Zen Master Yunmen #137
Having entered the Dharma Hall for a formal instruction, Master Yunmen said:
"I cannot help giving medicine to the dead horse. I'm telling you: 'What is it? Is it east or west, north or south, being or nonbeing, seeing or hearing, up there beyond or down here below, so or not-so?'
"This is called 'boondock granny talk.' But how many of you have reached this realm? Whether you're in accordance with it or not, may it come about at a quiet place!" With this the Master left the hall.
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T. O. M's comment.
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I think that we are all giving medicine to the dead horse, here on r/zen. It's a complicated matter, like using a thorn to remove a thorn, then when we are done, both thorns are discarded.
Zen is a thorn to remove a thorn, a means of using concious action to remove an overt self conciousness that is hindering us. Do you reek of zen? Have you made a nest out of the teachings? Are you giving medicine to a dead horse?
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T. O. M's disclaimer.
What the fuck am I doing on this site, its clearly not helping my zen study and I'm just talking granny boondocks.. ( note to self, must research boondocks)
Submitted February 25, 2022 at 01:25PM by transmission_of_mind https://ift.tt/p4Njw65
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