https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Under-Gun-Masters-Turbulent/dp/0861715926/
Zen Masters after Wumen:
Hengchuan (1222-1289)
At the cremation of the monk who had served as keeper of the canon, Hengchuan said:
"You suffer pain when you are born, when you grow old. when you get sick, and when you die. If you never escape from these four kinds of pain, a broken-down house is not fit to live in-let the prairie fire burn it down."
.
Welcome! ewk comment: Is this fair or not? Several times a year people come to this forum after the death of a loved one and ask how Zen Masters deal with this death-of-the-body. Would this be a good passage to quote to them?
Why or why not?
What is the intent of Hengchuan? What should be the intent of those who are visited by the greiving?
Submitted August 01, 2022 at 05:56AM by ewk https://ift.tt/coMd9VP
No comments:
Post a Comment