This is why an ancient said, “There is something before the universe; formless, originally quiescent, it is the master of myriad forms, never withering through the four seasons.”

Every atom of every land is self; there is nowhere to hide.

Everywhere you go, you encounter It; such a person has eyes.

On the hundred grasses, at the gates of a bustling city, impossible to mix up, you do not go along with the flow; impossible to categorize, you do not leak at all.

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Standing alone and unchanging, acting comprehensively and inexhaustibly, do not disdain the phenomena filling your eyes.

You must trust that in the world, which is only mental, the thousand peaks all point to the summit, and the hundred rivers all end in the sea.

If you understand in this way, you roll up the screens and remove the blinds.

If you do not understand in this way, you shut the doors and create a barrier.

Whether discussing understanding or nonunderstanding, ignoramuses are not quick.

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When there is nowhere to place the mind, nothing to lean on, nothing to walk on, and nothing to say, this cannot be seen and described, cannot be grasped and manipulated.

The totality of all forms is equal to its function; the whole of cosmic space is equal to its body.

Ultimately free in action, it is the immortal being within species; skillfully responsive, it is in the midst of the material world, yet different.

This is why a master teacher said, “True nature is the Earth Treasury of the mind.

With neither head nor tail, it develops beings according to conditions; it is provisionally referred to as knowledge.”

Now what is the provisional knowledge that develops beings according to conditions?

Understand?

“Do not think it strange how I have offered you wine over and over since we sat down, for after we part we can hardly meet again.”

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Use the light of the origin to wash away the darkness of the long night of ignorance; use the knowledge of the cosmos to break through the doubts of countless eons.

Birth and death go on in profusion, but they do not reach the house of true purity; entangling conditions are troublesome, but they do not reach the realm of complete clarity.

Let them change outside, while you as an individual remain empty within.

Walking into the circle of the Way, you comprehend and forget illusory phenomena.

This is why an ancient said, “There is something before the universe; formless, originally quiescent, it is the master of myriad forms, never withering through the four seasons.”

But tell me, what is this?
A whale drinks up the ocean water,
Exposing the coral branches.

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When the six senses return to their source, they are thoroughly effective and clear, without compare.

When the physical elements return to their source, the whole body is pure, without a particle of dust.

Thus you manage to cut off causation, interrupt its continuity, merge all time, and obliterate all differences.

Understand?

“The spiritual bird dreams on the branch that does not sprout;
The flower of awakening blossoms on the tree that casts no shadow.”

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Coming from nowhere, going nowhere, arriving at the equality of the principle of unity, we see the empty appearances of all things.

Where the morning clouds have dispersed, the sun is bright; when the night rain has passed, the valley streams are swollen.

The body of perception, independent, perpetually dwells on one suchness, responding to reality autonomously, a welter of myriad forms.

Then you don't need to think deliberately anymore; there is naturally someone providing support to all alike.

Those of you who have attained the Great Rest: if you do not accept food, that is the fall of nobility.

HongZhi.

Submitted March 06, 2022 at 08:14PM by NothingIsForgotten https://ift.tt/RBYdoEM