More Mazu-in-translation: It's YOU, baby!

It was Dazhu Huihai's first time receiving teaching from Mazu.

Mazu asked, "Where did you come from?" "From Great Cloud Temple in Yuezhou."

"And what are you looking to do here?" "I come seeking the Buddhadharma."

Mazu said, "You have a great store of treasure in your own house, yet you are throwing it away, running about here and there. What are you doing? I don't have anything here. What sort of Buddhadharma are you seeking?"

Dazhu bowed, and then asked, "What is this 'treasure in my own house'?"

"The one asking me at this moment, you, are that treasure. You have all the tools you need and lack nothing; you can use it all freely. There's no need to seek anything outside."

Hearing this, Dazhu suddenly awakened to his true mind and danced for joy, giving thanks.

大珠初参祖。 祖問日、従何処来。 日、 越州大雲寺来。 祖日､来此擬須何事。 日、 来求仏法。 祖日、 自家宝蔵 不顧､抛家散走作什麼。我這裏一物也無。求甚麼仏 法。 珠遂礼拝 問日、阿那箇是慧海自家宝蔵。 祖日、 即今問我者、是汝宝藏。一切具足､更無欠少、使用自 在。何假向外求覓。珠於言下､自識本心。不由知觉、 踊躍礼謝。

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Welcome! ewk comment: "Not seeking anything outside" is a restatement of #3 from the Four Statements of Zen: Seeing the Buddha nature.

This is one of the specific issues Hakamaya plucks out as illustrations of WHY ZEN IS NOT MAHAYANA BUDDHISM.

I can't think of anything more upsetting to churches than to tell people they are already complete.

Submitted March 15, 2022 at 09:16AM by ewk https://ift.tt/w1UvFTb