Don’t be concerned
with who is wise and who is stupid.
Do not discriminate the sharp from the dull.
To practice whole-heartedly is the true endeavor of the way.
Practice-realization is not defiled with specialness;
it is a matter for every day.
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the presence of things as they are
Break open a single
particle and all the sutras grow clear:
the great merit-wheel of the dharma turns as a whole.
The womb of a donkey gives birth to the noble horse.
Each time you look, you’ll see it new.
For zazen, a quiet room is suitable.
Eat and drink moderately. Cast aside all involvements
and cease all affairs. Do not think good or bad. Do not administer
pros and cons. Cease all the movements of the conscious mind,
the gauging of all thoughts and views. Have no designs on
becoming a buddha. Zazen has nothing whatever
to do with sitting or lying down.
Think of not thinking.
How do you think of not-thinking? Without thinking.
This in itself is the essential art of zazen. The zazen I speak of is not
learning meditation. It is simply the dharma-gate of repose and
bliss, the cultivation-authentication of totally culminated
enlightenment. It is the presence of
things as they are.
the way is without words
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In its essence,
the Way is without words.
All this talking and pointing
and carrying on, only signposts.
Gather too many of them
and they’ll weigh you
down. Just be
silent.
Stop searching for
phrases and chasing after words.
Take the backward step and turn the light inward.
Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your
original face will appear. If you want
to attain just this, immediately
practice just this.
to practice wholeheartedly
Don’t be concerned
with who is wise and who is stupid.
Do not discriminate the sharp from the dull.
To practice whole-heartedly is the true endeavor of the way.
Practice-realization is not defiled with specialness;
it is a matter for every day.
Be the same
all the way through:
quiet, still, at home. In the
absence of mind, all phenomena
can be seen for what they
are — empty. This is
freedom.
the i ching, hexagram 26 ☯️ taming power of the great
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be free of all worldly affairs
Do not look for a chance to go out.
But if necessary, going out is permitted once a month.
People in the past lived in the remote mountains and practiced
far away in the forests. Not only were they free of all worldly affairs,
but they abandoned all relationships. You should learn the heart of their
covering brilliance and obscuring traces. Now is the time for the fire
on your head to be wiped out. Is it not sad if you waste this time,
concerning yourself with secular affairs? The impermanent
is unreliable. Nobody knows where or when this
dew-like existence will drop into the grass.
Not recognizing impermanence is
truly regrettable.