Tuesday, 27 November 2018

The Real Shobogenzo: Kill the Buddha, feed his body to the dogs

Dahui's Original Shobogenzo:

As soon as the Buddha was born, he pointed to the sky with one hand, pointed to the earth with one hand, walked seven steps in a circle, looked all around the four directions, and said, “In the heavens above and on earth below, I alone am honored.”

Yunmen said, “Had I seen him at that moment, I’d have beaten him to death and fed him to the dogs, in hopes that there might be peace on earth.”

Yunfeng Yue said, “Although Yunmen has a plan to settle a disturbance, he still has no way of positive self-expression.”

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ewk note: Peace the hard way! At least Yunmen has a plan... if you could call it that. Yunfeng called it that, but maybe he was being generous. Who else has a plan? Who can provide the positive self-expression that Yunfeng longs for?



Submitted November 27, 2018 at 05:26PM by ewk https://ift.tt/2DNIkmF

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