...Scripture also says, "All appearances are illusory. If you see appearances are not the same as true characteristics, you see where enlightenment comes from."
An ancient Zen master said, "if you deny appearances as you see them, you do not see where enlightenment comes from."
Just step back, stop mental machinations, and try to become aware of all the implications of these sayings. If you suddenly see through, how can you be affected by anything?
When you see, let there be no seer or seen; when you hear, let there be no hearer or heard; when you think, let there be no thinker or thought.
Buddhism is extremely easy and saves the most energy. It's just that you yourself waste energy and cause yourself trouble. The ancients saw people helpless, and told them to try meditating quietly. This was good advice, but later people didn't understand what the ancients meant, and closed their eyes, suppressed body and mind, and sat like lumps waiting for enlightenment. How foolish!
From an excerpt on Zen Master Foyan, Zen Essence: The Science of Freedom by Thomas Cleary, 1989
Wandering Ronin commentary and questions: Today is a day for allowing all of the arguments that come my way to resolve themselves, and my offer will be to let you bite your own tails. Of what value is it for you to test my understanding? Concern yourself with your own. Of course this will cause fools great trouble and consternation, while I'll be silently celebrated by the wise and knowing. Every day is a good day.
Submitted November 21, 2018 at 07:26PM by WanderingRonin77 https://ift.tt/2FwXBLj
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