The Great Zen Master Ta Hui ~ 16
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| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 22 Jul 1987 pm |
| location | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 49min. Quality: good. Live music after the discourse. |
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| video | Available, duration 1h 53min. Quality: good. |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | TAHUI16 |
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- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras: Ma Prem Maneesha.
- The sutra
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- Before seeking
- You've indicated you want me to instruct you by letter in the direct essentials. This very thought of seeking instruction in the direct essentials has already stuck your head into a bowl of glue. Though I shouldn't add another layer of frost to the snow, nevertheless where there's a question it shouldn't go unanswered. I ask you to abandon at once all the joy you've ever felt in reading the words of the scriptures yourself or when being aroused and instructed by others.
- Be totally without knowledge and understanding, as before, like a three-year-old child. Though the innate consciousness is there, it doesn't operate. Then contemplate what's there before the thought of seeking the direct essentials arises: observe and observe. As you feel you're losing your grip more and more and your heart is more and more uneasy, don't give up and slack off: This is the place to cut off the heads of the thousand sages. Students of the path often retreat at this point. If your faith is thoroughgoing, just keep contemplating what's before the thought of seeking instruction in the direct essentials arises. Suddenly you will awaken from your dream, and there won't be any mistake about it.
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