If you haven’t gone straight through to the bottom of this matter in advance of the thirteenth day of the twelfth month [i.e., the last day of your life], and it arrives, it’s guaranteed that you will be in a state of confusion. There is a type of follower of an outside way who, right when he sees someone doing gongfu1, immediately sneers, “You still haven’t gotten over this?” Now let me ask you, “When suddenly you’re on the verge of death—with what are you going to stand up to samsara?” You must dispose of [this matter] day in and day out [i.e., at ordinary times]— it will then be of use to you at the time of urgency [on the last day of your life]. You’ll save yourself quite a bit of trouble. Don’t wait until you’re thirsty to dig a well. [At that point] you won’t have the slightest chance to take action. In spite of the fact that the road ahead is vague and uncertain, you are rashly forging ahead. It’s a pity! It’s a pity! You habitually train in the “verbal samadhi [i.e., just play with Chan words and expressions]. You talk Chan and talk the Way, “scolding the buddhas” and “cursing the patriarchs.” Should you get to here [and you’re up against it] it’s of no use at all. You’ve been single-mindedly deceiving others— but in fact you only deceive yourself. ...
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A monk asked Zhaozhou: ‘Does the dog have The buddha nature?’ Zhou said: ‘No [wu 無].’ Twenty four hours a day—no matter what—keep your eye on this wu character. Practicing during the day and practicing during the night, walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, putting on your clothes and eating your food, shitting and pissing, thought-moment after thought-moment observe yourself and zealously advance in guarding this wu character. As the days and years pass, as you [stick with] becoming a oneness, suddenly the mind flower will at once open up, and you will awaken to just where the buddhas and patriarchs are coming from. Then you won’t be deceived by the old preceptors of the world. Then you will know how to open the great mouth, “Bodhidharma came from the West—inspire of the fact that there was no wind, he produced waves; the World Honored One twirled a flower between his fingers — what a blunder! Should you get to here, old Yama [judge of the hells] will count for nothing, and even a thousand noble ones [on the path] will be able to do nothing about you. You’re skeptical that this sort of marvel really exists why? [One] who has [true] determination in all things is to be feared.
- gongfu- expenditure of energy and time in working or work; labor; effort.
No pain, no gain, no loss, no pleasure, No shoes, no shirt, no service, no dogs allowed, no parking, no large bills, no smoking, no putting holy water on the hands, no washing spiders down the plug hole. Wait...
Submitted July 11, 2020 at 04:52AM by autonomatical https://ift.tt/3fiJkiL
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