Sunday, 19 July 2020

Huang Po The Wan Ling Record 54

The Master said: Only when your minds cease dwelling upon anything whatsoever will you come to an understanding of the true way of Zen. I may express it thus—the way of the Buddhas flourishes in a mind utterly freed from conceptual thought processes, while discrimination between this and that gives birth to a legion of demons!

Finally, remember that from first to last not even the smallest grain of anything perceptible' has ever existed or ever will exist.

Comment:

There is the exclusive (only) definition of understanding of the true way of Zen according to Huang Po.

Only [...] cease dwelling upon anything whatsoever [...] in a mind utterly freed from conceptual thought processes.

The last paragraph gives you the reason why this is the only way to understand.

Thoughts?



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