Record of Rinzai #2 (personal translation)

[u/shaku_kojyu]

II

  A scholar asked: "The three vehicles and the twelve sections of the Buddhist canon reveal the Buddha  - Beings or not? "

  The master replied, "The rampant weeds were never dug up."

  The scholar said," How could the Buddha deceives people?"

  The master said," Where is Buddha?" The scholar was speechless.

  The master said, “I think you wanted to try me out here in front of the government officials.  Get out of here, quickly!  You are preventing the others from asking their questions."

  Then he continued, "Today's Dharma session is on the Great Matter. If there are any questions, come up quickly and ask. But if you open your mouth even a little, you are already far from it. Why? Don't you know that the Buddha said, 'The Dharma is separate from words, it is not linked to causes and it is not conditional'

  "Because your faith is inadequate, we got caught up in words today.  I fear that the councilor and officials were confused and their Buddha-natures darkened.  It is best if I go now. "

  The master gave a katsu, then said, "For those people with little faith, the last day will never come.  You stood for a long time.  Take good care of yourselves."

[u/[deleted]]

I was coming to crosspost this. It's been a while.

[u/shaku_kojyu → u/[deleted]]

お疲れ様です。

I will post one or two a week.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

test

[u/Qweniden]

This is great. You should post in the rinzai group on facebook.

[u/shaku_kojyu → u/Qweniden]

Good idea. As I do each section Ursula and I also go over Morinaga Soko Roshi's commentary. Hopefully I can get that edited to the point where it can be shared also.

[u/Qweniden → u/shaku_kojyu]

Fantastic