The Zen school is called the school of Kasyapa’s great absorption in quiescence. Without stirring a thread, all is understood; without stirring a hair, all is realized.
It is not just a matter of not stirring and letting it go at that. Do not rouse the mind or stir thoughts throughout the twenty-four hours of the day, and you should be able to comprehend everything. This is called being a member of Kasyapa’s school. Only then can you enter great absorption in quiescence.
Now what is there that acts as a mental object and an obstruction? Although people can investigate, people can study, they cannot understand by arousing the mind and stirring thoughts. When you encounter a situation or hear a saying, if your thoughts stir, your mind gets excited, and you make up an interpretation, in any case you are in a scattered,state.
When Elder Ming has accomplished “ not thinking good or bad,” only then did he manage to see; thereupon he said, “Although I was in the school of the Fifth Patriarch of Zen, I really did not know what the Buddha meant by saying, ‘Not this shore, not the further shore, not the current in between.’ ” Nanquan said, “ It is not Buddha, it is not a thing.” This is precisely what you are focusing on now. Simply study in this way.
Just as a scholar has the attitude of an official once he’s passed the civil service examination, you must come to the realization that you are Buddha; only then will you be free from doubt. Each of you must take responsibility for this yourself; don’t pass the time pursuing the hubbub.
Submitted September 14, 2020 at 11:22PM by surupamaerl https://ift.tt/3mlSgry
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