r/zen • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '18

Huang Po: Motionless Mind

Not til your thoughts cease their branching here and there, not till you abandon all thoughts of seeking for something, not till your mind is motionless as wood or stone, will you be on the right road to the Gate.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '18

Don't all roads lead to the gate? Some may be mighty circuitous. Intention is the first step.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '18

There is only one road. We are all standing on it. What makes a Buddha different, then?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '18

The perception. Some may say, "Oh, this road is too long!" Some say, "There's no road, fool!" Buddha steps through a wormhole and in an instant, is where s/he aims to be. What's different? The amount of resistance. Resistance is futile.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '18

:-)