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    eBue Cliff RecodsTe Grea Unravein

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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

    114 Rio Del Mar Blvd.

    Aptos, California95003-4648

    website stephenhwolinskyphdlibrary.com

    Typesetting: Bramble Bookswww.bramblebooks.com

    Book Cover Designby

    Mike [email protected]

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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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