From Instant Zen - Page 18
People who study Zen nowadays are all like this; reading a
transformative saying and reaching an insight into the words,
they then try to apply it to all sayings, thinking they are all the
same. Keeping this in their hearts, they think of it as their own
attainment; far from realizing they have lost their minds by
entertaining an opinionated understanding, they cling to it and will
not let go. What ignoramuses!
It has been said that what comes in through the gate is not a treasure.
How can an insight into one case be an insight into all cases? They're all so different, aren't they, even if they supposedly talk about the same thing?
The only way to have such an insight is to cheat.
Submitted May 15, 2023 at 02:21PM by dota2nub https://ift.tt/Ele1THP
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