunt this forum, hoping to steal the word "Zen" again, hiding in their sad corners like r/metazen or r/zenbuddhism, can not answer all of these three questions, and sometimes, none at all.
And they want us to read Dogen? I already have over 680 cases to keep me busy with my study, thank you very much!
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Submitted April 22, 2021 at 12:14AM by samadhi-sheol https://ift.tt/3epeDsQ
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