Re: Do Not Pick

RaaN wrote:

> On Feb 8, 12:56 pm, Awaken21 <lukecar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>San Sheng asked Hsueh Feng, "I wonder, what does the golden fish who
>>has passed through the net use for food?"
>>Feng said, "When you coume out of the net I'll tell you."
>>Sheng said , "The teacher of fifteen-hundred people and you don't even
>>know what to say!"
>>Feng said, "My affairs as abbot are many and complicated."
>>
>>My Comments;
>>Most popluar koans show us a teacher and a student, there is greater
>>understanding and a lessor understanding. This one is different in
>>that both of these gentlemen are Zen adepts. There is literally no
>>teacher and no student here, just two Chan masters ****ning bright.
>>
>>My Comments by line;
>>
>>- San Sheng asked Hsueh Feng, "I wonder, what does the golden fish who
>>has passed through the net use for food?"
>>
>>The hook is baited, take the bait and lose your life, leave the bait
>>and starve to death. You either get it or you don't, there's no room
>>for error here.
>>
>>- Feng said, "When you coume out of the net I'll tell you."
>>
>>Unfazed a golden fish easily breaks the line and swallows the bait.
>>
>>- Sheng said , "The teacher of fifteen-hundred people and you don't
>>even know what to say!"
>>
>>Most people would pretty much be forced into the corner by Feng's
>>response, but of course Sheng is not most people, he makes the follow-
>>up look easy.
>>
>>- Feng said, "My affairs as abbot are many and complicated."
>>
>>Finally we understand, there is no picking or choosing, Feng was never
>>in danger of being caught and Sheng was never going hungry, both of
>>these steely eyed monks are beyond measure. Do you yet understand what
>>those who have escaped the net use for food yet? If not you should
>>probably study this matter closely.
> 
> 
> What do the enlightened say to the delusory minded about the
> enlightened mind and the delusory mind since it is seen through
> enlightenment that the enlightened mind and the delusory mind are not
> different?
> --
> RaaN

If someone became entranced by the movie in a movie theatre and thought 
it was "really happening" you'd say they were deluded.  Other than that 
the minds are the same.

Robert

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