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If one doesn’t think

“If one doesn’t think of sentient beings, doesn’t long for Buddhas either, doesn’t think of illusion or seek enlightenment, doesn’t go along with the honour of others, does not hope for fame, profit, support or reputation, does not shrink from attacks from those who are resentful or hostile, and does not add any discriminating thoughts about any good or evil, one is called a mindless wayfarer.  Thus it is said, ‘The path is mindless of union with man, a mindless man unites with the way.’” (422)

                        “Zen Master Daikaku’s Treatise on Sitting Meditation,” in The Original Face, vol. 4 of Classics of Buddhism and Zen: The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary, pp. 409-99.


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