Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Zen - blindness

We must not simply be aware but beware, through constant vigilance, of falling in love with conventional conceptions and mundane appearances. Even the exalted terms that point directly, such as Soto Zen or Great Way, can become mere convention, mere stipulation. This is adding gold chains to iron chains. The common terms male and female, for instance, are conventional designations, unrelated to the basic fact of awareness. Self and other, sentient and non-sentient - such correlative terms indicate divisions that do not exist at all for Original Awakeness. If one becomes obsessed with cultural and personal routines of thought and perception, all forms can become blindness, including the beautiful golden Buddha . . . .

- LEX HIXON, LIVING BUDDHA ZEN

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