Nanquan's sickle capping verse

Hi.

Due to a discussion with a great friend of mine, and his wanting to keep everything public, i am posting this here, for all to ponder.

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Don't be deluded by the words
"the great way."
Realize that it is nothing other
than what you do from morning till night.

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- dogen, case 154, Nanquan's sickle , the true dharma eye

If it is not other than what you do from morning till night, what is left?

Mtfbwy
Fugen

Hi Fugen
Thank you for this simple but profound post. Do you think it was what Dogen meant when he said, " I have returned from China empty handed" :?:
gassho zak

Hi.

Jundo has a talk about that one here

http://blog.beliefnet.com/treeleafzen/2 ... a-vii.html

And as he quotes (from Bendowa)

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I have come back empty-handed. I have realized only that the eyes are horizontal and the nose is vertical

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Or (also bendowa)

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When you let go, the dharma fills your hands

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But as a another one i heard:

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"If you have nothing and take away nothing, what do you have?
Nothing!"

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-seinfeld

Mtfbwy
Fugen