Sayings and Doings of Pai-chang
consciousness.
“To make offerings means to purify the three
ity (ofbody, mouth, mind)—before, there is no aff
cut off; in the meantime there is no inherent y
preserved; afterwards there i no Buddhahood to
s the three times cut off, threefold action bein’
s the emptiness of the three spheres (of acne
body, mouth, an! mind), and the emptiness of the ee
‘elements of giving (giver, receiver, gift) _
How does a monk serve Buddha? That which
the nonindulgent six senses is also called “adornment’!
Emptiness has no indulgence; forests and trees adon'y,
Emptiness has no defilement; flowers and fruits adorn
Emptiness has no Buddha eye; it depends on the reat
eye of someone who cultivates it to distinguish the pun
and defiled without any understanding that he is'ds.
sriminating the pure and defiled—this is called “ul
mately no eye.” a
In the Ratnakuta Scripture it says, “The body of reali
Raita cteccng, heasng, chon
ment or knowledge. It is not that which is seen by the
physical eye, because it has no form. It is not that whichis
‘seen by the divine eye, because it has no falsehood. It is
not that which is seen by the eye of wisdom, because itis
outside of attributes. It is not that which is seen by the eye
‘of objective reality, because it is beyond all activity and
configuration. It is not that which is seen by the et
lightened (Budctha) eye, because it is beyond all modes of
consciousness.” If one does not produce such views as
these, this is called the view of Buddha. Same as matte,
‘yet not matter; same as emptiness, yet not emptiness—this
is what is called true emptiness. ‘Matter’ and ‘emptiness
are also expressions of medicine and disease quelling ea
‘ther, In the Analysis of the Real Universe, Tu-shun!" says,
It is not proper to say either ‘identical to matter’ or ‘not
identical to matter.’ And then again it is not proper ! SY
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ariesialtovolanes’ or otidentcaltovoidnss/
aver taetne eye, eat, nose, tongue, body, and mind do
Mit anything existent or nonexistent, this is called
otadmit myrthe seventh stage. Bodhisattvas of the
eninge do not fal back fom the seventh stage on
fe inree stages ABOVE this, bodhisattvas’ mind ground is
earand pure, easily stained; when speaking of fire, they
ammediately burned.
‘Going upward from the realm of form, liberality is
sickness and parsimony is medicine; going downward
fom he realm of form, parsimony is sickness and liberal
ine.”
ity ihe discipline of doing is to cut off the things of the
world, Just do not do anything yourself, and there is no
fhuit-this is called the discipline of nondoing, It is also
failed unmanifested discipline, and itis also called the dis-
Gpline of nonindulgence. As long as there is arousal of
mind and movement of thoughts, this is all called breaking
discipline.
For now just
existent or non-existent objects;
in disillusion, and yet have no understanding of nonabid-
ing, This is called all-embracing study; this is called effort,
pmise, and remembrance, and itis called widespread oi
culation of truth.
When not yet enlightened, not
mother; after enlightenment, it is call
is not even any knowledge or unde
sence of enlightenment or liberation, that
and child both perish,” There is no confinement by goad,
no confinement by evil; no confinement by Buddha, no
confinement by sentient beings. The same for all as
tesaments or measurements, to the exten that her 1)
confinement by any calculating meas!
Therefore itis said that a Buddha is someon
confinement and. goes beyond measure
do not be confused and disturbed by any
and do not stop and abide
yet liberated, itis called
led child. When there
standing of the ab-
‘called “mother
urements at
1e who has left
oSayings and Doings of Pai-chang
To be greedily fond of knowledge and unders
of meanings and expressions is like a mother Joon
child—she only gives the child a lot of refined m8 2
drink, without knowing atall whether the child can ok
itornot. These words describe the affliction of those <8"
tenth stage of bodhisattvahood receiving the honnt™®
people and gods—producing the meditation states of
form and formless realms, the affliction of prosperity ¢°s
happiness; not having attained free use of supernstor
powers to fly aloft, concealing and revealing oneself ‘¢2
affliction of going to all the pure lands of the Budane
everywhere to listen to their teachings," cultivating love
‘compassions, joy and equanimity, the affliction of the
middle way; learning the three illuminations and sx
super-knowledges,"¥ the affliction of the four aspects of
unhindered intellect cultivating the mind of the great
vehicle, the affliction of undertaking the four universal
ovat
The first, second, third, and fourth stages have the
affliction of clear understanding; the fifth, sixth, and
seventh stages have the affliction of various kinds of
knowledge; the eighth, ninth, and tenth stages have the
afflictions of bodhisattvas simultaneously illumining both
realities/""8 on up to the affiction of cultivating the fruit of
Buddhahood and its innumerable practices—you only care
for knowledge and understanding of meanings and ex
pressions, and don’t realize that instead these are binding
afflictions. Therefore itis said that the river of views can
float a scent-bearing elephant."
Question: (Do you) see or not?
‘The master said, (I) see.
ion: How is it after seeing?
The master said, a
Seeing is nondual. Since I say seeing is nondual, one
Extensive Record
ce sight by means of sight. If you see upon
not he prior seeing veritable, ori the later seeing
As tis Said, when seeing seeing, seing isnot
sortable’ ace seeing is even apart from seeing, seeing can-
seein it. Therefore, if you do not exercise a way of
t rvido not exercise a way of hearing, and do not exer-
sen oof discernment, all the Buddhas will quickly give
a reiction ‘of complete enlightenment.
dom: Since seeing is not giving prediction of en-
Coement, what is the use of giving the prediction?
ter said,
Tre mpople of the past who awakened to the source were
not trammeled by anything existent or nonexistent, ike
faving washed a dirty garment. Thus it is said that de-
tachment from form is called Buddha. When falsehood and
truth do not remain at all, the central essence isthe solitary
nnystery; mystically arriving on a single road, later folow-
trsof the same path accord with that stage. Thus we speak
of giving prediction, that’s all. *
Prgmorance is father, greed is mother. Self the disease,
yetselfis the medicine too. The self is a sword, and it kills
‘one's own father and mother, ignorance and greed. There
fore I say you should Kill your father and mother. One
expression categorically smashes through al things. “EA
ing food at the wrong time’ is also like this—right now,
itanything existent, nonexistent, whatever all are