To pay my respects. This won't make sense if you haven't read the "Dharma battle".
Excerpts again taken from The Blue Cliff Record, Cleary and Cleary, case 4.
Look at how that Ancient (Te Shan) sees all the way, speaks all the way, acts all the way, and functions all the way; he's undeniably a brave spirit. ...
Someone who can fulfill Buddhahood right where he stands naturally kills people without blinking an eye; thus he has his share of freedom and independence.
...
Look at how Te Shan and Kuei Shan acted; were theirs stammering, halting views?
One "completely exposed"
The words are still in our ears. Gone.
A second "completely exposed"
A double case.
"Adding frost to snow"--(Te Shan) has had a dangerous fall.
The three stages are not the same. Where (did Te Shan fall)?
The General of the Flying Cavalry enters the enemy camp;
Danger! No need to trouble to slash again at the general of a defeated army. He loses his body and life.
How many could regain their safety?
(Te Shan) gained life in the midst of death.
(Te Shan) hurriedly runs past--
He acts like no one is around him.
Although you exhaust the thirty-six
strategems of your supernatural powers,
what is the use?
Te Shan was indeed extraordinary.
(But Kuei Shan) doesn't let him go.
The cat can subdue the leopard.
(Kuei Shan) pierced his nostrils.Some say [Te Shan] gained the advantage; how far they are from realizing that this old fellow (Kuei Shan), as before, still doesn't allow (Te Shan) to appear.
At this point, difficulty arises--Te Shan does not appear, and Kuei Shan does not release him from his hold.
On the summit of the solitary peak, he sits among the weeds;
After all. To pierce his nostrils isn't out of the ordinary. But why is he (Te Shan) sitting among the weeds?
Kuei Shan said, "Hereafter that lad will go up to the summit of a solitary peak, build himself a grass hut, and go on scolding the Buddhas and reviling the Patriarchs." When did he ever let him go? Nevertheless, he's outstanding.
Te Shan must have been extraordinary, but what of Kuei Shan? Was he outstanding, or were his actions nothing out of the ordinary?
At this point, why does Hsueh Tou say, "On the summit of the solitary peak, he sits among the weeds," and then add an exclamation? Tell me, what does this come down to? Study for thirty more years!
Thirty more years! Does Yuanwu joke, or is he just interested? Everything studied here has come down to an expedient.
Bah!
Understand? Two blades cut each other.
Two by two, three by three, they walk the
old road. Singing and clapping go together.
I strike!
Hours, spent to gather a greeting,
waiting for soil to dry before I water the plant.
Cold, and cloudy, and noisy today.
I drink plenty of water before I say that I can't, before
I go on my way without bottles or tissues.
Listlessly;
no looking inside or externally, casually
turning pages and seeing what I wonder,
mentioning family before I've met them.
It is fine; a fine day,
an odd day,
careful but as vital as any
waning week before refreshments need restocking.
A tidy mess and
plenty of clean clothes left;
it's well and good.
Does any brave spirit
care to fulfill Buddhahood?
Submitted December 26, 2018 at 12:56AM by i-dont-no http://bit.ly/2BBH2IS
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