Fojian said,
”The supreme way is without difficulty; just avoid discrimination.” Peach blossoms are pink, apricot blossoms are white; who says they are of a uniform color? Swallows twitter, nightingales sing—who says they sound the same? If you don’t pass through the barrier of this master teacher, you’ll vainly take mountains and rivers for eyes.
The first sentence here is a quotation from the third patriarch of zen in his “Faith in Mind” instructional poem.
Fojian is overturning the teaching with his own admonition against taking the third patriarchs teaching as one that involves not discriminating on what is obviously different. Differentiation based on facts isn’t regarded as a sin.
But what’s the deal with the last sentence? Who’s he referring to?
Submitted May 09, 2023 at 12:07AM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/ynSIOFY
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