Whatever you are doing... there is something that transcends the Buddhas and Zen Masters; but as soon as you want to understand it, it's not there. It's not really there; as soon as you try to gather your attention on it, you have already turned away from it.... Does this mean that you will realize it if you do not aim the mind and do not develop intellectual understanding? Far from it – you will fail even more seriously to realize it. Even understanding does not get it, much less not understanding!
Foyan Qingyuan
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Wandering Ronin commentary and questions: Bring out your dead, bring out your dead! Who among you is still searching for something special? Is there still something to do, or something to find? Where is it that you seek? Settle down, settle down. And don't bother me with any questions on this fine day, as I have nothing to give.
Submitted December 24, 2018 at 10:42PM by WanderingRoninXIII http://bit.ly/2rR7xFT
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