Dongshans Five Positions of the Apparent and the Real

Dongshan Titles I Ching Hexagrams Caoshan Titles Caoshan Circles 1. The Apparent Within the Real 57.
Gentleness / Obedience, Penetrating, Wind

2. The Real Within the Apparent 58.

Joy, Lake

3. Coming From Within the Real 28.

Preponderance of the great, Great Passage

4. / Arriving in Both / Arriving in Apparent 61.

Inner Truth / Inner Confidence

5. Attainment in Both, Unity Attained 30.

Clinging / Separating, Beauty, Fire

Host (form is emptiness)

Guest (emptiness is form)

Host coming to light

Guest returning to host

Host within host

Jewel Mirror Samadhi (Taigen L.) Jewel Mirror Samadhi (Luk) Dongshan Verses (Thomas Cleary and J.C. Cleary in Blue Cliff Record, Case 43) Dogen Genjo Koan correlation Hakuin Five Ranks comments (partial) The true () is bright just at midnight; it doesnt appear at dawn. It is bright just at midnight. In the middle of the first night before the moon shines, no wonder when they meet, they dont recognize each other: each is hidden, still embracing the aversion (beauty) of former days. As the myriad things are without abiding self, there is no delusion, etc. The great death There is neither affliction nor enlightenment, no samsara or nirvana, totally empty and still, like a bottomless clear pool, like trackless space You are not it; Ultimately it does not It, the true (), is you. apprehend anything because its speech is not yet true (). It doesnt appear at True eternity still flows. dawn. At dawn an old woman encounters an ancient mirror; clearly she sees her face - there is no other reality. Dont go on mistaking the image for the head.

Like six lines of the fire Subtly included within the hexagram, apparent and true (), inquiry and retrue () interact. sponse come up together. Ministers serve their Just to continue in this lords, children obey their way is called the host parents. within the host. Within nothingness there is a When the two swords He does not fall into road out of the dust. If you cross points, theres no being or non-being who need to withdraw. A good can dare to join him? can just avoid violating the hand is like a lotus in fire Everyone wants to get out present taboo name, youll still surpass the eloquent ones - clearly he naturally has of the ordinary flow, but of former dynasties who the energy to reach the after all he returns and silenced every tongue. heavens. sits in the ashes. Thus there are delusion, Yet in attachment realization, practice, birth, blossoms fall and in death, etc. aversion weeds spread. Powerful bodhisattvas That idle old awl Cloud of spin the wheel of nonVirtue how many times duality of light and dark, has he come down from they act freely amidst the peak of wonder! He sound and form, going helps other foolish sages into the marketplace hauling snow to fill a extending their hands. well.

As all things are The Buddha Way is basically buddha-dharma, there leaping clear of the many and is delusion, etc. the one. All things become your Bodhisattvas of the Great own precious mirror, Vehicle do not dwell in the and you are their pre- state they have realized; from cious mirror - a silver the ocean of effortlessness, bowl filled with snow, they radiate unconditional myriad things come great compassion, riding on forth & verify yourself the four universal vows.