Guest guest Posted February 22, 2001 Report Share Posted February 22, 2001 I love that! Thanks Andrew. Harsha andrew macnab [a.macnab] Thursday, February 22, 2001 1:21 PM NondualitySalon [NDS] Rinzai Re: effort Since I was quoting Dogen, the founder of Soto zen, here's equal time for Rinzai, the founder of Rinzai zen; "Stop thinking and trying to find the answers. And do it now! Don't be deceived by others. Trust yourself. That's all that is required. The scholars and sutras! I spit on them! You have only to know that wherever you are on the road to your own home. The hope of enlightenment is like a yoke about your neck. Bodhidharma and Nirvana are hitching posts for asses. Forget all this stuff. Don't worry. Take things as they are. Walk when you want to walk. Sit when you want to sit. Those who strive for success are stupid. Time is precious. There is no permanence in an instant. You are like a man who rejects his own head to look for another. The real is ready at hand and doesn't wait for an opportune time. There is no fixed teaching. All I can provide is an appropriate medicine for a particular ailment. What is there to doubt! Let go. Don't seek or run away. Make no mistake, there's nothing to be found without or within. And don't hang onto my words. Go your way in calm and with an empty mind. It is enough to be quiet and ordinary. Be self reliant. Observe in yourself what is already there. Farewell" andrew Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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