Jingqing Daofu
Mirror Clear Dao ___
Jap. Kyosei Dofu
| born: 867 died: 937 74 years place: China |
| Chan master: Xuefeng (J. Seppo) Chan disciples: 6 recorded as masters |
| stories: Blue Cliff Record, Case 16 The Man in the Weeds; Case 46 Osho Live Zen: ch. 3, ch. 8 Zen: The Diamond Thunderbolt, ch. 9 One Seed Makes the Whole Earth Green, ch. 3 |
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| A monk said to Kyosei, “I want to peck from the inside. Would you please tap from the outside?” Kyosei said, “Could you attain life or not?” The monk said, “If I could not attain life I would become a laughingstock.” Kyosei said, “You too are a fellow in the weeds.” Setcho put it like this:
The monk’s answer won no praise. Strangers to each other, hen and chick, Who can peck when the tapping comes? Outside, the tap was given; Inside, the chick remained. Once again the tap was given; Monks throughout the world attempt the trick in vain. Just tapping from the outside is not going to help, unless the inner energy has become a tremendous longing to come out. Then, even without any tapping from outside the bird is going to break the eggshell by itself. There have been many masters who had no masters. Their own longing for the truth was so tremendous they needed no help. Their own overflowing energy gave them the freedom to fly into the sky. The eggshell is very thin; it is not a China wall. You are not imprisoned in something made of steel; you are imprisoned in something made of thoughts. Such a thin rice paper, a Japanese curtain, that you can come out any moment you want. You don’t have to wait for somebody to knock from the outside. And if you don’t have energy, even if someone knocks it is not going to help... --Osho Live Zen, ch. 3 |