Foyan on telling others that they're wrong about Zen.

There is nothing in my experience that is not true.

If there were anything at all untrue, how could I presume to tell others, how could I presume to guide others?

When I affirm my truth, there is no affirming mind and no affirmed objects; that is why I dare tell people.

As for you, obviously there is something not true; that is why you come to someone to find certainty,

if you had found truth already, then when would you go off questioning another?

However, here I just point out where you’re right.

If you’re not right, I’ll never tell you that you are.

When you are right and true, then I’ll agree with you.

Only bet on what’s right and true.

(Source: Instant Zen by Foyan, translated by Cleary)

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McNubbitz Bits: If there was something that was untrue or nonexistent, how could you be thinking of it? It's all true. Don't waste energy looking for any other truth than the truth that's right in front of you! What you are experiencing right now is the only truth.

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Submitted December 25, 2018 at 08:49AM by McNubbitz http://bit.ly/2Q27IYk