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Post by Shi Da Dao on Dec 9, 2013 9:56:18 GMT 1
The scenery of the original ground is completely fluid and without bounds before mortals and buddhas are there; suddenly it is obscured by false perceptions, whereupon we stagnate and sink into mundanei toils, grasping all objects, until we are infected by psychological afflictions. If you are unable to turn attention around to illuminate the self right away, how can you pass through so many myriad entanglements?
Whether in adverse or favourable situations, neither grasp nor cling; cut right through speech and silence, being and nothingness, actions and stillness. When dealing with things, responding to potentials, like a flying sword discus, like a blazing fire, you leave no shadow or trace at all. Thus you are empty and spiritual, tranquil and sublime; with one perception you illuminate myriad distinctions, a thousand differentiations. Arriving directly at a state of great peace, you find there is no stagnation at all.
Ch'an Master Hai Yin (ca. 1282)
Trans: T Cleary (1998)
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