Kuei-shan asked Yang-shan, “How do you understand origin, abiding, change, and extinction?”
Yang-shan said, “At the time of the arising of a thought, I do not see that there is origin, abiding, change, or extinction.”
Kuei-shan retorted, “How can you dismiss phenomena?”
Yang-shan rejoined, “What did you just ask about?”
Kuei-shan said, “Origin, abiding, change, and extinction.”
Yang-shan concluded, “Then what do you call dismissing phenomena?”
Existence/phenomena is a static concept in dynamic reality.
Kuei-shan asked Yang-shan, “How do you understand the immaculate mind?”
Yang-shan replied, “Mountains, rivers, and plains; sun, moon, and stars.”
Kuei-shan said, “You only get the phenomena.”
Yang-shan rejoined, “What did you just ask about?”
Kuei-shan said, “The immaculate mind.”
Yang-shan asked, “Is it appropriate to call it phenomena?”
Kuei-shan said, “You’re right.”
Just like everything else, mind is only activity, not existing phenomena/entity.
Submitted November 18, 2018 at 11:21PM by ZaoPing https://ift.tt/2OPLPuT
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