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â The Gateless Gate. 12th Century. China
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One day Deshan kept asking Longtan for instruction till nightfall. Longtan finally said, "The night is late. Why don't you go to bed." Deshan thanked him, made his bows, raised the door curtain and left. Seeing how dark the night was, he turned back and said, "It's pitch black outside." Longtan lit a lantern and handed it to Deshan. Just as Deshan reached for it, Longtan blew it out. At that Deshan came to sudden realization and made a deep bow. Longtan asked, "What have you realized?" Deshan replied, "From now on, I will not doubt the words of the old master who is renowned everywhere under the sun." The following day Longtan ascended the rostrum and declared, "There is a man among you whose fangs are like trees of swords and whose mouth is like a bowl of blood. Strike him and he won't turn his head. Someday he will settle on the top of an isolated peak and establish my way there." Deshan brought his sutra commentaries and notes to the front of the hall, held up a torch and said, "Even if you have exhausted abstruse doctrine, it is like placing a hair in vast space. Even if you have learned the vital points of all the truths in the world, it is like a drop of water thrown into a big ravine." He then burned all his commentaries and notes. After making his bows, he left.
Gateless 28
Joshu asked Nansen, âWhat is the Way?â Nansen answered, âYour ordinary mind, that is the Way.â Joshu said, "Does it go in any particular direction?ââ Nansen replied, âThe more you seek after it, the more it runs away.â Joshu: âThen how can you know it is the Way?â Nansen: âThe Way does not belong to knowing or not knowing. Knowing is illusion. Not knowing is lack of discrimination. When you get to this unperplexed Way, it is like the vastness of space, an unfathomable void, so how can it be this or that, yes or no?â Upon this Joshu came to a sudden realisation.
Mumonkan, or Gateless Gate. Case 19
Case 19. Nansen's ordinary mind
Joshu asked Nansen, "What is the Way?" Nansen answered, "Your ordinary mind--that is the Way." Joshu said, "Can it be grasped (for study)? " Nansen replied, "The more you persue, the more does it slip away." Joshu asked once more, " How can you know it is the Way?" Nansen responded, "The way does not belong to knowledge, nor does it belong to non-knowledge. Knowledge is illusion. Non-knowledge is beyond discrimination. When you get to this Way without doubt, you are free like the vastness of space, an unfathomable void, so how can you explain it by yes or no?" Upon hearing this, Joshu was awakened.
Mumon's comment: The question Joshu asked was dissolved by a stroke. After being enlightened, Joshu must further his pursuit 30 more years to exhaust that meaning.
Hundred flowers in Spring, the moon in Autumn, The cool wind in Summer and Winter's snow.
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"Two monks were arguing about a flag. One said: 'The flag is moving.'
The other said: 'The wind is moving.'
The sixth patriarch happened to be passing by. He told them: 'Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving.'"
- from The Gateless Gate, case no. 29. Translated by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps.
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