Question
Sosan may be the greatest master of the Great Way. I find the first 10 verses of the Shin Jin Mei hold true, but I stumble over the next two:
“When the profound meaning of things is not understood, the essential peace of the mind is disturbed in vain.”
When we make no distinctions, there is neither profound nor superficial meaning, much less anything to grasp.
When we make no distinctions, we do not cling to what is essential, even if it is peace; disturbance is another state that leaves me indifferent; nothing is in vain because there is no goal.
Aldo
Master Kosen’s answer
Hey Aldo, cut the theatrics. You’re making noise with your mouth. If there is nothing to say, nothing to grasp, nothing to understand, then shut the fuck up. That’s all.
Kosen