Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Seeking What is Already There
From Daily Zen:
Each of you should individually
reduce entanglements and
not talk about judgments
of right and wrong.
All of your activities everywhere
transcend Buddhas and Masters,
the water buffalo at the foot
of the mountain is imbued
with Buddhism; but as soon
as you try to search, it's not there.
Why do you not discern this?
- Foyan (1067–1120)
Each of you should individually
reduce entanglements and
not talk about judgments
of right and wrong.
All of your activities everywhere
transcend Buddhas and Masters,
the water buffalo at the foot
of the mountain is imbued
with Buddhism; but as soon
as you try to search, it's not there.
Why do you not discern this?
- Foyan (1067–1120)
Labels: searching for the wrong things
