Recently I posted about how much I was enjoying Huang Po’s Transmission of Mind. (And I did enjoy the book). However, after finishing the book, I realize HP needs a couple of whacks with a stick. The book’s main prescription is to “just” stop all conceptual thought. Of course that is impossible, just as stopping the circulatory or endocrine system would be impossible. At most one can practice being mindful of dualistic/discriminating thoughts and at some point maybe they subside a little. All this one mind stuff is still just a concept as HP would admit. I can only imagine the hokey stuff these zen masters had to come up with to attract followers long ago. At the end of the day, perhaps HP’s book had its intended effect of imparting how silly all this zen stuff is.
Submitted August 07, 2022 at 09:49PM by International-Key244 https://ift.tt/yn6ctAM
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