Guest guest Posted May 15, 2001 Report Share Posted May 15, 2001 ---------- "Joyce Short" <insight (AT) sprint (DOT) ca> @ , NondualitySalon To Know Without touching things May 15, 2001, 08:51 The Acupuncture Needle of Zazen The essential function of all buddhas, the functional essence of all ancestors, is to know without touching things and to illuminate without encountering objects. Knowing without touching things, This knowledge is innately subtle. Illumination without encountering objects, this illumination is innately miraculous. The knowledge innately subtle has never engaged in discriminating thinking. The illumination innately miraculous has never displayed the slightest identification. Never engaging in discriminating thinking, this knowledge is rare without match. Never displaying the most minute identification, this illumination is complete without grasping. The water is clear right down to the bottom, fish lazily swim on. The sky is vast without end, birds fly far into the distance. Let go of emptiness and come back to the brambly forest. Riding backward on the ox, drunken and singing, Who could dislike misty rain pattering on your bamboo raincoat and hat? In the empty space you cannot stick a needle. (Hongzhi) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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