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One day when Fa-yen Wen-i (885-958), one of the well known Chinese Ch'an masters,
has ascended his seat. From the assembly, a monk came out and asked:
-What is one drop of water from the fount of Tsao-ch'i?
Fa-yen repied:
-It's... continue...

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Dropping the views of being but clinging to the views of nothing,
this is like the sun in the east that gets clouded on itself. [Hui-neng]
Dropping the views of nothing but clinging to the views of being,
this is like the moon in the west that gets clouded on itself.
When mixing the views of being with the views of nothing,
the sun and the moon get double clouded.

Note: The sun shines at midnight, no place is not bright.

ChonTri 03/06/2009

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