Yuan-wu

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That's from another list. There is a guy, who seems to have an

endless source of excellent quotations.

 

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sk

 

 

" A man who has died the great death has no Buddhist doctrines and

theories, no mysteries and marvels, no gain and loss, no right and

wrong, no long and short. When he gets here, he just lets it rest

this way. An Ancient said of this, 'On the level ground the dead are

countless; only one who can pass through the forest of thorns is a

good hand.' Yet one must pass beyond that Other Side too to begin to

attain. Even so, for present day people even to get to this realm is

already difficult to achieve.

If you have any leanings or dependence, any interpretative

understanding, then there is no connection. Master Che called

this 'vision that is not purified.' My late teacher Wu Tsu called

it 'the root of life not cut off.' One must die the great death once,

then return to life. Master Yung Kuang of central Chekiang said, 'If

you miss at the point of their words, then you're a thousand miles

from home. In fact you must let go your hands while hanging from a

cliff, trust yourself and accept the experience. Afterwards you

return to life again. I can't deceive you - how could anyone hide

this extraordinary truth?' " - Yuan-wu