By Koun Yamada, Ruben L. F. Habito
In The Gateless Gate, one in every of glossy Zen Buddhism's uniquely influential masters bargains vintage commentaries at the Mumonkan, certainly one of Zen's maximum collections of training tales. This translation used to be compiled with the Western reader in brain, and contains Koan Yamada's transparent and penetrating reviews on every one case. Yamada performed a seminal function in bringing Zen Buddhism to the West from Japan, occurring to be the top of the Sanbo Kyodan Zen Community.
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So the phrase “In the six realms and four modes of birth” means all the circumstances of one’s life, whatever they may be. ON THE VERSE Dog—Buddha nature! The perfect manifestation, the absolute command. A little “has” or “has not,” And body is lost! Life is lost! ” The main case is condensed into one phrase. It is nothing other than Mu. Dog, Buddha nature, and Mu are totally one. It is the perfect manifestation, the absolute command. By this, our true self is perfectly manifested with absolute authority to cut off all delusions.
That is enlightenment. ON MUMON’S COMMENTARY “The enlightenment of Gutei and the boy have nothing to do with the tip of a finger. ” Mumon says that the enlightenment of Gutei and the boy have nothing to do with the tip of a finger. The finger was merely the medium. It provided the stimulus or shock which brought Gutei and the boy attendant to enlightenment. Shakyamuni Buddha attained his great enlightenment when he saw the twinkling light of Venus in the eastern sky. Kyōgen came to realization when he heard the sound of a small pebble bouncing against bamboo.
Gutei welcomed him with great respect and related in detail the story of the nun, his own decision, and the ensuing dream. Upon hearing this, Tenryū stuck up a finger. At that instant, Gutei experienced deep enlightenment. The point of this koan is just holding up one finger. What does it mean? There is an ancient Zen text called Believing in Mind (Shinjin-Mei), in which the line appears: “One is everything. ” In the absolute world, the world of enlightenment, the logic of “One is everything, everything is one” reigns.