Master Wuzu Yan said, Yaoshan asked Shitou, “I have a rough knowledge of the twelve-part teachings of the three vehicles. I hear that in the South you point directly to people’s minds to show them their nature so they become enlightened. I do not understand this; please be so kind and compassionate as to instruct me.”
Shitou said, “This way will not do, not this way will not do; this way and not this way will not do at all.”
When I was a student, I heard brothers discussing this, saying, “Even ‘mind itself is Buddha’ will not do; denial of ‘mind itself is buddha’ won’t do either.” If you talk like this, how dare you call yourselves Channists? Why? You still don’t realize that old Shitou was equipped both culturally and martially; he was perfectly able both to hide and to plan. As for my perception, I want everyone to know in common. If you only see the swelling of the waves, you do not see the dragon palaces in the ocean.
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ewk note: Buddhism will not do, nihilism will not do. What can you do? People pretend to have seen dragon palaces, but they open their mouths and their tongues fall out. I want everyone to know in common... and yet, heaven above, earth below, only Shitou knows... or do you say differently?
Submitted November 28, 2018 at 05:29PM by ewk https://ift.tt/2r8xikv
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