The Mirror of Zen – Part 2
Originally appeared August 2014
There is only one thing, from the very beginning, infinitely bright and mysterious by nature.
It was never born, and it never dies. It cannot be described or given a name.
The appearance of all Buddhas and Patriarchs in this world can be likened to waves arising suddenly on a windless ocean.
This is a unique gift as you can see in the introduction above. A Zen master from hundreds of years ago has essentialized what he sees as the heart of the sutras and Zen for us “practitioners in the future.” How many times have some of us attempted to read one of the sutras and just felt overwhelmed by the language, the images, and the searching for the essence of the teaching?
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