The Master said,
"Don't say that I'm deceiving you today! I simply cannot help performing a messy scene in front of you; what a laughing stock I'd be if some clear-sighted man were to see me! But right now I cannot avoid this.
"So let me ask you all: What has so far been the matter with you? What do you lack? If I tell you that nothing whatsoever is the matter then I've already buried you; you yourself must arrive at that realization! Don't give free rein to your mouths for haphazard questioning. It's pitch-black in your hearts, and one of these days something will be very much the matter!'
" If you're of hesitant disposition, then you might turn your sight towards the teachings of the old masters and look hither and thither to find out what they mean. You do want to attain understanding, don't you?! The reason [you're unable to do so] is precisely that your own illusion accumulated since innumerable eons is so thick that when in some lifetime you hear someone talk [about the Dharma], you get doubts. Seeking understanding by asking about the Buddha and his teaching, about going beyond and coming back [into the conditioned],”you move further and further away from it.
When you direct your mind towards it, you've gone astray; how much more so if you use words to describe it? What if'not directing one's mind were it? Why, is anything the matter? Take care!"
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Focusing all of your ability on the search, You will find that one day you will say “I’m done,”
When there is nothing left to look for, Nothing is the matter
Submitted January 25, 2018 at 11:39PM by fran2d2 http://ift.tt/2na0cPK
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