The day Master Dongshan Cong opened a teaching center, a monk asked, “A large crowd has gathered, the teacher has mounted the precious chair; please expound the essential vehicle of transcendence.” He said, “Even going downhill, unless you run it’ll be hard to catch up.”
“Whose song do you sing? From whom did you inherit the way of Chan?” [Dongshan said] “With a bamboo cane I hold up the moon over a thousand realms; in my bowl I store the clouds of India’s five climes.”
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ewk note: Dongshan! Founder of Caodong! Expounding the essential vehicle of transcendence! Not one of several vehicles, but the essential vehicle! Where is the method to it? How can anybody practice this Zen?
Submitted November 19, 2018 at 05:59AM by ewk https://ift.tt/2Fw9hy1
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