..續本文上一頁ol. 2, p. 240, from Seng-yu, Ch”u San-tsang Chi-chi, 9. (The Way of Zen 82)
Ocean of Pure Reality
清淨眞如海 Ocean of pure Reality,
湛然體常住 Its substance, in fathomless quiescence, exists eternally.
Ch”an master Fo-kuang Ju-man (佛光如滿 Bukkõ Nyoman)
(The Development of Chinese Zen After the Sixth Patriarch 64)
Great Unity
有一物上拄天下拄地。黒似漆。常在動用中。
There is one thing: above, it supports Heaven; below, it upholds Earth. It is black like lacquer, always actively functioning.
Ch”an master Tung-shan Ling-chia (洞山良價 Tõsan Ryõkai, 807-869)
(The Development of Chinese Zen After the Sixth Patriarch 74)
Man of Tao
譬如秋水澄渟清浄無爲澹濘無礙。喚他作道人亦名無事人。
Like the clear stillness of autumn water—pure and without activity; in its tranquil depths are no obstructions. Such an one is called a man of Tao, also, a man who has nothing further to do.
Wei-shan Ling-yu (溈山靈祐 Isan Reiyû)
(The Development of Chinese Zen After the Sixth Patriarch 66)
Nondiscrimination
善與不善、世出世間、一切諸法莫記憶、莫緣念、放捨身心、今其自在。心如木石、無所辨別。
"When you forget the good and the non-good, the worldly life and the religious life, and all other dharmas, and permit no thoughts relating to them to arise, and you abandon body and mind—then there is complete freedom. When the mind is like wood or stone, there is nothing to be discriminated." Pai-chang Huai-hai (百丈懷海 Hyakujõ Ekai, 720-814)
(The Development of Chinese Zen After the Sixth Patriarch 63)
Speech and Silence
語是謗、寂是誑、語寂向上有路在
"Speech is blasphemy, silence a lie. Above speech and silence there is a way out."
I-tuan (義端) one of Nan-ch”uan”s great disciples (The Golden Age of Zen 250, 322 n.13)
Inexpressible
説不處用無盡 What is inexpressible is inexhaustible in its use.
A Chinese Zen master (The Golden Age of Zen 253, 322 n.19)
Independent
寧可永刧受沈淪、不從諸聖求解脫
I would rather sink to the bottom of the sea for endless eons than seek liberation through all the saints of the universe. Shih-t”ou (石頭) (The Golden Age of Zen 270, 323 n.57)
Independent
丈夫自有衝天志 The full-grown man aspires to pierce through the heavens:
莫向如夾行處行 Let him not walk in the footsteps of the Buddha!
Ts”ui-yen (翠巖可眞) (The Golden Age of Zen 270, 323 n.59)
Bodhidharma”s Definition of Zen
Four Sacred Verses of Bodhidharma (Daruma no Shiseiku 達磨四聖句)
教外別傳 Kyõge betsuden A special transmission outside the scriptures;
不立文字 Furyû monji No dependence upon words and letters;
直指人心 Jikishi ninshin Direct pointing at the soul of man;
見性成佛 Kenshõ jõbutsu Seeing into one”s nature and the attainment of Buddhahood.
Bodhidharma (Essays in Zen Buddhism – First Series 176)
Accomplishing Beforehand
"When the task is done beforehand, then it is easy." Zen master Yuan-tong
(The Tao of Abundance 100)
Begin at the Top
If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top. Zen saying
Every Day is a Good Day
日日是好日
"Everyday is a good day." (Nichi nichi kore kõjitsu.)
Yün-men (Unmon) Hekiganroku case 6
No Work, No Eating
一日不作、一日不食
"A day without work, a day without eating."
"When there”s no work for a day, there”s no eating for a day." (The Development of Chinese Zen After the Sixth Patriarch 62)
Ichijitsu nasazareba, ichijitsu kuwarazu. (一日作さざれば、一日食わらず。)
Pai-chang Huai-hai (百丈懷海 Hyakujõ Ekai, 720-814)
Living Dead
許多死漢、送一個活漢 What a long procession of dead bodies follows the wake of a single living person! Chao-chou Ts”ung-shen (趙州從諗Jõshû Jûshin)
"At the funeral of one of his monks, as the Abbot joined the procession, he remarked, ”What a long procession of dead bodies follows the wake of a single living person!” " (The Golden Age of Zen 145, 309 n.47)
Mind is Buddha
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