Daily activity is nothing
Other than harmony within.
When each thing I do is
Without taking or rejecting,
There is no contradiction anywhere.
For whom is the majesty
Of red and purple robes?
The summit of the inner being
Has never been defiled by the dust of the world.
Buddha said, if you want to
know the realm of buddhahood,
you must make your mind
as clear as empty space
and leave false thinking
and all grasping far behind,
causing your mind to be
unobstructed wherever
it may turn.
O' my child, make yourself the measure (for dealings) between you and others.
Thus, you should desire for others what you desire for yourself and hate for others what you hate for yourself.
Do not oppress as you do not like to be oppressed.
Do good to others as you would like good to be done to you.
Regard bad for yourself whatever you regard bad for others.
Accept that (treatment) from others which you would like others to accept from you.
Do not say to others what you do not like to be said to you.
@rookie54said Daily activity is nothing
Other than harmony within.
When each thing I do is
Without taking or rejecting,
There is no contradiction anywhere.
For whom is the majesty
Of red and purple robes?
The summit of the inner being
Has never been defiled by the dust of the world.
- P’ang Yun
Not really much of a doer.
I prefer twilight.
How do cats decide
what to do next?
Harmony seems
like a tertiary conception;
so does contradiction.
I'm really a slob.
My house is unsuitable,
my kitchen is grimy, and
my clothes are in a pile.
I'm cool with being a flatlander.
Dust happens, and that's fine.
Who would have expected that the
Self nature is fundamentally
Complete in itself?
Who would have expected that the
Self nature is fundamentally
Immutable?
Who would have expected that the
Self nature can create all things?
In seeking the essence of the Way,
one should quiet the mind
and penetrate to the depths.
Silently wander within
and clearly see the origin
of all things, obscured by nothing.
The mind is boundless and formless,
just as the pure water
contains the essence of autumn.
It is glistening white and lustrously bright
in the same way that
moonlight envelops the entire night.
Here in Hsueh-t’ou Mountain
a rapid waterfall dashes
down thousands of feet.
Here nothing stays,
not even the tiniest chestnut.
An awesome cliff rises
up thousands of feet
with no space for you to stand.
My friends, may I ask:
Where do you proceed?
The fundamental teaching of Buddhism is nothing but the doctrine of One Mind.
This Mind is originally perfect and vastly illuminating.
It is clear and pure, containing nothing, not even a fine dust.
There is neither delusion nor enlightenment, neither birth nor death, neither saints nor sinners.
Sentient beings and Buddhas are of the same fundamental nature.
There are no two natures to distinguish them.
This is why Bodhidharma came from the west to teach the Ch’an method of “direct pointing” to the original true Mind.
Constantly be aware,
Without stopping.
When the aware mind is present,
It senses the formlessness of things.
Constantly see your body as empty
And quiet, inside and outside
Communing in sameness.
Plunge the body into the realm
Of reality, where there has
Never been any obstruction.
...
23 May '22 13:16
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