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Instructions from Master Hui Neng (638-713 CE)

10/4/2020

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Master Hui Neng Still Sits Upright in China Today
‘...After my death, if you carry out my instructions and practise them accordingly, my being away from you will make no difference. On the other hand, if you go against my teaching, no benefit would be obtained, even if I continued to stay here.’ 

Then he uttered another stanza: 

“Imperturbable and serene the ideal man practises no virtue. 
Self-possessed and dispassionate, he commits no sin. 
Calm and silent, he gives up seeing and hearing. 
Even and upright his mind abides nowhere.” 

Having uttered this stanza, he sat reverently until the third watch of the night. Then he said abruptly to his disciples, “I am going now,” and in a sudden passed away. A peculiar fragrance pervaded his room, and a lunar rainbow appeared which seemed to join up earth and sky. The trees in the wood turned white, and birds and beasts cried mournfully. 

...The Patriarch inherited the robe when he was 24, had his hair shaved (i.e. was ordained) at 39, and died (sat upright) at the age of 76. For thirty-seven years he preached for the benefit of all sentient beings. Forty-three of his disciples inherited the Dharma, and by his express consent, became his successors; while those who attained enlightenment and thereby got out of the rut of the ordinary man were too numerus to be calculated. 
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The Altar Sutra of Hui Neng (Chapter 10 – His Final Instructions) 
 
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    My name is Adrian Chan-Wyles (Upasaka Heng Yu) - also known as ‘Shi Da Dao’. At the moment I am neither attached to the void, nor hindered by phenomena. Eventually I shall attempt to pass away sat upright with a clear mind.  

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'Licchavi Vimalakirti came to the foot of that tree and said to me, ’Reverend Sariputra, this is not the way to absorb yourself in contemplation. You should absorb yourself in contemplation so that neither body nor mind appear anywhere in the triple world. You should absorb yourself in contemplation in such a way that you can manifest all ordinary behavior without forsaking cessation. You should absorb yourself in contemplation in such a way that you can manifest the nature of an ordinary person without abandoning your cultivated spiritual nature.'
                                                                                                                                                                                        Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra


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