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The Poetics of Ch'an:Upaayic Poetry and Its Taosist(40)

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   │THE CH'AN OF     │By no means is Bodhi a   │

   │──────     │kind of tree,      │

   │TATHAGATA/VOIDNESS   │Nor is the bright     │

   │─────────   │reflecting mind(hsin),   │

   │burning the Scriptures │a case of mirrors.    │

   │DISTRUST OF LANGUAGE   │Since mind is emptiness, │

   │AS INADEQUATE TO CONVEY│Where can dust collect?  │

   │REALITY GREAT DOUBT:   │-Hui-neng       │

   │NON MIND, NO BUDDHA   │           │

   │─────────────────────────┤

   │THE CH'AN OF THE    │(So long as I was) under │

   │────────    │illusion, I was dependent│

   │PATRIARCHS transcend-  │on you to get me across, │

   │─────       │but now it is different..│

   │ing the Scripture,   │since I am now enlighten │

   │individual spontaneity │-ed, it is only right for│

   │BEING-HERE-NOW:     │me to cross the sea of   │

   │ACTUAL EXPERIENCE   │birth and death by my own│

   │GREAT DEATH      │effort to realize my own │

   │silence (ta-chi,great  │self nature(tse-hsing).  │

   │potentiality) or    │-Hui-neng       │

   │action(ta-yung, great  │           │

   │activity)       │           │

   └─────────────────────────┘

 

 

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     ├──────────┬─────────────┐

     │HSIANG YEN     │CH'ING YUAN WEI-HSIN   │

     │What was your    │           │

     │original face before│           │

     │your parents gave   │           │

     │you birth?     │           │

     ├──────────┼─────────────┤

     │With one stroke,all │Thirty years ago, before I│

     │previous knownledge │began the study of Zen, I │

     │is forgotten.    │said, "Mountains are   │