Teachings From Ancient Vietnamese Zen Masters – 162
66 Being Luminous
After realizing that your body and mind are originally serene,
you will see the supernatural powers manisfesting in front of you. From
there emerge all the conditioned and the unconditioned; countless
worlds appear -- immeasurably.
Though revealed fully in space, all phenomena are really formless. All
your old days, however ancient, can not compare with today.
Being luminious, always – at any place, anywhere.
CỨU CHỈ (circa 11th century)
(COMMENT: Your body is changing, and your mind is jumping all the
time. Meditating over time, you would some day realize that the mind is
originally serene. See that the water is serene, unchanging, unmoving,
despite the waves rising and falling, and despite the bubbles forming
and popping.
Now a question: Is your body originally serene while you grow up and
get old? Can you feel that your body is truly quiet and unmoving while
you are walking, standing, lying and sitting? Can you feel that your
body is truly quiet and unmoving all day and night just like you are
sitting in meditation? When you see the self-nature, then you realize
that you are emptiness, that nothing could be called as the ‘you’ or the
‘I.’ And then you will see you are truly quiet and unmoving.
Now look out the window. The snow is falling, and a bird is flying.
Despite that, can you see that everything is truly quiet and unmoving?
Everything is luminous in your mind, and truly quiet and unmoving.)
