zen under the gun: can't say no to reality:

Hengchuan said. "There are differences between ordinary people and sages, but their real nature is no different.

"When the weather is hot ordinary people say it is hot: sages cannot say that it's not hot. When the weather is cold ordinary people say it is cold: sages cannot say that it's not cold. It's like this all around the world and all over heaven.

"All that's necessary is to see reality-nature. Once you see reality nature and become a buddha, then buddhas are ordinary people and ordinary people are buddhas."

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Welcome! ewk comment: If you can't see reality then what good is your practice going to do?

If your practice is leaving reality to see reality then where's the reality in that?

If your practice is talking about reality rather than being in reality then where is the conversation in that?

Submitted July 18, 2022 at 11:24AM by ewk https://ift.tt/54GbQsZ