Inside and Outside
Jul 13, 2014 10:08:04 GMT 1
Post by Shi Da Dao on Jul 13, 2014 10:08:04 GMT 1
There is no thing before the eyes’ – a long sword against the sky. “The idea is before the eyes” – a thousand peals of thunder roar. Whether you get it or not, you still do not escape losing your life.
This matter is so vast it contains the universe, so fine it penetrates atomic particles. It is not comprehended by perception and cognition, not understood by worldly knowledge and intellectual brilliance. Yuan Wu said:
“It should not be that it exists when you speak of it but not when you do not.”
Miao His said:
“It cannot be that it is there when you’re sitting on a cushion and not there when you get off the meditation seat.”
Here, turn over the tongues of these two elders, and then you will know there is a living road right in front of you. Twenty-four hours a day, throughout all of your activities, you “enter the forest without disturbing the grasses, go into the water without stirring up waves.” Even in an urban environment, you are not caged or bridled by sound and form, even if prosperous and well positioned, you are not moved or changed by the glory of success. Thus it is said, “Break out from inside, and your power is strong; break in from outside, and your power is weak.'
Ch’an Master Fo Chih (f.ca. 1228)
This matter is so vast it contains the universe, so fine it penetrates atomic particles. It is not comprehended by perception and cognition, not understood by worldly knowledge and intellectual brilliance. Yuan Wu said:
“It should not be that it exists when you speak of it but not when you do not.”
Miao His said:
“It cannot be that it is there when you’re sitting on a cushion and not there when you get off the meditation seat.”
Here, turn over the tongues of these two elders, and then you will know there is a living road right in front of you. Twenty-four hours a day, throughout all of your activities, you “enter the forest without disturbing the grasses, go into the water without stirring up waves.” Even in an urban environment, you are not caged or bridled by sound and form, even if prosperous and well positioned, you are not moved or changed by the glory of success. Thus it is said, “Break out from inside, and your power is strong; break in from outside, and your power is weak.'
Ch’an Master Fo Chih (f.ca. 1228)
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