Sunday, 16 December 2018

Attain! Attain!

The monk Daowu once asked, “Who has attained the essential principle of the teacher of Caoxi?”

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Master Shitou said, “The one who understands the teachings of Buddhism.”

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Daowu asked, “Then have you attained it?”

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The master said, “I haven't attained it.”

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Daowu asked, “Why not?”

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The master said, “Because I don't understand Buddhism.”

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Do you think Shitou was lying?

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Or do you believe that Shitiou 'attained' 'not attainment'?

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That he 'understood' 'not understanding'?

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The cults here want to do anything to twists the words of Zen Masters:

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'Left' secretly means "Right' and and 'Down' secretly means 'Up', right?

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Sounds exhausting. Have some tea.

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https://terebess.hu/zen/shitou-eng.html



Submitted December 16, 2018 at 06:48PM by Pikkko https://ift.tt/2LjG7kQ

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