| Sengcan |
| Jap. Sosan |
| Buddhist monk Gem |
| born: c. 530 died: 606 place: China |
Sengcan is considered the 3rd Chinese Ancestor
of Chan. The "book" Verses on the Faith-Mind (Xin
Xin Ming) is attributed to him. It is a small series of
poem verses that has been translated into English
in the 20th century.
posthumous name: Jianzhi (Mirror Wisdom)
of Chan. The "book" Verses on the Faith-Mind (Xin
Xin Ming) is attributed to him. It is a small series of
poem verses that has been translated into English
in the 20th century.
posthumous name: Jianzhi (Mirror Wisdom)
| stories: Verses of the Faith-Mind, by Sengcan (original in Chinese) Osho: Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book of Nothing (entire book uses Sengcan's verses) |
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Says Sosan:
for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinion for or against. The struggle of what one likes and what one dislikes is the disease of the mind. Just like Chuang Tzu: “Easy is right.” The great way is not difficult.If it appears difficult, it is you who make it difficult. The great way is easy. How can it be difficult? Even trees follow it, rivers follow it, rocks follow it. How can it be difficult? Even birds fly in it and fish swim in it. How can it be difficult? Man makes it difficult, mind makes it difficult – and the trick to make any easy thing difficult is to choose, to make a distinction... --Osho Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book of Nothing, ch. 1 |