i should get started on reading huangbo's transmission of mind again. been lazy about it
POINTER
The sword that kills people, the sword that brings people to life: this is the standard way of high antiquity and the essential pivot for today as well. If you discuss killing, you don't harm a single hair; if you discuss giving life, you lose your body and life. Therefore it is said, "The thousand sages have not transmitted the single transcendental path; students toil over appearances like monkeys grasping at reflections." Tell me, since it is not transmitted, why then so many complicated public cases? Let those with eyes try to explain.
CASE
A monk asked Tung Shan, "What is Buddha?"1
Tung Shan said, "Three pounds of hemp."2
NOTES
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Iron brambles; no patchrobed monk on earth can leap clear.
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Clearly. Worn out straw sandals. He points to a pagoda tree to scold a willow tree.
wizard commentary:
pointer:
make of it what you will
case:
"What is Buddha?"
searching for the plot device of no inherent value
"Three pounds of hemp."
the same divine force that makes buddha buddha, monks monks, and three pounds of hemp three pounds of hemp
prompts:
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would a rose by any other name smell as dank?
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would a hemp by any other name smell as sweet?
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i read this quote during one of my first computer science courses, but i haven't been able to find the original source since
Humans are the only creatures that feel the need
to call plants plants and bees bees
- are viruses alive or dead? these arguments always devolve into the same place
Submitted February 07, 2022 at 12:40AM by L30_Wizard https://ift.tt/VKR2xmc
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