Handle Mara and Buddha Equally

“Renouncers of home must possess true insight at all times, distinguishing between the Buddha and Māra, between true and false, between secular and sacred.

If they can do this, they may be called true renouncers of home.

But those who cannot distinguish Māra from Buddha have only left one house to enter another.

They may be described as karma-creating beings, but they cannot be called true renouncers of home.

Now suppose there were Buddha-Māra, inseparably united in one body like a mixture of water and milk.

The King of Geese would drink only the milk, but an open-eyed follower of the Way would handle Māra and Buddha equally.

If you love the sacred and hate the secular, you’ll float and sink in the sea of birth-and-death.”

~ The Record of Linji, R.F. Sasaki, p. 188

Submitted May 13, 2019 at 07:03PM by dec1phah http://bit.ly/2VAn5Pi