Not desiring to awaken to truth, is to awaken to truth.
Of course this does not mean than the average person is awake to truth: but this is important indeed for the seeker to comprehend.
Bodhidharma, the startling awakening
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*"If you want to abandon the unreal and turn to the real, sit steadily and
gaze at a wall. Self and other, ordinary people and enlightened ones, are
one an...
4 years ago
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Precisely. I guess the quote to sum it up would be:
"Before i studied Zen, the mountains were mountains and the rivers were rivers. When i was studying Zen, the mountains were not mountains and the rivers not rivers. Now i know Zen, the mountains were mountains again and the rivers rivers."
Cant remember which Zen master wrote this (Hui Neng?) but its beautiful, isnt it?
Hi Zero.
Yes a great quote indeed and with deeper and deeper meaning each step of the path.
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