Record of Linji: Just lots of quotes?

JC Cleary's trans:

“As soon as you open your mouths, it already has nothing to do with it. Why so? Haven’t you read what Sakyamuni Buddha said: ‘The Dharma is detached from language, because it is not in the province of causes and conditions. ’ Because you cannot fully believe this, today [I give you] these creeping vines [of verbal explanation], I m afraid I will make all you officials get stuck [somewhere in the explanation], so you stay ignorant of your buddha-nature. Better that all of you leave right away. ”

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Welcome! ewk comment: Isn't this the same old hits from before Linji's time? Linji even quotes Buddha! Getting stuck in the explanation, isn't that where all doctrine and practice begin?

Submitted February 23, 2022 at 09:16AM by ewk https://ift.tt/WRJ2sDd