[ BANKEI ZEN Translations from the Record ofBankei by PETER HASKEL ]
The crow and the cormorant
"That's why, when it comes to my disciples in permanent residence at the temple, if they haven't opened the Eye of the Way, if they lack the eye that sees into men, I forbid them to teach. If they are teaching like this, they're only mimicking my words. As the saying goes, when a crow tries to imitate a cormorant, his black coloring may be the same, but once he's in the water, he's unable to function freely the way the cormorant does. In exactly the same way, just as the crow's black coloring is like the cormorant's, students who imitate the way I speak may be able to mouth things about the Unborn Buddha Mind. But since those whose eye hasn't opened to the marvelously illuminating [activity] of this Buddha Mind lack the eye that sees into men, when they have to respond to people's questions, somehow they find themselves tongue-tied and can't function freely. It's the same as the crow when he gets in the water and can't function freely the way the cormorant does. That's why I strictly forbid my disciples to teach. It's because, without knowing the Unborn, people just stay on the plane of understanding, of what's seen or heard, felt or thought, and exchange the Buddha Mind for notions. This is what's meant by delusion."
Windrakes teachings: It is not in the mind ( thinking) . You cannot point with words without thinking. Then what in the hell is a thinker to do? Again we find ourselves hanging from the tree! Ask me anything, we shall see if my eye has been opened or not, but tell me who would qualify?
Submitted December 11, 2018 at 01:19PM by windDrakeHex https://ift.tt/2LbW7oT
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