they sold their hearts and livers
Abandoning
things is superior,
pursuing things
is inferior.
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thought / no-thought
Entertain thought and
you will enter the demons’ snares.
Entertain no-thought and you
will escape them.
buddha has gotten into your nostrils
Master Ciming said to an assembly, “The body of reality is formless; it manifests forms in response to beings.”
(Dahui holds up his staff.) This is a staff — what is the reality body? Leaving this complication aside, the communal hall and Buddha shrine have gotten into your nostrils, the waters of the four great oceans are on your heads, the dragon kings are under your fingernails — do you feel them?
If you feel them, you go three thousand by day, eight hundred by night, smoke rising under your feet, fire rising on your heads. If you don’t know, eat when hungry, sleep when tired.
(Dahui planted his staff once.)
the highest good is like water
The highest
good is like water,
which benefits all things and
contends with none. It flows in low
places that others disdain, and
thus it is close to
the tao.
In living,
choose your ground well.
In thought, stay deep in the heart.
In relationships, be generous.
In speaking, hold to the truth.
In leadership, be organized.
In work, do your best.
In action, be
timely.
If you compete with no one,
no one can compete with you.
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possession in great measure
In the early days
your peace of mind will be challenged.
By maintaining humility, detachment, and alertness
to the approach of evil, you ensure that your
greatest possession endures.
from The I Ching, or Book of Changes
Hexagram 14, Ta Yu / Possession in Great Measure
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