Sayings of Joshu #295 (Hoffmann) Joshu went to the lecture hall and said, "The moment there is distinction in terms of affirmation or negation, everything gets confused and the mind is led astray. Is there anything you wish to say?"

A monk stepped forward, hit Joshu's attendant once, and said, "Why don't you answer the Master?"

Joshu immediately returned to his room.

Later the attendant asked for Joshu's opinion: "That monk back there, did he understand?"

Joshu said, "The one who sits, sees the one who is standing. The one who stands, sees the one who is sitting."

 

(James Green translation)

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The master entered the hall and said, "'Even if you have good and bad only a little, in the confusion mind is lost.'"¹ Does anyone have something to say to that?

A monk came forward and struck the attendant, saying, "Why don't you reply to the master?"

The master returned to his room.

Afterwards the attendant asked for elucidation and said, "Did the monk understand or not?"

The master said, "Those sitting see those standing; those standing see those sitting."

1. From the Treatise on Being True to Mind (Hsin-hsin ming).

 

grrl: Which one understood, the hitting monk, or the attendant? How can this sit/stand duality be observed in everyday life? Is everything sit/stand, and (why) does it matter?

Submitted May 03, 2021 at 05:17PM by wrrdgrrl https://ift.tt/3ePByOf