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The World of Shih & Li of Tung-Shan
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from: Original Teachings of Ch’An Buddhism
Chang Chung-Yuan
Vintage Books
Fourfold Dharmadhatu of Hua-Yen
Fourfold Dharmadhatu of Hua-Yen Five Relations Between Universality and Particularity of Tung-Shan When one stays on top of the solitary peak and gazes at the sky, he may swallow all the Buddhas, past, present and future, in one gulp, but he will neglect the all-sentient beings. He should also be given thirty blows because he neglects shi, or action. (Wan-Ju T’ung-Che) Fourfold Dharmadhatu of Hua-Yen Five Relations Between Universality and Particularity of Tung-Shan One stays on top of the solitary peak gazing at the sky, yet he is in the centre of the market engaged in all kinds of work. One is in the center of the market engaged in all kinds of work and yet he stays on top of the solitary peak, gazing at the sky. If these two men come to me I will have nothing to offer them. (Wan-Ju T’ung-Che) Fourfold Dharmadhatu of Hua-Yen Five Relations Between Universality and Particularity of Tung-Shan
Original Teachings of Ch’An Buddhism by Chang Chung-Yuan Vintage Books 1971 ISBN 0-394-71333-8(p. 53) |
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