Sunday, 18 November 2018

Mazu's 'Mind cannot be cultivated with Mind.'

Mazu:

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"The Way is mind, and mind cannot be cultivated with mind." (Poceski-Mazu, P.150)

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"The Way is the mind; one cannot use the mind to cultivate the mind." (Jinhua, P.74)

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道即是心、不可將心還修於心。

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It's that time again.

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Even though it is such a simple and straight forward phrase, it will be a long time. Mazu goodness awaits....

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88888----Round----88888

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A.

  1. way; path; road

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B.

  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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We are getting familiar with this one, aren't we?

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C.

  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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And this one...

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D.

  1. Heart
  2. Mind
  3. thought; idea
  4. intention
  5. center; core

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E.

  1. not
  2. No

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...We know remember this one well, don't we? Just an ancient 'negation'.

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F.

  1. can, may, be able to
  2. Particle used for emphasis.
  3. to approve, to permit
  4. to suit

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G.

  1. will; going to
  2. soon; in the near future
  3. nearly; almost
  4. just; just now
  5. certainly; surely
  6. to take; to hold; to fetch
  7. by; by means of; with
  8. to support; to assist
  9. † to advance; to go
  10. † to take orders; to follow
  11. † to see off; to send off
  12. † to take along; to bring
  13. to use; to utilise
  14. † to handle; to deal with
  15. † to eat; to have
  16. † to lead; to guide

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Boy...that was a long one. With it so far? No Can Mind....."

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H.

  1. to return to a place; to go back to a place
  2. to return an object; to give back
  3. to do or give something in return

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I.

  1. to decorate; to embellish
  2. to repair; to mend
  3. (education) to study; to cultivate; to take a course

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You cannot use mind to return repairing in mind. _

J.

  1. (indicates time or place) in; at; on
  2. (indicates the object of an action) with; on
  3. (indicates beginning or source) from
  4. (indicates the agent of action) by
  5. (indicates comparison) than
  6. (used after a verb or adjective) with regard to

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You can't go back Home.

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You crazy turtle!

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How could you even take a first step to head back home?

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When Caoshan took leave of Dongshan, Dongshan asked, "Where are you going?"

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Caoshan replied, "To an unchanging place."

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Dongshan retorted, "If it is unchanging, how could there be any going?"

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Caoshan replied, "The going is also unchanging."

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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%81%93 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%B3 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8F%AF https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B0%87 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%82%84 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BF%AE https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%BC https://terebess.hu/zen/JinhuaJiaHongzhou.pdf https://terebess.hu/zen/mesterek/Poceski-Mazu.pdf



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