Enlightenment
is not an asexual, dispassionate,
head-in-the-clouds, nails-in-the-palms
disappearance from the game of life. It’s a
volcanic, kick-ass, erotic commitment
to love in action, coupled with
hard-headed practical
grist.
QUESTION.
Everyone has a secret agenda.
What’s yours?
ANSWER.
To show what a moral vision
would look like if it were rooted in the quest
for beauty, truth, love, pleasure, and liberation
instead of order, control, politeness,
fear, and self-denial.
The worthies of old
all had means of emancipating people.
What I teach people just requires you not to take on
the confusion of others. If you need to act,
then act, without any further
hesitation or doubt.
How much freedom
is gained if a man ignores what
his neighbor said or did or intended
and considers only what he himself is doing
and how to make his actions just and right, the
kind of things a good man would do! Don’t let
your attention be caught by the darkness
of others’ movements; just run straight
on the line, with no ungainly
movements.
be free of all worldly affairs
You are no different from buddha.
There is no other dharma. Simply let your mind
be carefree. You do not need to contemplate your action
and to purify your mind. Let your mind be boundless and without
any obstruction. Be free from going and coming. Whether you
walk or stay, sit or lie down, and whatever you see or
meet, all are the subtle functions of buddha.
It is joy without sorrow. This is
called buddha.
