Get to know the self.

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Master Zhenjing said to an assembly,

In the school of Dongshan, sometimes we mix with mud and water, sometimes we stand like a wall a mile high. If you people try to see Dongshan in mixing with mud and water, Dongshan is not in mixing with mud and water. If you try to see Dongshan in standing like a wall a mile high, Dongshan is not in standing like a wall a mile high. If you try to see Dongshan everywhere, Dongshan is not everywhere. If you don't want to see Dongshan, Dongshan has you by a nose halter. If you try to go to sleep, he gives the halter a yank, making your eyes spin without you even knowing it. I don't need you to know Dongshan - if you just get to know yourself, that will do.

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T. O. M's comment.

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I thought I would throw out another O. P today, just because I can.

Look what old Master Zhenjing says about Dongshan, he doesn't need you to learn about Dongshan, he doesn't want you to be able to write a high school book report, he doesn't want you to study Zen while you're here..

All he wants his students to do is to get to know yourself...

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How do you get to know anything?

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By watching.

Submitted May 24, 2022 at 05:24PM by transmission_of_mind https://ift.tt/7Mompi6