A monk asked, "Why does the Venerable say that mind is Buddha?"
The Patriarch said, "To stop small children's crying."
The monk asked, "What do you say when they have stopped crying?"
The Patriarch said, "It is neither mind nor Buddha."
The monk asked, "And when you have someone who does not belong to either of these two, how do you instruct him?”
The Patriarch said, "I tell him that it is not a thing."
The monk asked, "And how about when you suddenly meet someone who is there?"
The Patriarch said, "I teach him to directly realize the Great Way."
Someone asked, "What is the meaning of Bodhidharma's coming from the West?"
"What is the meaning right now?" replied the Patriarch.
(Source: Sun-Face Buddha - The Record of Mazu)
I have stopped crying. Could one of you explain "neither mind nor Buddha" for me? And then could you explain "it is not a thing?"
Submitted November 16, 2018 at 10:09PM by McNubbitz https://ift.tt/2Q4dCMG
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