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Copyright 2010 Stephen H. Wolinsky, PhD
An imprint of Quantum Press,under the auspices of Quantum Institute Inc.Stephen H. Wolinsky, PhD Library
ISBN 0-9749954-9-5
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Aptos, California95003-4648
website stephenhwolinskyphdlibrary.com
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AcnolegemenThe Blue Cliff Records were complied by Chan
by Master Yunmen about 980 A.D.in Chinese Chan is Zen in Japanese
Containing 100 Koan Stories it is considered amasterpiece of Chan.
DicaiTo the beloved Chan (Zen) Masters who have
kept the beauty and tradition of Chan, (Zen) sinceBodhidharma came to China from India in about500 A.D.
To My beloved Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, whoseteaching style is mirrored in Chan, (Zen), and
whose enquiryand guidance revealed the depthof Enquiry-Koan study
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Wtc Yu SeA W Caui
Nisargadatta Maharaj: Question everything,dont believe anything.
As you are about to go through this book pleasenote that nothing you are about to read is true. It is
merely words which represent things which do notexist.
Please do not fall into the trap of words.
Recall two Archetypes, (Current in the ocean that
form waves, then foam, (the I, and bubbles).The First Archetype is of the Genie in the
Lamp. In this current the right words, (magicwords) must be said, (chanted) for the genie to ap-pear and grant your wishes, (kind of like mantras).
The second Archetypical current is Using a
Treasure Map to Search for the Buried Treasure.Kind of like a spiritual paths searching for enlight-enment, (the holy grail) of the spiritual quest.
Why is this important to remember as we treadthrough this series of books? Because all pointersand metaphors are using words which represent
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and describe things which do not exist. In short,Dont fall into the words and language games.
Finally, be aware of regressed tendency formingprecognitive traps that offer pleasure and rewardsfor understanding and learning the words and theirmeanings. This deeply imbedded current assuresonly more craving and a fixation on learning moreand more words to have more and more experienc-
es with the belief that both experiences and words/understanding will lead to the ultimate experience,termed some form of Enlightenment.
Nisargadatta Maharaj: all experiences willlead you to is more experiencesexpect nothingfrom experiences
As we will see Koans are designed to break the lan-guage patterns, BUT, throw the thorn away, other-wise you will fall into the trap of words and the joyof learning and experiencing their meanings.
With LoveYour Mirage Brother
Stephen
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IroucinWords words and more wordsMeaning nothingGoing Everywhere
Within the dream-realm
Pointers to nothing
A model of non-existent AbsolutenessThat a model is a model
Which represents somethingWhat an interesting idea
All seems so real in the dream world
Words and modelsWhat lies beneath them?
Droplets on wavesAnother model
A metaphor pointing to and at nothing which is
Best to not ride the waves of wordsThe currents can pull you down
making you believe you are
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A model of nothingnessA pointer at nothingness will not change you
Enquiry Koan: Who are you prior to words?
Siddharameshwar Maharaj to NisargadattaMaharaj:You are not who you take yourself to be.
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Wve OBhiama
V EmpinesThe Emperor asks Bodhidharma,
What is the highest truth? Bodhidharma answers,
Vast emptiness no holiness.
Penetrate emptinessThe emptiness of empty
Empty without holyThe holy truths are empty
Emptiness is subtle formform solidified emptiness
A Wave
The metaphor of the sacred mirror
Heart Sutra:Form is emptiness, Emptiness isform
One and the sameNeither are
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Not a grain of sand isAbsolute(ly)
A wave is absolute(ly)
Not a particle is in a Wave
Ones own form is emptyEmpty without empty
A wave
The illusion of a fixed memoryNo fixed positions
A Wave
The illusion of a fixed state is called a person
The Emperor asks Bodhidharma:Who is infront of me?
Bodhidharma replies I dont knowOR
Bodhidharmareplies, Not knowing
In the first Mantra:I dont know
Deconstruction occurs
In the second Mantra:
Not knowingNo knowerNo known
No knowingnessThe essential without is attempted to describe
Absolute(ly)
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Wve wTe Ulimae Pt
I Whou DfficulyChao Chou: The ultimate path is withoutdifficulty avoid picking and choosing.
As soon as there are spoken words there is picking
and choosingAs soon as you have affirmation and negation,
there is picking and choosingWithout picking and choosing.
Zen Saying: In one there is many kinds, in two
there is no duality.
Jumping layersFrom unity comes the many
Back againTwo is a word, an abstraction
There is not two in twoNo duality
No non-duality
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Mind and objects are Buddha-ConsciousnessAs consciousness-Buddha both the subject and
object disappearNo world
Without clarity or contradictionWithout yes or no
Without discrimination
Without delusion-enlightenment, sentient orinsentient
Zen Saying: The Great Way is easy for those withno preferences.
The Great Way has no preferences
Seeing anything one loses oneselfBeing aware of anything one loses oneself
Before appearance there is nothing
All is a bubble
A wave in the oceanThe ocean
It
The Ultimate and the phenomena have no timeinterval
The Great Way: The Great FunctionOne shot
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When the skull has no consciousness, only thenare the eyes clear
The skull has no consciousness
Nisargadatta Maharaj: (paraphrased) Itis the consciousness prior to the eyelids whichsees
Enlightenment is valuedif you are content with it, then a new troublewill arise,
namely Dharma sticking blindness
Without picking and choosing
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Wve TeSn Fce Bdh
When asked how do you feel today?,MasterBaso replied, Sun Faced Buddha, Moon Faced
Buddha.
Without fixed rulesThe potential appears
The actual is actualizedThe Absolute is
All perceivables cover the earth and universe
When the Absolute manifests it deconstructs all
that isThe Absolute is without rules or fixed principles
The Absolute is closer then your breath
Enquiry Koan:From where does the moon arise?
Enquiry Koan: From where does the sun appear?
In the absolute all vanishesYet is?
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The perception of the moon is a perceptionMu
The perception of the sun is a perceptionMu
Tear the screenTear the screenTear the screen
The Absolute is closer then your breath
Buddha the Diamond Sutra: Give up allperceptions of objects.
Two facing mirrors, in-between there is noreflection
The teacher is always looking for a place to enterthe student waits in anticipation, anxiety and needThe teacher must enter without leaving a wound
or driving the self deeper.
The Great Way The Great Use, The GreatFunction
Use is the Way (function) of activity of theAbsoluteNo Time
Pure isness without is
No locationNo difference
Nisargadatta Maharaj: instantaneouslythere is no (movement or activity) in the state ofParabrahma
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OneNot one
Tear the screenTear the screenTear the screen
The Absolute is closer then your breath
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Wve FuN Movemen
Without directionsWithout distanceWithout Location
Without cause and effect
Zen Saying:Bodhidharma did not go to China.
See through formIt is seen through: exposed
Do not build a nest in any state or fixed position
even enlightenment.
Tear the Curtain1000 Negations
No BuddhaNo I to know That
Mind itself is BuddhaPast mind cannot be grasped;
Present mind cannot be grasped;Future mind cannot be grasped
Without gain or loss;
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Without acceptance or rejection;Nothing ordinary, nothing extraordinary
Without discrimination
Three Zen Sayings For Teachers:
Zen teachers should Give Medicine according to theillness;
If one does not know how to take the pulse of theailing, one cannot be a teacher;
Remedies are given according to the ailments of thelearner.
Tear the CurtainWhen the I dies, all dies
1000 NegationsNo Buddha
No Teacher
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Wve FveClea Mi-
N Mi:O SoAs the emptiness its reflection of consciousness
seems smaller then a grain of sand
as the absolute neither are
Without right and wrongThat and this are not separate
No intervalsOne shot
One straight shotForm-Emptiness and the Essential appear
simultaneouslyAbsolute(ly)
One Hand
Discard all as not this, not thisThe still mind is not it
Stillness illusions
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The mirror is essentially without emptiness orform
That and this are not separateNo intervals
One shotOne straight shot
Form-Emptiness and the Essential appear
simultaneouslyAbsolute(ly)
One Hand
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Wve SxB-es, Fmles
No States Can Enter
Zen Saying:Nesting in enlightenment is called thestagnant waters of transcendence
Master Setcho: Voidness is lamentable, (do not
get stuck in the void), reject it.
Moving from emptiness, (subtle form), tosolidified emptiness, (form) is like a painful shock
(30 blows),metaphorically the pain of movement.
Nisargadatta Maharaj, There is no Karma,(movement or activity) in the state of Parabrahma.
A Monk asks, what is Buddha?The Master replies, Dont talk in your sleep.
Sleep talkingSleep walking
The waking state is a solidified dreamThe deep sleep state a no knowing dream state
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From sleep to wakingA continuum of dreams
Many dimensionsMulti-layered dreams with the illusion of separate
boundaried states
As soon as you make up a system you step in shitAs soon as you utter a phrase discard it as not this
not this and realize the source-less source withoutany element of creation or a creator.
Do not build a nest even in enlightenment
Formless Emptiness without is the bodyWithout a form
Without a body
Shunyatameans the emptiness without emptyEmpty-lessBody-lessForm-less
Enquiry Koan:Without knowingness, how couldthe state of enlightenment reside there?
Buddha: Many beings have entered Nirvana, nobeings has ever entered Nirvana
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Wve Svea I Bdha?
Question to Zen Master: What is Buddha?Answer (modified): You are you
Buddha is all perceivables and conceivablesBuddha is not perceivable or conceivable
Enquiry Koan: Is there a teaching prior to words?Enquiry Koan: Is there a teaching prior to sound?
Prior to wordsPrior to sound,
Not a thing has been taught
Pre-voice or pre-sound is the teaching that can
never be taught
Without voice, without sound is the teaching thatcan never be transmitted
Forget BuddhaA solidified emptiness
Not a thingAn appearance of and in a wave in the Ocean
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The ocean knows nothing of BuddhaThe Ocean has no knowingness
No BuddhaAbsolute(ly)
Seamless BuddhaWithout form nor in a state of formlessness
Essential without essential thing-ness
Essential without essential beingnessEssential without essential is-ness
Pre-voice or pre-sound is the teaching that cannever be taught
Without voice, without sound is the teaching thatcan never be transmitted
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Wve EightTe Grea Fncin:
WhouThe Great Function-Way, without rules
Without the sensesPrior to wave
Yoga: To yoke
Yoga: Union
The function appears without fixed rules.The Absolute Function is what it is
BuddhaA blade of grass
Zen Saying: Rid yourself of the stink ofBuddhism.
The function appears without fixed rulesAbsolute(ly)
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Wve NnN Gae
A monk asked Joshu, What is Joshu?Joshu replied, The east gate, the west gate, the north
gate the south gate.
If there is an inside and outside then there arethings in front of your eyes
Without an inside or outside is the gateless gateWithout the concept of location
No reference point
Everything is open
No barriersNakedness
Without the concept of distance or direction
Both teacher and student have their devices, thestudent with defenses, the teacher with the sword
of deconstruction.
Ego is being conscious of yourself.The teacher kills the students ego
freeing them from dependence
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Freedom is being free of yourselfPrior to patterns
Without interest in nothingnessWithout believing nothingness is a thing
.Mindfulness is being mindful of yourself
Non-minding has no identification with a self
Nisargadatta Maharaj:I dont need anything,I dont even need my own self
Without an inside or outside is the gateless gateWithout the concept of location
No reference point
Everything is openNo barriersNakedness
Without the concept of distance, location ordirection
Without an inside or outside is the gateless gate
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Wve eEnighenmen Sae
Enlightenment is a stateA state appearing within the illusion bubble of
world and statesRecognizable by an I
Enquiry Koan: What is the state of enlightenment
made of?
Enquiry Koan: What is the house you dreamed ofmade of?
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Wve EleveTe Aue-i
Enquiry Koan: Is there Zen prior to the word Zen?
Can a word describe that which is not?All teachings are words which ultimately distract
Concepts born of nothing
Nothing behind words or labelsNo teacher can covey this
Buddha:. In my forty-nine years of Dharmaactivity I did not teach a word.
(Favorite Hint): Bodhidharma never went toChina)
You are already expressing the absolute-thisYou are the absolute-this
With or without self consciousness
The absolute-thisThe absolute-this
Not thisNot this
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Wve welvere Pun
Fa: A ilA monk asked Tozen: What is Buddha?Tozen answered: Three pounds of flax.
Working metaphor its all Buddha, (consciousness)
Zen Koan: What Buddha is Beyond Buddha,(consciousness)
Answer: No Buddha, (The Absolute)
One substance call it what you will
Three pounds of flaxA dildo
No one substance
Students grab after experiences andunderstandings like monkeys grabbing at
reflections of the moonA junkie grabbing after junk
A demon going up and down the poleThere is no end to the process of enlightenment,
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Sometimes you come down from the pole andjoin the world
Sometimes you go up the pole and there isextinction or Nirvana
There are no rulesNo Time sequence
An illusion made of nothing
Nisargadatta Maharaj:Anyone who thinks theiractions will liberate them is deluded.
Just the mindAppearance-disappearance
The Essential does not know thisAbsolute(ly)
The pole is a hundred feet highNo pole dancing
Leave the pole and you are in the VOID of VOIDWithout
Absolute(ly)
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Wve TireeN Grea W
No such thing as boundaries or differencesNo good or bad, choice, will or volition
The Great Way is
Both ways, this is that
No Great Way
The whole worldWhat world?
Buddha: We refer to it as a world, but there is no
world.
One oceanOne waveOne shotNo one
No Great Way
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Wve FuteeO W
All of the teachings of the Buddha are in one word
Enquiry Koan: What is the word that reveals all ofBuddhas teaching?
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Wve FfeTe Upi
Dn SaemenA monk asked Ummon, If not for the present
potential, if not for the present phenomena what isit?
Ummon relied, An upside down statement.
Koan (Updated):Without abstraction, what is it?Without sequence what is time
Without transduction what does hello mean?
Without mindNo object
No existence outside of the mindNo Buddha without mind
The emptiness of all things.
Translated variation
A monk asked Ummon, What is it when no thoughtis stirring and nothing presents itself?
Ummon replied, No preaching on oneness.
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Enquiry Koans: (updated)Is there oneness without thought?
Is there oneness without words and meanings?Is there oneness without perception?
The illusion of onenessAlways one, no separation
Non-duality
An infantile state
Realize no oneNo oneness
Without non-duality or duality
Without movementWith movement
Does the ocean know its waves
Without movementWith movement
Does the waves know the ocean
With abstracted-waves plus oceanWithout abstracted waves
What is an ocean?
The waves appear in constant movement
we forget the ocean which is still and motionlessWithout abstracted waves
Are you?
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Without abstracted wavesNo oneness
No non-duality
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Wve SxteeTe Chie
e EggMetaphorically a student is like a chick trying to
break out of its shellPecking from within
The teacher the henTapping from outside
The pecking must be in unison and harmonyThe student struggles before they find
themselves standing outside the broken eggshell.
Imagining if you break freeyou will, or the I will survive is delusion
When later abstractions like spirituality turninward to meet earlier abstractions like sensations
or consciousness this is called purification
Without naming, describing and labelingUntie the knots of spirituality
Abstracted representations of things which do notexist
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like an enlightened self
It all vanishes wooshSubmerged like a wave in the ocean
Your original face is without thought, speech,knowingness, sound or perception
Without a knower a perceiver
Without a bubble
Untie the words and bonds of Gurus, Buddhasand Zen MastersUtter distractions
Nisargadatta MaharajForget me, forgetMaharaj, forget the teachings
It all vanishes wooshSubmerged like a wave in the ocean
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Wve Sveneo Come
Fom e W?Zen Koan: What is the meaning of Bodhidharmacoming from the west?
Answer: Bodhidharma coming from the West
Its all a dream, a mirage, therefore give up evensatori experiences and understandings
Zen Saying:Bodhidharma never came from thewest.
Not knowing.
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Wve EighteeSamles
OneOne seamless event
BoomNo event
This is that
That is thisNo mind to distinguish
One is twoTwo is one
No one
No two
SeamlessOne hand clapping
No handSeamless
Without separationWithout oneness
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Wve NneteeO Whou Oenes
The master answers all questions by raising onefinger
Without locationThe palm and back of the hand move
simultaneously as one unit
The whole universe moves as oneWithout location
As a current is an abstraction of the oceanAs a wave is an abstraction of the current
As the foam is an abstraction of the waveAs the bubble is an abstraction of the foam
Still the oceanStill the oceanStill the ocean
As the ocean no currents waves foam or bubblesThe whole universe is the whole universe
whatever
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The one finger with or without movement is theseamless one
Without the illusion of oneNo finger
No oneness
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Wve wentyN Space
Without spaceNo space
Enquiry Koan: What exists if it does not have aspace to exist in?
No SoundWithout sound
Enquiry Koan: Without sound and its perceiver, areyou?
Zen Koan:Why did Bodhidharma come from thewest?
An answer is like a punch in the face
Nisargadatta Maharaj: Doing seva, (KarmaYoga-selfless service) is like beating the Guru with a
stick.
Zen Saying: Bodidharma never came from thewest.
Without spaceNo space
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Wve wenty-OTa n i O
A he SmeThe Absolute Ocean
The perceivable universeOne and the same
This is it
Can you separate the head from the bodyThe body from the head
A bloody mess
Patterns are no Patterns
Understanding without language patterns is Zen
Equiry Koan: Is there Zen prior to the word Zen?
Outside of conventional language
Can you separate the ocean from the waterThe Absolute and its activities are one and the
same
Outside of conventional languageCan you separate the water from the waves
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The Absolute and its activities are one and thesame
Outside of conventional languageCan you separate the water from wetness
The Absolute and its activities are one and thesame
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Wve wenty-wWhra
Neti Neti until all identities are removedDissolve sticking points
See through assumed statesDestroy the tracks of associations
Stillness is not it
Seeing without patternsNo seeing
The universe is smaller then an atomUnseen
Without a wave-seer the universe is unseen
No universe
Zen Dialogue: A monk asked Chimon: How is itwhen the lotus flower has not yet emerged from thewater?Chimon answered: A Lotus Blossom
The monk asked: What about after it has emergedfrom the water?Chimon answered: Lotus leaves
A wave emerges from the water
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I appearsA wave dissolves in the ocean
An I dissolvesNo dissolving
A wave has not yet emergedAn I submerged
Still the oceanAlways the ocean
looking, the ocean is nowhere to be seenIf you try to be anything, you get its opposite
A wave emerges from the waterI appears
A wave dissolves in the oceanAn I dissolvesNo dissolving
A wave has not yet emergedAn I submerged
Still the oceanAlways the ocean
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Wve wenty-TeAne
n EveryePointing to That is easy
Point anywhere
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Wve wenty-FuIt can take years to eradicate the traces of
realization and attachment and pride. And thesense of specialness it brings.
This is what happens when an I, or a no-I statethinks its realized.
Prakashananda Baba:If I tell you myexperience I will think I had itspiritual
experiences are just ego
Prakashananda Baba:You dont want libeation,if you have liberation you wont be there toappreciate it.
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Wve wenty-FveA Sae f a?
Enlightenment is a stateA state of what?
Enlightenment has no useHas anything a use?
The enlightened state should not be shownRemain independent of all states
No enlightenment
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Wve wenty-SxTe Pa
Sitting aloneWithout alone
No perceptionNo perception of a perception
No perception of a perception of a perception
No perception of a perception of a perception of aperception ETC.
Without past, present, or futureNo time no remembering
No time
Nothing to look ahead to handle thisNothing to look back to remember that
Words grant isness, beingness and thingnessNo this prior to wordsNo That Prior to words
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Wve wenty-SveA I A I
he SmeA monk askedUmmon, What will it be when thetree withers and the leaves fall?Ummonanswered, You embody the golden breeze.
Death, how joyousThe end of gameNothing happens
Nothing happened
Being all that is not
No not1000 Negations without a knower
The teacher and student imagine they enterMind to mind
One mind
No mind
Entering into minds contact with the alleged otheris like walking into a forest full of traps and snares
Beartraping
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Both the student and the teacher engage, releasingthe traps, and sidestepping the snares,
walking through the gaps to reach that whichalways was in and through the cave of awareness.
Meeting the student where they areSpring, summer, fall and winter, with nature all in
turn,plus and minus equals zero with no one to know.
Cutting off the stream of thought,No heaven no hell,
Without problems or contradictions in theessential
The teacher adapts to the student,each answer fits each question,
The two are realized as one,The questioner and the question dissolve
The teacher and student imagine they enterMind to mind
One mindNo mind
Death, how joyous
The end of gameNothing happens
Nothing happened
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Wve wenty-EightN Aran
Poces WhouFagmeningPrcein
Master Nansen: It is not mind, it is not Buddha,it is not things.
It is not mindas mind is an abstractiona linguistic metaphor
It is not BuddhaAs Buddha is a name for something which is not,
As Buddha there is no Buddha
It is not thingsAs the perception of things is a fragmentation
A fragmenting perceptionA droplet viewing the abstracted ocean
When the mirror is clean, without comparisons,there is only the empty mirror
Without
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It is mindAs the mind is It
As a droplet of water is the oceanWithout separation
It is not BuddhaAs it is Not Buddha
(hint: consciousness)
It is not thingsAs waves are to the ocean
Without abstractionsWithout the description of abstractionWithout the illusionary explanation called
abstraction
Without the fragmenting perceptionThe part is the wholeThe whole is the part
No part, no wholeNo one
No non-dualityNo abstractionprocess
Without fragmenting perception
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Wve wenty-NnPrcein I
N Prcein,N PrceinI Prcein
The I is no IThe No I is I
Deconstruction is not deconstructionNot deconstruction is deconstruction
Nothing is createdNothing is destroyed
Knowing is not knowingNot knowing is knowing
Being is not beingNot being is being
The True Teacher or Guru is the FalseTeacher or Guru
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Without a perceiver there is no worldExistence is no existence
No existence is existence
Nothing is somethingSomething is nothing
Perception is no perceptionNo perception is perception
Nisargadatta Maharaj, if you can forget it orremember it it is not you, therefore discard it.
Nothing is somethingSomething is nothing
Perception is no perceptionNo perception is perception
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Wve TiryNu; Anoer
Dg BingWhenJoshuis asked, I heard you have followed
Master Nansen, is that true?Joshureplied, Chinshue (province) produces a
great Radhish.
All is nature,An appearance made of Consciousness called
Buddha Mind
Nature without an I
The Master is naturea plant
The teacher teaching is a dog barking
Grass is greenSun is hot
Water wetMountains high
A Big RadishNature
A chick is born
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Nature without an IThe Master is nature
a plantThe teacher teaching is a dog barking
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Wve Tiry-OCurren e Oean
Currents in the oceanSubconscious stirring
The awareness of thought is stirringThe awareness of stillness is stirring
Awareness is stirring
Currents in the ocean
A currentA wave forms
Silence and emptySound and stillness
Form and emptinessA twin voidness
Currents in the oceanNeither are
Teachings are medicine for the non-existent
diseaseWithout the label called life and death
Awareness of enlightenment is delusiveWith experience or thought imagined, lose of
being as is
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With foam or waves or currentsThe ocean is forgotten
The is of is is vanishing
Without labels or descriptions lies the ocean
Bodhidharma, Not KnowingWithout
Awareness of a thoughtdo not be fooled by this false awareness,
it is the currentThe Buddha mind is prior to it
Currents in the oceanNo Buddha Mind
No Mind
Zen Saying: By looking to it you are looking awayfrom it.Zen Saying: By looking for it you look away fromit.
By thinking-imagining-experiencing yourself to beit, you miss your own SELF
Experiences are currents in the oceanThe experience of no-I or non-duality is a current
in the ocean
The illusion that I have no illusionsCurrents in the ocean
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There is no life-death-delusion-enlightenment-Buddhas or Bodhisattvas
Nothing to graspNothing to acceptNothing to reject.
The teachings are medicine for no disease
Currents in the ocean
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Wve Tiry-wi I I
With each moment currents-waves-foam-bubbles
With each moment a new foam-egoThe abstracted-illusion of continuation
The abstracted illusion of constancyThe abstracted-illusion of sequence
must be realized
Without before during and afterOne oceanOne shot
No sequences
No logicNo constancy
No orderNo logicNo logos
OceanCurrentsWaveFoam
Bubbles
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OceanAbstracted-formless archetypical energy
Abstracted-Pre-I-self containerAbstracted-I-self
Abstracted-I-self reflecting egoAn I-self re-enforcing loop
Without sequencesWithout logic
Without constancyWithout an orderWithout a logos
Without good or badWithout judgment evaluation or significance
I-self-reflecting abstracted-illusion solidifies theloop
I is not Ithe I-self keeps changing
Constancy illusion makes the ego seem constantand the sameThey are not
A new momentMu
A new I
Mu
One oceanOne shot
No sequences
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No logicNo constancy
No orderNo logos
A mirror reflection
This is it
This is itThis is it
One oceanOne shot
No sequencesNo logic
No constancyNo orderNo logos
This is itThis is it
This is it
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Wve Tiry-TeUnconcern
UnconcernWithout intension
No such thing as concernNo such thing as intension
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Wve Tiry-FuBwee Bing
n Nn-ingFree to
Free not to
Letting go and holding on
Two equal statesHoly and profane two equal states
Enquiry Koan: What is the state between being andnonbeing.
Nisargadaata Maharaj(paraphrased) stay in thein-between state between being and nonbeing
Free to enterFree to leaveNo entering
No leavingWithout coming or going
SuchnessJustness
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Wve Tiry-FveWhou Screnes
A straight shotSee not form
Hear not soundWithout distractionsAbsolute absolute(ly)
Bodhidharma: no holiness..
No enlightenmentNo delusionNo sainthoodNo Nirvana
Bodhidharma: no holiness
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Wve Tiry-SxIf I Prceive I,
I Mu B TeLifes perceptual illusions
BlissPissLife
Death
We call it lifeIt is really the name of a perception
A label on nothingness
Without perceptionNot BuddhaAbsolute(ly)
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Wve Tiry-SveA Miag
Wh HoeInstantaneous experienceTo Late to claim doership
All that is perceived is an abstracted illusion
All transmissions are notSee through words and mirage-like experiences
With descriptions labeled spiritual andmundane.
A mirage with holes
Without something or nothingA mirage with holes
Without something or nothingA mirage with holes
Without something or nothingA mirage with holes
Without spiritualWithout enlightenment
Without Buddhas
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No BuddhaNo dharma
No not BuddhaNo not dharma
Images appear as if they are emerging from theskull
If there was a mind you could seek its sourceIf there was a source you could arrive at yourlogos-like destination
A mirage with holesThere is no such thing as something
There is no such thing as nothing
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Wve Tiry-EightPche:
Vi UniveeWithout a word
Without anything to sayWithout a transmission
Without helping
Without hindering
All forms including emptiness or enlightenmentawareness or witnessing or consciousness
Are just impressions of the one mindPatches
Void UniversesLabels
Illusions holes that can be liftedPatches pulled up reveal nothing
Trying to go or stay is a patchFish in a watery mirage
Patches, holesNothing prior
Formless impression of the one mind
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Wve Tiry-NnIluinay Hoe
Without selfWithout no self
Without the emptiness of selfWithout the emptiness of form
Without the emptiness of emptinessPatches
Without the emptiness of awarenessWithout the emptiness of consciousness
Do not be fooled by experiencesPatches
Holes to be liftedUnderneathExtinction
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Wve FryDsving e Glue
f e DeaThe final cut
An unusual ending to a dream
Saying we have the same root or bodyA poor metaphor which leaves to many traces of a
body with boundariesa me and a youa root or origin
Body with boundariesA me and a youRoot or origin
Define the dreams delusions
Perception and cognition even silent cognitionappear together
Gluing the holes in the dream shut
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Pointing out the other side: The emptiness holessmashes the mirrors delusion of form and emptiness
which define the dreams delusionSee the dream?
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Wve Fry-OWing-Up I P
f e DeaWhen the cut is not complete
The return can be a shock
Later the return softens and is assumedIn this assumption of a return
The dream brings life
Like buying a roundtrip ticket a traveler is certainof returning
This certainty repeats the cycle anew
The deluded think the return is inevitableNot knowing it is dependent upon this assumptionas is all Buddhas who imagine separation from the
birthless
Getting off the trainGetting off the wheel
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Do not dull the shockDo not make this sleepy assumption
BirthlessThe concept of sleeping or waking up
is part of the dream
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Wve Fry-wJunes
Zen Saying: Snowflakes never fall in the wrongplace.
It is as it isWithout descriptions, explanations, labels, or
understandingTotal isness
Without the is
Total nownessWithout the now
Total herenessWithout the here
Without location
Nothing comes from anywhereNothing goes to anywhere
Justness
No sourceNo origin
Justness
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Wve Fry-TeW I Miag
The essence of water is not hot or coldThe essence of water is wetness
Water in a mirage
Without rules or regulationsWithout standards or hierarchy
There is no organization
Between and beyond the emptiness and themanifested
Without organization
Dream appearancesWater in a mirage
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Wve Fry-FuMeaningles Su
AsuminWithout believing
Without imagining assumptions mean anything
Assumptions have no meaning or influence
All actions are
Without understandingWithout explanation
Complete without the associations of complete
Dont try to understand actions or eventsNobody knows why anybody does anything
Dont try to get knowledge or interpret throughthe skull which perceives
Rid yourself of psychologys delusional abstracted
explanations
It doesnt matter
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Wve Fry-FveN Oe, N w
Zen Koan:A monk askedMaster Joshu:Myriad of things return to the one. Where does theone return?
Joshu: When I was in Sei Province I made a clothshirt, it weighed seven pounds.
Advaita: Not twoNot One
Advaita resides in the bubble realmA seductive illision
Foam
Pop the bubble
Dont imagine here is separate from there or there isseparate from here
Not Two
Not One either
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Wve Fry-SxWhou Sun
The space betweenThe empty mirror
Being the skull thoughts and perceptions appearas real
The skull appears to be
Total expression without perception
A loss of selfNo regrets
The Absolute
What is soundWhere is sound
Ramana Maharishi: Go back the way you came.
Without beingnessComing from nowhere would make that difficultComing from nowhere would make that difficult
Four Enquiry Koans:What is sound?Where is sound?
Is there a listener?Who hears?
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Wve Fry-SveTe I N Sc
ing FmThe dharma bodyA weak metaphor
A formless body
Without form
There Is No Such Thing As Form
No beingnessWithout boundaries
No isnessNo such thing as existence or non-existence
It cannot be seen, heard, felt, smelled,experienced, thought, sensed, imagined,perceived, remembered, or conceived.
It does not fit into anything
There Is No Such Thing As Form
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Wve Fry-EightA S A
All depends on allUncooked seeds support all
Without self-consciousness self-reflectingproblems never arise
A wonderous modelBut not for ME
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Wve Fry-Nno Ge Fe
Fom e NThe net of thoughts, memory, emotions,
associations, perceptions, what you have been toldand the body
Zen Koan:(slight variation) Where does one whoescapes or gets free go?
Without an I, beingness, isness, distance orlocation
(hint) Nirvana means extinction.
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Wve FfAnhing
I EveryhingI Ning
Focused attention on everything reveals everythingas everythingFocused attention on anything reveals everything
as everythingFocused attention on everything or anything
reveals no-thing
No one can teach or reach the absolute
Buddha: .there are no atoms or molecules
Break through the seductive net of Samadhi-satoriOne shot
Not twoEverything is everything
Not One
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Focused attention on everything reveals everythingas everything
Focused attention on anything reveals everythingas everything
Focused attention on everything or anythingreveals nothing
There is no such thing as nothing
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Wve Ff-OWhou e
Vhicle MinThis is it
Without yes and noWithout picking and choosingWithout accepting or rejecting
Without affirmation or negationWithout discrimination
This is itOne shotThis is it
No it
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Wve Ff-wAue n
FncinNo-State-state
Stateless state and function are oneIf you lose one, you lose the other
Absolute(ly)
(hint: Not two)(hint: Not one)
Nisargadatta Maharaj: We are all rays of theabsolute.
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Wve Ff-TeTe Iluin
MovemenWithout subjectivity
One mindNo studentNo teacher
Devices destroy subjectivityDevices destroy subjectivityDevices destroy subjectivity
Without the illusion of movement or changeWithout the appearance of movement or change
Nisargadata Maharaj: There is no karma,(movement or activity) in the state of Parbrahma)
Nothing happensThere is no such thing as nothing
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Wve Ff-FuTe I N Scing A Sun Movemen Ec.
Even silence contains soundEven stillness contains movement
Without soundWithout movement
Without silence
Without stillness
Enquiry Koan: What is it that has neither sound norsilence, neither movement nor stillness?
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Wce Ff-FveNme A Nme
PrceinLife is a descriptive label, a perceptual illusion
Death is a descriptive label, a perceptual illusion
Without either
The one, nature with no fragmented illusions of Iis all that is perceivable and conceivable
Without
Nagarjuna:nothing comes, nothing goes
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Wve Ff-SxA I I Te
Dea BeRamana Maharishi:Go back the way you came.
Reverse
The answer lies in the opposite direction
Go in and keep goingPrior to abstractions
Prior to prior and never stop
All is in the dream bubbleOnce popped
Barely air is left to know
Zen Sayings:Buddha never appeared in the world.
Bodhidharma never came from the west.
No teachings have ever been expounded
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All is in the dream bubbleOnce popped
Barely air is left to know
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Wve Ff-SveWhou
DcriminaiWithout discrimination says it all
Not knowingThe ultimate cut
Unseen by all
Unknown to the Absolute
Wonderful descriptionWithout discrimination says it all
Absolute(ly)
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Wve Ff-EightN Sc ing
A SunWithout non-discrimination
Without soundWithout a hearer
Unheard by all
Unheard ofNo such thing as discrimination
No such thing as soundAbsolute(ly)
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Wve Ff-Nna I
Dcriminain?Zen Saying: The Supreme Way has no difficulty, itrejects discrimination.
All discrimination
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Wve SxtyN Prceiver
N UniveeThe Absolute pays no attention to
Has no attention, nor a knowing knowerWithout an attentioner
Without a perceiver
The universe is no more
Enquiry Koan:Where does the universe go.
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Wve Sxty-nPurin O
NingAs long as even a particle exists or is perceived the
game continuesWhen all dissolves as the Consciousness-Buddha
There is none
The absolute Not Buddha you areHow splendid that the consciousness pours out of
the absolute No Buddha
Not two
Not one
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Wve Sxty-wAwanes,
Te Ligh OfConciunesWithin form lies awareness
Between awareness and the world the substance
of consciousness resides
Prior to awareness, and its awaring rests theAbsolute-Not Buddha
Untouched as the light of awareness the
consciousness assumes a form called Buddha
OneNot two
A sun with its rays of consciousnessThe world illusion appears
Nusargadatta Maharaj: .We are all Rays ofthe Absolute
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Wve Sxty-TeUnrceive,
a I?Unperceived
There is no such thing as existence andnonexistence
UnperceivedNo such thing as sound
Absolute(ly)
Enquiry Koan:Unperceived, What Is?
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Wve Sxty-FuUnrceive,
N SmilaiieN DffnceEnquiry Koan: Unperceived what is different from
what?
Unperceived
Nagarjuna: There are no similarities, there are nodifferences
Unperceived
Nagarjuna: There is no duality, there is no unity,(non-duality)
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Wve Sxty-FveWhou Ii
OiAll pervasive
A poor metaphor implying a thing with locationwith something outside or inside which is known
or knowable
The gateless gateWithout an inside or outside
Without a sourceWithout an origin
The gateless gateWithout an inside or outside
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Wve Sxty-SxN Saain,
N OenesTrying to get somethingThe opposite is formed
There is no student
There is no master
The final stepCut off their heads
Without the concept of separation
Without the concept of oneness
I Am ThatThat I Am
I Am The Absolute
The Absolute I Am
Without the concept of separationWithout the concept of oneness
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Wve Sxty-SveTe I N Sc
ing AAwanesBuddha The Diamond Sutra: We refer to it as a
world, but there is no world.
Without perceptionsIs it here?
Without the concept of perceptionsWithout the concept of a perceiver
A bird is not a bird,It is the name of a perception
There is no such thing as awarenessThere is no such thing as awareness
There is no such thing as awareness
We refer to it as awareness, but there is noawareness
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Nisargadatta Maharajcalled it unawareness
Not Awareness
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Wve Sxty-EightA B I N
A BA bird is not a bird
It is only the name of a perception
Name is not form
It is a representation of form
Form is not formIt is an abstraction of______
Without name or form
A bird is not a birdIt is only the name of a perception
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Wve Sxty-Nna I Zen?
Without a place to enterWithout a place
Without teachings nor a teacher
Enquiry Koan: Is there Zen prior to the word Zen?Enquiry Koan: Is there Zen practice prior to
perception?
No traceNo transmission
No spiritual game
Enquiry Koan: Is there Zen prior to the word Zen?Enquiry Koan: Is there Zen practice prior to
perception?
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Wve SventyGiving A
A probing question (a pole) to test the depth ofthe student, (water)
A question to test Absoluteness
Does the One mind disguised as a teacher give all.
Nisargadatta Maharaj:I hold nothingback
Does anyone need to carry on a non-existentlineage story?
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Wve Sventy-ON Sun
Without soundNot sound
There is no such thing as sound
The illusionary Master sitsThere is no such thing as a master
There is no such thing as a student
Without anyone thereOne mindNo mind
Not sound
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Wve Sventy-wN Bing
The student too tests?The Teacher is speechless
Not soundNot knowingnessWithout a being.
Buddha Diamond Sutra: We refer to it as abeing, but there is no being.No being has ever
entered Nrvana
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Wve Sventy-TeNver w,
N KnoingWithout asserting or denyingWithout discrimination
Without yes or no
Bodhidharma:Not Knowing
Neither
Always Two
Bodhidharma:Not Knowing
NeitherNot knowing
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Wve Sventy-FuN Bhiav
All are Bodhisattvas
Sakyamuni Buddhasaid upon realization allbeings at this very moment have attained the Way.
Bodhisattvas vow to help all become enlightened
Buddha:We refer to it as a being, but there is nobeing
No Bodhisattvaswithout the perception of abeing.
No Bodhisattva
again
Sakyamuni Buddhasaid upon realization allbeings at this very moment have attained the Way.
No Bodhisattva
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Wve Sventy-FveTe Saff he
AueNot different
All is all
A portal
What a blow to imagine you are not the absoluteWhat a shock
Not two
No giverNo receiver
Not One
What a blow to imagine you are not the absoluteWhat a shock
Not two
The Staff of the Absolute
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Wve Sventy-SxN Saain,
N OenesThere is no such thing as a giver
There is no such thing as a receiver
Being Blind to both, one cannot perceive either
Without the blinders of perceptionNo such thing as separationNo such thing as onenessNo such thing as a world
Without giving or receiving
No such thing as separationNo such thing as oneness
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Wve Sventy-SveCae A
Prceua IluinBuddha-Consciousness
Beyond Buddha-The Absolute
Cake a perceptual illusion
A speck of consciousnessThe cake and the speck of consciousness
One and the same
Not BuddhaNeither
Absolute(ly)
Both?Possibly
But not from the Not BuddhaAbsolute(ly)
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Wve Sventy-EightBieving I N
BievingSubtle feelings are part of consciousness
Believing them is part of the dreamNot believing them is part of the dream
See through them
Believing Is Not BelievingImpact is in the dream
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Wve Sventy-NnN Game
Enquiry Koan: Without abstraction-transductionwhat is?
Enquiry Koan: Without abstraction-transductionwhat isnt?
Even Master-Gurus get upset, they want to keepthe game going
Fuck them
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Wve EightyTe Dea fSi n B
A speck of consciousness in the distance appearsto grow
An unstoppable flow
Dont look nowThe flow will gobble you up
Still and be are only in the dream
Stay still prior to still and be prior to beThere is no such thing as stillThere is no such thing as be
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Wve Eighty-OI Am,
he Hu fhe eelThe I of Is the I AmThe hub of a wheel
Shoot it down with the arrowOf deconstruction
All vanishes when the I Am disappears
Nisargadatta Maharaj: (paraphrased), See
through the superficially of the I AmYou are priorto the arising of the I am
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Wve Eighty-wN Bh,
N DatBillions of cells
Bacteria
Nature with no-I
Enquiry Koan: Who or what claims to be born ordie?
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Wve Eighty-TeWhou Prcein,
N BWithout perception
There is no such thing as mindThere is no such thing as Buddha
Master Baso:No Mind, No Buddha.
Enquiry Koan: Without perception, is there a mindwith sky, birds and Buddha?
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Wve Eighty-ouTe Dluin
Nn-DaiyA Bodhisattva without perception of a being or a
selfAn oxymoron
Non-duality, a beginning step
Nagarjuna:There is no unity,(non-duality) thereis no duality.
Non-duality: a deluded station
There is no such thing as non-dualityAbsolute(ly)
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Wve Eighty-FveIanneou
Be all and not allSimultaneously grab it instantaneously
Otherwise the mind will not restLike a thief who missed the wallet sitting in front
of him
The Paradox
The universe moves all at oncewithout an I to do it
Yet the universe depends upon an I to claim
doership
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Wve Eighty-SxN Knoing,
N AwanesAwareness the light of the perceivable world
The illusion of many dependent on the one light
Zen Saying: A monkey grabs at the reflection of
the moon.
Not knowing-Not awareness rests beyond
When Bodhidharmawas asked, who are you?He replied, Not knowing.
Nisargadatta Maharaj called this unawareness
Not awareness also works
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Wve Eighty-eveN Ligh
AwanesNisargadatta Maharaj: (paraphrased) Everythingis plus and minuszero
What is yourself
A perception of separation by the light ofawareness?
A perception of oneness by the light of awareness?
Not awareness-Not BuddhaThere is no such thing as awareness
There is no such thing as the light of awareness
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Wve Eighty-EightTe Aue in
Te Aue aTe Aue ueOnly in the dream is understanding possible
What makes you think the Absolute is ordoes?
Krsna: I am in every being, I am not in any being.
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Wve Eighty-NnN Awanes-
N SeingEnquiry Koan: What is it that has an infinitenumber of eyes but cannot see?
Not Awareness no eyes
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Wve NnetyNing Ho
Anhing ogeerThe substance is the universe
Its purpose?None
Its function?None
What is it made of?Consciousness
What is consciousness?None
There is no such thing as substance, function,purpose or what something is made of.
Nothing holds anything togetherNothing holds anything togetherNothing holds anything together
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Wve Nnety-OWhou, Ho Can
i B Sae LiveThere is no such thing as life
Life is the name of a perception
There is no such thing as self or ISelf or I is the name of a perception
a perceptual illusion
There is no such thing as you or other
You and other is the name of a perception, aperceptual illusion
How can this be shared or lived?How can this be shared or lived?How can this be shared or lived?
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Wve Nnety-wN Awanes
Apain PrceinA particle
A perception
Concentrated consciousness though non-existentappears to be just as its perceiver appears to be
A closed loop
The Not Buddha without soundInstantaneous unawareness-not awareness
appearing as a perception
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Wve Nnety-TeO I Nn
I AOne appearanceAll appearancesNothing special
Extra special
Portals
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Wve Nnety-ouN Seing
Seeing requires a perception plus awarenessNot seeing is without either
You cannot see my not-seeing because you areseeing
Not seeing my not seeing and not seeingyour not seeing is you
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Wve Nnety-FveSunles
Not-awareness is without soundDeafness
Enquiry Koan:Without sound, seeing, or hearingWhat hears sees and listens?
Nisargadatta Maharaj: (paraphrased), If someonesays something mean to you in a foreign language areyou offended?
All words are merely sounds representing non-existent entities
Water in a mirage.
There is no such thing as sound in thenot-awareness
There is no such thing as sound in thenot-awareness
There is no such thing as sound in thenot-awareness
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Wve Nnety-SxNi Ni
Neti Neti, not this not thisA description of the absolute-not Buddha-not
awareness
All thoughts, memory, emotions, associations,perceptions, a perceiver and the body are
consciousness-light of awareness-Buddha
As such all are dependent upon awarenessAwareness depends upon Not-awareness
Awareness too does not lastAwareness vanishes
Without mental imagesDependent upon awareness
Buddhas disappear
Neti Netia description of a process, or a
description of the Absolute?
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Wve Nnety-SveWhou Zer
Nisargadatta Maharaj (paraphrased)All is plusand minus equaling zero.
Zero: A description of a perception, or adescription of not zero?
Either way, there is no such thing as zero-plus orminus
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Wve Nnety-EightW A
ranuce SunAll words and teachings are metaphors not to be
believedFollowing sounds transduced as words is to fall in
love with the water in a mirage.
The Shiva Sutras: The cause of bondage issound.
Trying to understand through sound transduced aswords is confusing words with the things they are
supposed to represent which are mistakenly takenas existing.
It is like trying to swim in the water of a mirage
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Wve Nnety-inA W Iply
Bunaie ExiingSaae ingReality is the formless prior to perception
Be careful, the concept of a body is a metaphor
which demands boundaries
The mask of perception reveals a world madeof consciousness supported by the light of
awareness.
The peace of awareness is a lovely stateBut state it is
The mask of perception reveals a world madeof consciousness supported by the light of
awareness.
Enquiry Koan: What is it that supports awareness?
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Wve Oe-HundedA S A
n I AAll supports all and depends on all
SeamlessThere is no I or all in all
All supports all and depends on allA single particle supports the universe
The universe would not be the universeif not for this particle
All supports all, depends on all, and is allOne Without Oneness
A single particle supports the universeThe universe would not be the universe
if not for this particle
One Without Oneness
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