Dahui Shobogenzo Case 477:
Master Shunji was asked by a monk, “What is someone engaged in great practice like?” He said, “Wearing stocks and chains.” The monk asked, “What about someone creating a lot of karma?” He said, “Practicing meditation, entering concentration.” The monk was speechless. Shunji then said, “You ask me about good—good does not follow evil. You ask me about evil—evil does not follow good. Therefore it is said that good and evil are like floating clouds, arising and disappearing, both having no abode.” The monk was enlightened at these words.
The idea that good and evil, practice, meditation, and concentration are not Zen is a common thing to hear from Zen masters. Mazu, Huangpo, Linji, Foyan, Nanquan, and Huineng all immediately come to mind. Big names in the Zen game.
This is pretty consequential stuff to a monk right? I mean the monk in this case is literally struck speechless at Shunji saying these things. Here on r/zen instead of people being speechless they just seem to get louder. It's like the idea that these things aren't Zen strikes a nerve or something...
Submitted February 26, 2023 at 03:25AM by koancomentator https://ift.tt/OcBGgV1
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