Patriarch's Hall: Patriarch's Final Dharma Grade - Fail

Anderl's 祖堂集 Zutang ji, Patriarch's Hall Collection, https://terebess.hu/zen/Zutangji.html

Somebody asked: "Who obtains the teaching of Huångméi?" The [Huimeng] said: "The one who understands the Buddha-dharma obtains it. " The monk asked: "Did you obtain it'?" The master said: "I did not obtain it. ' The monk said: "Why did you not obtain it'?" The master said: "I do not understand the Buddha-dharma.'

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(Welcome link) (ewk^who?) note: What does this tell us about Zen Masters "mastery"? Aside from "Mind is not the Buddha, knowledge is not the Way"? What sort of breakthroughs do people really have? What is broken through? What is the result, if not understanding?

Submitted July 12, 2020 at 11:29PM by ewk https://ift.tt/38QyU7A