Monday, 5 November 2018

無門! The Infamous "No-Gate" of Zen explained!

There isn't a "No-Gate."

You cannot get closer to it, you cannot get further away from it.

It is not a gate.

What is it? It isn't anything. It's just a 'lack' of a gate. As in, nothing.

See how silly the idea of a "No-Gate" is?

There just isn't a gate.

Elaboration:

...Do you have a Red Pineapple next to your head?

No?

...That doesn't mean you now have a "Not Red Pineapple" next to your head. Right?

....How 'close' or 'far' is the "Not Red Pineapple" from your head?

Simple, right?

What does a "Not Red Pineapple" look like?

Does it look like a "Red Pineapple?"

How can it? It's Not A Red Pineapple.....


...."So what is it?"

...That...is the most @#%!'ed up question of them all.

It's nothing, dude. You can't find it. Why even try?


....Do you see how so many people can waste years of their lives trying to figure out a "Not Red Pineapple"?

What it is, and how to get closer instead of further away from it?

It's an impossible, pointless and fruitless endeavor.

There is no fruit in it. No. Red. Pineapple.

....You 'could' say it's 'fruitful' when you realize:

"Oh, I just wasted Years of my life trying to get something that isn't there."

But you can do that Now. And not chase after phantoms.


Verse 頌曰

大道無門 The Great Way is gateless,

千差有路 Approached in a thousand ways.

透得此關 Once past this checkpoint

乾坤獨歩 You stride through the universe.


Any questions?



Submitted November 06, 2018 at 07:09AM by Pikkko https://ift.tt/2JJfxAO

No comments:

Post a Comment

Blog Archive