Make your mind
like the clear blue sky at dawn,
unmarked by any message from man
or heaven. Continually stoking the
fire of emptiness with the breath,
you instantly incinerate
whatever appears.
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And the King shall answer
and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these my brethren, ye have
done it unto me.
Then shall he say also
unto them on the left hand,
Depart from me, ye cursed, into
everlasting fire, prepared for
the devil and his angels:
For I was an hungred,
and ye gave me no meat:
I was thirsty, and ye
gave me no drink:
I was a stranger,
and ye took me not in:
naked, and ye clothed me not:
sick, and in prison, and
ye visited me not.
People
who treat other people
as less than human must not be
surprised when the bread they have
cast on the waters comes
floating back to them,
poisoned.
…In spite of spectacular strides
in science and technology, and still unlimited ones
to come, something basic is missing. There is a sort of poverty of
the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological
abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have
become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly the air like
birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned
the simple art of living together
as brothers.
Nobody can set right
a mismanaged life with a few words.
But there is no pit you cannot climb out of provided
you make the right effort at the right place. When one is in a mess
like you are, one has no right any more to worry about the idiocy of one’s
own psychology, but must do the next thing with diligence and devotion
and earn the goodwill of others. In every littlest thing you do in this
way you will find yourself. Everyone has to do it the hard
way, and always with the next, the littlest,
and the hardest things.
As there is no self and no others
How can there be degrees of intimacy?
You should not lecture from assembly to assembly,
Since words do not lead directly to the Truth.
Prajñå being liked to the diamond
Should be free from even a speck of dust.
The entire sutra from beginning to end
Is nothing but deceitful words.
recorded sayings of layman p’ang
If you place your body in the realm
Of equanimity and non-contention,
And let your mind roam in the
Territory of evenness and non-disturbance,
And water them every day with
Fair words and fine deeds of sage worthies,
Then you are sure to progress.
