Dogen\u2019s Extensive Record<\/em> #179. In order for the different translations to stay consistent, some modifications were necessary.<\/p>\nNATIONAL teacher DAI\u014c ascended the high seat and said, There is a Zen saying, [in the Heroic March Sutra]: \u201cWhen a single person returns to the source by awakening to the truth of the self, the great void in all ten directions disappears without a trace.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zen master Wu-tsu said, \u201cWhen a single person returns to the source by awakening to the truth of the self, they bump into the great void in all ten directions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tiantong Rujing was not like this. He said, \u201cWhen a single person returns to the source by awakening to the truth of the self, a practitioner breaks their rice bowl.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dai\u014d was not like that. What he said, \u201cWhen a single person returns to the source by awakening to the truth of the self, the great void in all ten directions exists in the tip of a single strand of hair. Tell me, do these venerable old teachers say the same thing as I do, or not? I want one of you in the assembly to explain.\u201d<\/p>\n
D\u014dgen said: \u201cI, Eihei, have a saying that is not like theirs. When a single person returns to the source by awakening to the truth of the self, the great void in the ten directions returns to the source by awakening to the truth of the great void.\u201d<\/p>\n
Later, Hakuin commented, \u201cI would not say that. I would say: When a single person returns to the source by awakening to the truth of the self, the great void in all ten directions breaks into laughter. Can you tell me where the difference between these teachers lies? I want one of you in the assembly to explain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even later, T\u014drei commented: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it that way, either. I\u2019d say: When a single person returns to the source by awakening to the truth of the self, the great void in all ten directions snorts like thunder through its nose. Tell me, are these venerable old teachers saying the same thing, or something different? I want one of you in the assembly to explain.\u201d<\/p>\n
You can hear some background, brief explanations of these comments, and my own low-brow offering here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 WE finished a three-day weekend sesshin on Sunday. The theme for dharma talks was the Zen lineage, especially Dai\u014d, the 13th Century monk who transmitted the Rinzai lineage to Japan. On Saturday, I presented an entanglement of great teachers in our S\u014dt\u014d and Rinzai lines all commenting on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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