From Dahui's Shobogenzo:
National Teacher Shao said,
The true source is but one; myriad virtues have no words. When confronting light straight on, it’s like a diamond sword. This is how those who realize suchness attain true awakening in all places—on swordlike mountains, in forests of blades, in cauldrons of boiling water, in embers of fireplaces, at the impact of staves, at the sound of shouts.
Thus there is not the slightest appearance of change in the alternation of action and stillness, going and coming, coming to life and passing away; there is no appearance of difference. And there is no more understanding in terms of perception and consciousness.
Why? Good people, this is what is called the natural potential of the subtle essence, beyond the circuit of yes and no.
This is the basis of the saying, ‘If you give life I too give life; if you kill, I too kill’—the capacity of the universal ruler to give life and to kill interacts like a thunderbolt.
Beyond the circuit of yes and no, what is the natural potential of your subtle essence?
Submitted November 28, 2018 at 07:08AM by Dillon123 https://ift.tt/2BDbELh
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