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Posted by Wayne L.
on 4/8/2009, 10:48 am, in reply to ""Chop wood, carry water.""
76.87.4.X
All well and Good, the question being how to become adept?
For the adept it is all so very simple, chop wood,
carry water.
You can only become adept by fostering Absolutely Good Knowledge (of Reality) and Rejecting Absolutely Bad Knowledge (of Reality, the Knowledge of Good and Evil); the adept not mistakenly taking Absolutely Bad Knowledge (of Reality, the Knowledge of Good and Evil) to be Absolutely Good Knowledge (of Reality).
One can not be an adept by taking Absolutely Bad Knowledge (of Reality, The Knowledge of Good and Evil) to be Absolutely Good Knowledge.
Absolutely Bad Knowledge, the Knowledge of Good and Evil, Absolutely Bad Knowledge being the Knowledge of Nothing, being an Illusion of Reality; An Illusion not existing unless being taken to be a Reality.
Into the light, the Sun is the Light unto the World of Reality, Reality as
seen in the Light of Day.
Ye, Amen, Ra!
--Previous Message--
: "For adepts the principle of maintaining
: concentration and insight is not a matter of
: effort; it is spontaneous and effortless,
: with no particular time frame. When seeing
: and hearing, they are just so; when dressing
: and eating, they are just so; when
: conversing with people, they are just so;
: whatever they are doing; walking, standing,
: sitting, reclining, speaking, silent,
: rejoicing, at all times and in everything
: they are just so.
:
: Like empty boats riding the waves, going
: along with the high and the low, like a
: river winding through the mountains, curving
: at curves and straight at straits, without
: minding any state of mind, buoyantly going
: along with nature today, buoyantly going
: along with nature tomorrow, adapting to all
: circumstances without inhibition or
: impediment, neither stopping nor fostering
: good or evil, simple and straightforward,
: without artificiality, perception normal.
: Such is the mind of the person who clearly
: sees the Buddha way."
:
: Master Chinul (1158-1210)
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: Dailyzen.com
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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