From Dahui's Shobogenzo translated by Cleary.
Yunmen said, “The eyelashes extend horizontally through the ten directions; the eyebrows penetrate heaven and earth above and penetrate the underworld below. The polar mountain blocks off your throat. Does anyone understand? If there is anyone who understands, drag out Cambodia to butt heads with Korea.”
Dahui said, “’This is a great spiritual spell, a spell of great knowledge, an unexcelled spell, an unequalled spell, able to eliminate all suffering, really true not in vain.’ Do you want to know Yunmen? Haven’t you heard it said, ‘Everyone must be stirred by party music’?”
The eyelashes extend horizontally through the ten directions; the eyebrows penetrate heaven and earth above and penetrate the underworld below.
Talk about an all-seeing eye!
When I first came across the reference of ten directions, I made this post as to try and digest what is meant by this.
I at the time mentioned that the image wasn't completed or hadn't conveyed what I had wished for it to, however I did complete it a step further which brought it closer to what I was aiming for.
It was missing another element which was key, which was the Five Dhyani Buddhas (which map the eight consciousnesses and the four wisdoms). You can see why the Five Dhyani Buddhas are important, as shown in this other Real Shobogenzo post, The three bodies are originally my being, the fourfold knowledge is clarity of the basic mind.
Also, the groundbreaking artists Laibach had been the first foreign rock band to perform in North Korea back in 2015. They performed songs which were used in the country to teach English, which happened to be the songs from the classic movie The Sound of Music. On November 23rd Laibach released their newest album, The Sound of Music. On the album finishing the Sound of Music cover songs, is a cover of the song How do you solve a problem like Maria?, except it's Maria/Korea.
I'll leave most of the koan for you to solve.
However, for a potential discussion - how do you understand, or not understand the ten directions?
Submitted November 27, 2018 at 09:02AM by Dillon123 https://ift.tt/2P4IGr8
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