No-Gate Gateway by David Hinton

Author:David Hinton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00

GATHA

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Revealing flax three pounds in a flash, he made

words all kindred intimacy, and ch’i-mind too.

But if you start babbling yes-this no-that logic,

you’re just one of those yes-this no-that people.

19: ORDINARY MIND IS WAY

Visitation-Land asked Wellspring-South Mountain: “What is Way?”

“Ordinary mind is Way,” answered Master Wellspring.

“Still, it’s something I can set out toward, isn’t it?”

“To set out is to be distant from.”

“But if I don’t set out, how will I arrive at an understanding of Way?”

“Way isn’t something you can understand, and it isn’t something you can not understand. Understanding is delusion, and not understanding is pure forgetfulness.

“If you truly comprehend this Way that never sets out for somewhere else, if you enter into it absolutely, you realize it’s exactly like the vast expanses of this universe, all generative emptiness you can see through into boundless clarity.

“Now, how can you force that into coherence with the logic of yes-this no-that?”

Hearing these words, Land was suddenly awakened.

NO-GATE’S COMMENT

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Questioned by Visitation-Land, Wellspring-South Mountain went straight for roof-tiles scattering and ice melting away. He dredged everywhere, but the stale water stayed put. Even though Visitation-Land’s awakening was bountiful, he had to practice thirty more years before coming to full realization.

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