(DaHui's Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching: Vol. 1; T. Cleary)
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Master LangYa Jin held up his staff and said to an assembly:
PanShan said, "The one road upward is slippery."
NanYuan said, "Standing like a mile-high wall is inaccessible."
LinJi said, "Sparks and lightning are slow."
I have a statement that settles heaven and earth: "Let everyone set their sights high, set their sights high!"
Standing up his staff, he got down from the seat.
He also said to an assembly:
Understanding in a statement, a wandering son returns home; understanding in mind, only then can one serve in the hall of honor.
If you can be like this, only then are you able to step forward from the top of the hundred foot pole.
No mind in a statement, no statement in mind—once you can be like this, then how do you turn around and put forth energy?
If you don’t understand, the staff will put out energy for you.
Standing up the staff, he got down from the seat.
"Understanding in a statement" -- you begin to understand
"Understanding in mind" -- the truth is self-evident and unavoidable
Standing like a mile-high wall; there is nothing to get; nothing to obtain; there is no magical moment awaiting you.
Enlightenment is like a staff by an empty seat: if you don't know what to do with it, then it is just a stick and some dead wood.
If you don't understand: the staff beckons.
Submitted March 19, 2021 at 09:09PM by The_Faceless_Face https://ift.tt/3lxdwdP
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