Zen Under the Gun: The Secret Treasury of the Zen Lineage

https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Under-Gun-Masters-Turbulent/dp/0861715926/

Zen Masters after Wumen:

Hengchuan (1222-1289)

Gulin (1262-1329)

Zhuxin (1292-1348)

Daian (1347-1403)

Everywhere seeking teachers and spiritual friends to study with. Splitting apart the mass of doubt, unfurling the light of wisdom, One phrase that matches the potential transmits the Dharma-Seal.

Ten years mixing your tracks in the Zen halls.

The cold pine rears up its trunk, its top in the frigid clouds. The autumn chrysanthemums stretch forth their flowers in a band of dewy yellow.

Wondrous function appears in full everywhere. Completely understand the secret treasury: it cannot be concealed.

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µ ^Yo͞ok  Welcome! ^{Meet me}  My comment: I really enjoy how he goes back and forth between maudlin and celebratory, cunning and silly.

If it's a secret, why are you telling everybody, bud?

Submitted February 10, 2023 at 08:40AM by ewk https://ift.tt/YnGelf2