Ching-yuan Wei-hsin, a Chinese Ch'an master, once said this:
Thirty years ago, when having not studied Ch'an, this monk saw mountain was mountains and water was water.
Later, when following the good teacher's guide, this monk...
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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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