The Master said: Only when your minds cease dwelling upon anything whatsoever will you come to an understanding of the true way of Zen. I may express it thus—the way of the Buddhas flourishes in a mind utterly freed from conceptual thought processes, while discrimination between this and that gives birth to a legion of demons! Finally, remember that from first to last not even the smallest grain of anything perceptible has ever existed or ever will exist.
Huángbò Xīyùn, On Transmission of Mind, translated by John Blofeld, 1958 [source: Terebess]
Wandering Ronin commentary and questions:
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This single teaching from Huángbò has all that one needs to learn on the path of Zen; why should anyone continue seeking for more?
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Was disciple P'ei Hsiu able to learn even one single thing in his endless questioning of Zen Master Huángbò? What barrier prevented his immediate understanding?
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Does a questioning mind benefit in some way from answers, or does the very act of asking a question cause one to lose the answer?
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To ask a question as a seeker among the myriad things is to still be bound to the world of form. Can a teacher or Zen master do our work for us?
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Is asking questions after a certain point just avoiding the truth right in front of your face? What if all of this seeking is preventing you from finding it?
Submitted November 08, 2018 at 08:04PM by WanderingRonin77 https://ift.tt/2JNM5cU
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