A monk asked, "Asking for help like a man whose head is on fire - what is that like?"
Joshu said, "Be like him."
The monk asked, "In what way?"
Joshu said, "Do not put yourself in his place."
The lay precepts are about not putting yourself in the place of someone whose head is on fire.
Breaking them pose obvious dangers to conversation and awareness of reality. People who are drunk can be trusted to do some of the most basic of tasks, people who lie can’t be trusted with any authority. Foyan says, “Today I say to everyone, just trust that there is such a thing as instant enlightenment”
What verifies that instant enlightenment is a thing?
Submitted April 23, 2023 at 02:55AM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/wA6XMPc
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