Always a Light, Always a Gate
02/26/21 • 32 min
Yunmen said, “In the center of the cosmos, inside heaven and earth, there is one treasure, hidden in the body. It picks up a lantern and walks into the meditation hall. It brings the entrance gate and puts it on top of the lantern.”
Blue Cliff Record, Case 62
Yunmen said, “In the center of the cosmos, inside heaven and earth, there is one treasure, hidden in the body. It picks up a lantern and walks into the meditation hall. It brings the entrance gate and puts it on top of the lantern.”
Blue Cliff Record, Case 62
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Ordinary Light of Awakening
A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
In this way, rather than relying on your own distinctions,
you dwell in the ordinary.
This is called illumination.
Understanding that abides in the unknowable is realization.
And never understanding where it all comes from –
that is called inward radiance.
-Zhuangzi
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Dragon Murmurings in a Dried Up Tree
A student asked, "What is the Way?"
The teacher replied, "Dragon murmurings in a dried up tree."
"What is a person of the Way?"
"Eyes in a skull."
Later, this student asked another teacher, "What is 'dragon murmurings in a dried up tree?"
This teacher replied, "I still have joy."
"What is "eyes in a skull?"
"I still have consciousness."
And later still, this student asked another teacher, "Who can hear these dragon murmurings?"
"There is no one who isn't hearing them."
"What book is 'dragon murmurings in a dried up tree' from?"
"I don't know what book it's from, but everyone who hears it dies."
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