Those who wear the
patched robe of a zen wayfarer
should be completely serious about
taking death and birth as
their business.
Don’t
covet name and fame.
Step back and turn to reality, until
your practical understanding
and virtue are fully
actualized.
when times of great difficulty visit
The Ultimate Way
is without difficulty; just
avoid picking and
choosing.
A spiritual understanding
that is not practiced under fire is without
value; only by applying our knowledge in trying
situations do we come into genuine
possession of it.
The I Ching, or Book of Changes
(full text here)
☯️
Men are afraid
to forget their minds,
fearing to fall through the Void
with nothing to stay their fall. They
do not know that the Void is not
really void, but the realm of
the real Dharma.
So you students
of the Way should immediately
refrain from all conceptual thought.
Let a tacit understanding be all!
Any mental processes must
lead to error.
Simply
release your grasp
on worldly entanglements,
and realization is right
where you
stand.
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