People who simply read the anecdotes cannot make any sense out of them because they don't know the inner story which cannot be compiled in the anecdotes. ![]() The Zen master is mysterious in his working. Not only that, one master jumped on top of a disciple sitting on his chest he asked, "Got it?" It is so special that a very rare insight is needed to comprehend it, and unless you have your own experience there will always remain something of a doubt in you.įor example, Zen is the only school in the world where the masters have slapped the disciples, hit them with their staffs, or even physically thrown students out of the window. He cannot even understand what has been happening in the school of Zen. He has not fulfilled even the qualifications for being an authentic teacher, just transmitting knowledge from the masters to the masses. A master certainly he is not a teacher he may have been, but there are things which are even below the status of a teacher. As I go more and more into Ta Hui, I am wondering whether to call him a great teacher or just a pseudo teacher. Now this is one of the most stupid sutras amongst all his teachings, and I will show you why I am saying that. They can grasp words from masters, they can repeat them they can deceive people and they can be deceived themselves. The problem with these people is that they have a good intellect. Ta Hui is a strange fellow, but he represents all those people who try to find their self-nature by intellectual effort. HOW MUCH MORE SO, IF AT A SHOUT OR BLOW YOU ARE LOOKING FOR MARVELS OR SEEKING SUBTLE UNDERSTANDING - THIS IS THE STUPIDEST OF THE STUPID. EVEN IF YOU CAN TAKE IT UP WITH YOUR WHOLE BEING AT A SINGLE BLOW OR SHOUT, ALREADY YOU ARE NOT A MAN OF POWER - IN FACT YOU HAVE BEEN DOUSED OVER THE HEAD BY SOMEONE ELSE WITH A LADLEFUL OF FOUL WATER. TE SHAN WOULD SEE A MONK ENTER THE DOOR AND IMMEDIATELY STRIKE HIM WITH HIS STAFF LIN CHI WOULD SEE A MONK ENTER THE DOOR AND IMMEDIATELY SHOUT! VENERABLE ADEPTS EVERYWHERE CALL THIS "BRINGING IT UP FACE TO FACE," "IMPARTING IT DIRECTLY," BUT I CALL IT FIRST CLASS TRAILING MUD AND DRIPPING WATER. P'AN SHAN SAID, "IT'S LIKE HURLING A SWORD AT THE SKY: NO TALK OF WHETHER IT REACHES OR NOT!" DON'T BE CARELESS! VIMALKIRTI SAID THAT THE TRUTH GOES BEYOND EYES, EARS, NOSE, TONGUE, BODY, AND INTELLECT. IF YOU TAKE THIS ATTITUDE, YOU'RE OBSTRUCTING YOUR OWN CORRECT KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION, AND YOU'LL NEVER HAVE AN ENTRY. DON'T LOOK FOR THE ORIGINAL MARVEL, OR SEEK ENLIGHTENMENT IN SOUNDS, NAMES, AND VERBAL MEANINGS. WHEN PEOPLE ENGAGED IN MEDITATION READ THE SCRIPTURAL TEACHINGS, AND THE STORIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THE ANCIENT WORTHIES ENTERED THE PATH, THEY SHOULD JUST EMPTY THEIR MINDS. THEY ARE FAR FROM GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THEIR REALITY. THESE DAYS, IN THE CH'AN COMMUNITIES, THEY USE THE EXTRAORDINARY WORDS AND MARVELOUS SAYINGS OF THE ANCIENTS TO QUESTION AND ANSWER - CONSIDERING THEM SITUATIONS FOR DISCRIMINATION, AND BEGUILING STUDENTS. ![]() DON'T DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING BASED ON THE WORDS.ĪN ANCIENT WORTHY SAID, "THE BUDDHAS EXPOUNDED ALL TEACHINGS TO SAVE ALL MINDS I HAVE NO MIND AT ALL, SO WHAT'S THE USE OF ALL THE TEACHINGS?" IF THEY CAN BE LIKE THIS WHEN READING THE SCRIPTURES, ONLY THEN WILL PEOPLE OF RESOLVE HAVE SOME COMPREHENSION OF THE INTENT OF THE SAGES. YOU MUST SEE THE MOON AND FORGET THE FINGERS.
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