When the Master was at the Nyohoji, he instructed the assembly, saying: "All of you are lucky indeed to have met with a teacher! Without having to wear out your straw sandals, to waste your strength pursuing flowers in the sky or to engage in difficult and painful practices, you can directly enter the true teaching. What good fortune! Don't waste your time!"
A monk who was present said: "All the same, there's just one thing. Suppose, for example, someone wants to go out of the city and across the river: without using a boat, much less even taking a step, he'll never get anywhere."
The Master said: "As you are, right here at this moment, is it. There's no getting anywhere or not getting anywhere. This is what's meant by the teaching of sudden enlightenment. Hesitate and it's lost; waver and it draws further and further away
- Bankei
Submitted September 08, 2021 at 02:51AM by Steadfast_Truth https://ift.tt/38NyP5j
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