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> with a bow

 

Good catch, Anna, you noticed, I tampered with the name.

His actual Zen name was Goso. I doubt that Gassho/goso/

gozo gives a dead goose about his name now. :) His family name was

Ho-en, but he had his monastery at Goso San Mountain. He

became a monk at age 35, and didn't became enlightened

till much later in life. He was enlightened on hearing his master

Shutan discuss Joshu's Mu.

 

After his enlightenment he wrote this poem:

 

At the hill's foot, A field in quietness

Has been bought and sold without end.

Yet, unimpeded, through the tall pines

Cool air blows.

 

Commentary by Pete:

 

With every birth, the field is bought;

with every death, it is sold. Yet unimpeded

by having a body, or not, that which always is,

freely moves.

 

 

 

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NonDualPhil , " Tony OClery " <aoclery>

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NonDualPhil , " clydegrossman "

<clydegrossman@a...> wrote:

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> NonDualPhil , " Tony OClery " <aoclery>

wrote:

> >

> >

> > I have forgotten who made the first quote about meeting Buddha

on

> > the road--kill him. It obviously is referring to the Buddha

nature

> > and realisation, which won't be walking down the road. That

> > externality would be a fraud-------hence kill

> > him..........ONS...Tony.

>

> cg: Let me re-phrase the question: If you met your guru on the

road,

> how would you greet your guru; i.e., how you would communicate

your

> true nature to another?

 

Namaste,

 

I have no Guru, except Inner, which is ultimately unreal as I have

discussed. I would have to be a Mukta to recognise another Mukta.

 

However the imaginary vasanas and samskaras, along with all creation

and Gods, etc are taken as real by the lower mind. Even if the

intellect knows better. There has to be a cleansing of all imaginary

samskaras before the truth dawns. Whilst the lower mind clings to a

thought it cannot occur. For the lower mind hinders the purification

of the vijnanamayakosa, with its desires etc etc..........ONS...Tony.

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