on this date a buddha was born
To still
the mind, gently
join it to the breath.
Once this is established and
steadily maintained,
grace inhabits
every act.
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A great country is like
a low-lying land into which many
streams flow. It draws powerful energies
to it as a receptive woman draws
an eager man.
The feminine can always
conquer the masculine by yielding
and taking the lower position. In this way
she becomes as low-lying land:
in time, everything comes
her way.
Therefore a great country
can win over a small country by practicing
humility. A small country can also win over
a great country by practicing
humility.
One wins by
willingly taking the lower
position. The other wins by
willingly acknowledging
its lower position.
The great country
wants to embrace and nourish
more people.The small country wants
to ably serve its benefactor. Both
accomplish their ends
by yielding.
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Humans born into
this floating world quickly become
like the roadside dust: at dawn small children,
by sunset already grown white-haired, without inner
understanding, they struggle without cease.
I ask the children of the universe:
for what reason do you
pass this way?
We just sit in the midst
of this contradiction where, although
we aim, we can never perceive hitting the mark.
We just sit in the midst of this contradiction that is
absolutely ridiculous when we think about it with our small mind.
In our zazen, it is precisely at the point where our small, foolish self
remains unsatisfied, or completely bewildered, that immeasurable
natural life beyond the thoughts of that self functions.
It is precisely at the point where we become
completely lost that life operates and
the power of Buddha is
actualized.
There is no dharma
that can be explained, no mind that
can be spoken of: inherent reality-nature is empty.
Going back to the fundamental basis is the Path. The real
identity of the Path is empty and boundless, vast and pure.
With its stillness and solitude, it obliterates the cosmos.
It pervades ancient and modern, but its nature
is pure. It is perfect from top to bottom
and everywhere pure. This is the
pure buddha-land.
…The Path
of enlightenment
cannot be charted or measured:
highest of the high, vast beyond limit,
deepest of the deep, profound beyond
fathoming, big enough to contain
heaven and earth, small enough
to enter an infinitesimal
point—thus it is called
the Path.
Records of the Teachers and Students of the Lanka
