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accept everything that is

fabien barrau

 

Enlightenment

comes only when you accept

everything that is — without resistance,

without quarrel, in complete stillness. This is

the only, the simplest, the necessary

ground of being for complete

realization.

 

The opportunity

to dwell in quiet acceptance

exists in every moment — sitting, bathing,

cleaning, cooking, working, wherever.

When that moment passes,

it is present in the next.

Just embrace

it.

 

Wei wu Wei Ching, Chapter 2

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this is the true path

in an instant’s space, enlightenment

 

How should those who

enter the path apply their minds?

All things are originally uncreated and

presently undying. Just let your

mind be free; you don’t have

to restrain it.

 

See directly and hear directly;

come directly and go directly.

When you must go, then go;

when you must stay, then stay.

 

This is the true path.

A scripture says, “Conditional

existence is the site of enlightenment,

insofar as you know it as

it really is.”

 

Niu-t’ou Hui-chung

original teachings of ch’an buddhism

 

buddha nature is your own nature

here is what a buddha is

🪷 and also here 🪷

 

A deep

and sophisticated

understanding of Buddhism,

Taoism, Zen, Ch’an, philosophy,

meditation technique — none of these

is necessary to attain realization.

They are just as likely to

ensnare you in towers

of complicated

thought.

 

Abide

in the simple

understanding that

buddha nature is always,

has always been, will always be,

your own nature. Breathe into

that. Breathe out from it.

That is all.

 

Wei wu Wei Ching, Chapter 25

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can now buy

Wei wu Wei Ching as part of a

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the cost of one hardcover

book.

 

see also

Hexagram 25, Wu Wang / Innocence (The Unexpected)

 

when young there was a girl

lucien stryk on shinkichi takahashi

 

I hold a newspaper, reading.  

Suddenly my hands become cow ears,

Then turn into Pusan, the South Korean port.

 

Lying on a mat

Spread on the bankside stones,

I fell asleep.

But a willow leaf, breeze-stirred,

Brushed my ear.

I remained just as I was,

Near the murmurous water.

 

When young there was a girl

Who became a fish for me.

Whenever I wanted fish

Broiled in salt, I’d summon her.

She’d get down on her stomach

To be sun-cooked on the stones.

And she was always ready!

 

Alas, she no longer comes to me.

An old benighted drake, 

I hobble homeward.

But look, my drake feet become horse hoofs!

Now they drop off

And, stretching marvelously,

Become the tracks of the Tokaido Railway Line.

 

Shinkichi Takahashi

triumph of the sparrow