There is nothing in my experience that is not true. If there were anything at all untrue, how could I presume to guide others? As for you, obviously there is something not true; that is why you come to someone to find certainty. 1
If you know that falsehood is fundamentally the path, then there is no falsehood in it. Therefore those who master the path have no attainment. Just do not seek elsewhere, and realise there is no confusion or falsehood; this is called seeing the path. The path is inherently always out in the open. Thus for those who attain the path, there is nothing that is not it.2
Where is your mistake? Fundamentally not understanding, you then seek understanding. Since you basically do not understand, what are you capable of doing? Look to see where the not understanding comes from. Do you want to know? This non-understanding of yours basically comes from nowhere. Since it comes from nowhere, how could this not understanding be? And when you understand, the nonunderstanding goes nowhere.3
Sermons by Zen Master Fo-yen Ching-yuan [1067-1120], Thomas Cleary, Instant Zen: Waking Up in the Present
Wandering Ronin commentary and questions:
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Seeing in terms of truth and falsehood falls into the realm of dualism and distinction. Its not that there are no lies or falsehoods, but more in that the existence of a lie or falsehood is a truth in itself. Phenomena.
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How many binding concepts does one have to let fall in order to penetrate into the realm of truth? The delusions of the mind are the only thing that seems to deny entry. These phenomena are all pointing the way, but they are only half of the story at best.
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Seeking is not finding, and finding is still not it. Will you settle down or keep moving? Are you gaining as opposed to losing? What is missing from the whole? How will you reconcile the great matter, and when will it ever be enough?
Submitted November 19, 2018 at 09:39PM by WanderingRonin77 https://ift.tt/2DxB7r2
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