Stinking Bones | September 3, 2014
To stop the mind and contemplate
stillness is a sickness, not Chan meditation. Constant sitting restricts
the body—how could it help towards discovering truth? Listen to my
verse:
You can sit without lying down from the moment you're born,
But when you die, you'll lie down, never again to sit.
How could you build a solid practice
On a set of stinking bones?!
But when you die, you'll lie down, never again to sit.
How could you build a solid practice
On a set of stinking bones?!
- Master Huineng, "Direct and Gradual"
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