A Bird in Flight Leaves No Trace by Seon Master Subul

Author:Seon Master Subul
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wisdom Publications

14. The Practice of No-Mind

Pei Xiu asked, “If I practice no-mind, will I succeed in attaining this Way or not?”

The master replied, “No-mind is the practice of this Way. Why do you ask whether there is something to attain or not attain?

問 若無心行 此道得否 師云 無心便是行此道 更說什麼得與不得.

When it is said that no-mind is the practice of the Way, no-mind does not mean that you are supposed to get rid of your mind. The mind cannot be defined in terms of the concepts of existence or nonexistence. As the original no-mind, no-mind does not involve doing something or doing nothing. Therefore the original state of no-mind is to be unascertainable.

“Moreover, it is as if, in the blink of an eye, you aroused a thought and the sense spheres appeared. But if you do not have even a single thought, then the sense spheres will be forgotten and the mind will be naturally extinguished. There will be nothing further that needs to be sought.”

且如瞥起一念 便是境 若無一念 便是境忘 心自滅 無復可追尋.

If you arouse a single thought, this is not no-mind. No-mind occurs not because you try to be without mind. Rather, you demonstrate no-mind in both pleasant and unpleasant circumstances because you are originally in a state of no-mind.

Once you see the nature, even then though you may think all day long, you always remain in a state of no-mind.

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