Monday, 19 November 2018

Mazu's 'All Things are Identical with Liberation.'

Mazu:

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"All things are identical with liberation." (Poceski-Mazu, P.151)

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"all dharmas are liberation." (The Zen Teachings of Mazu, Thomas Cleary, link at bottom)

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"...and all dharmas are liberation." (Sun-faced Buddha, P.66)

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諸法即是解脫。

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R_o-u_n-D Nine9.

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A.

  1. many; each; every; all

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B.

  1. law; rule; regulation; statute
  2. norm; standard; model; example
  3. method; way; solution
  4. (Buddhism) dharma; principle of the universe; teachings of Buddha
  5. Buddhist; relating to Buddhism
  6. † to imitate; to emulate

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Etymology: Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Tibetan བབས (babs, “shape, form, appearance”), དབྱིབས (dbyibs,** “shape, form, figure”). Possibly cognate with 凡 (OC bom, “all, general, every; *pattern, general rule”); see there for more.

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C.

  1. to come near to eat
  2. † to approach; to come near; to be near
  3. † to ascend; to go up; to assume office
  4. † prompted by the occasion
  5. † though; although
  6. † if; assuming
  7. † even if; even though
  8. † then
  9. † while
  10. † as soon as
  11. namely; that is; to be the same as; i.e.
  12. † promptly; quickly; immediately; at once
  13. † at present; today

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D.

  1. this; this thing
  2. (copulative) to be indicating that the subject and object are the same.
  3. a particle emphasizing the word following it.
  4. a particle showing agreement. In this meaning, 是 is stressed. truly; indeed.
  5. (only in compounds) true, correct

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Now we are going to do something a little different; As '解脫', together, is translated as "Liberation" or "Enlightenment" or "Nirvana"

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E/F. 解脫

Verb:

  1. to free oneself; to extricate oneself; to relieve
  2. to avoid responsibility

Noun:

  1. (Buddhism) moksha

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Every 'form' your mind touches Is it.

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EVERYTHING IS A GATEWAY.

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A monk asked, “What is a person who understands matters perfectly?

Joshu said, “Obviously it is great practice.”

The monk said, “It’s not yet clear to me; do you practice or not?”

Joshu said, “I wear cloths and eat food.”

The monk said, “Wearing clothes and eating food are ordinary things. It’s still not clear to me; do you practice or not?”

Joshu said, “You tell me, what am I doing every day?

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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%AB%B8 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B3%95 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%B3 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A7%A3%E8%84%AB https://terebess.hu/zen/SunFace.pdf https://terebess.hu/english/mazu.html https://terebess.hu/zen/mesterek/Poceski-Mazu.pdf



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