Were you now to practice keeping your minds motionless at all times, whether walking, standing, sitting or lying; concentrating entirely upon the goal of no thought-creation, no duality, no reliance on others and no attachments; just allowing all things to take their course the whole day long, as though you were too ill to bother; unknown to the world; innocent of any urge to be known or unknown to others; with your minds like blocks of stone that mend no holes—then all the Dharmas would penetrate your understanding through and through.
In a little while you would find yourselves firmly unattached. Thus, for the first time in your lives, you would discover your reactions to phenomena decreasing and, ultimately, you would pass beyond the Triple World; and people would say that a Buddha had appeared in the world. Pure and passionless knowledge implies putting an end to the ceaseless flow of thoughts and images, for in that way you stop creating the karma that leads to rebirth—whether as gods or men or as sufferers in hell.
Huangbo Xiyun: On the Transmission of Mind, translated by John Blofeld, 1958 [source: Terebess]
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Wandering Ronin commentary and questions: Keeping your mind motionless at all times, no duality, no reliance on others and no attachments, having reactions to phenomena decreasing, no rebirth as gods or men or as sufferers in hell. Sounds easy enough, so what exactly is the problem here? haha. Does anyone else feel that all of this is quite difficult to accomplish? It seems easy enough to talk about, but its quite another thing in actual practice.
Submitted March 01, 2019 at 07:49AM by WanderingRoninXIII https://ift.tt/2tI5MM3
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