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syn = Reader of the | syn = Reader of the sutra: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | ||
:The sutra | |||
::Chao Chou asked Nan Chuan, "What is the Tao?" | |||
::Nan Chuan answered, "The ordinary mind is Tao." | |||
::Chao Chou then asked, "How can one approach it?" | |||
::Nan Chuan replied, "If you want to approach it, you will certainly miss it." | |||
::"If you do not approach it, how do you know it is the Tao?" | |||
::The Tao is not a matter of knowing, nor a matter of not knowing. To know is a delusory way of thinking, and not to know is a matter of insensibility. If one can realize the Tao unmistakably, his mind will be like the great space -- vast, void, and clear. How, then, can one regard this as right and that as wrong?" | |||
::Upon hearing this remark, Chao Chou was immediately awakened. | |||
:([[Glossary#source_of_quotes_in_the_synopsis|source:''CD-ROM'']]) | |||
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prevevent = The Imprisoned Splendor ~ 29 | | prevevent = The Imprisoned Splendor ~ 29 | | ||
nextevent = The Golden Wind ~ 01 | | nextevent = The Golden Wind ~ 01 | | ||
Revision as of 11:16, 24 May 2019
| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 1 Jul 1980 am |
| location | Buddha Hall, Pune |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 57min. Quality: good. |
| online audio | |
| video | Not available |
| online video | |
| see also |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | SPCIAL01 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutra: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- Chao Chou asked Nan Chuan, "What is the Tao?"
- Nan Chuan answered, "The ordinary mind is Tao."
- Chao Chou then asked, "How can one approach it?"
- Nan Chuan replied, "If you want to approach it, you will certainly miss it."
- "If you do not approach it, how do you know it is the Tao?"
- The Tao is not a matter of knowing, nor a matter of not knowing. To know is a delusory way of thinking, and not to know is a matter of insensibility. If one can realize the Tao unmistakably, his mind will be like the great space -- vast, void, and clear. How, then, can one regard this as right and that as wrong?"
- Upon hearing this remark, Chao Chou was immediately awakened.
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