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Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/10rbpcb/zen_under_the_gun_stainless_study/
Post Summary:
In front of the hall of the ancient buddhas, there has never been any other road. In the gate of the ancestral teachers, how could there be many kinds of talk?
The Buddha Dharma is not different from the human mind: all inherent functioning is the intent of the enlightened ancestors. The deviation comes because of grasping false views.
Buddha said to Ananda, "Even if you go for eons augmenting your learning, it is not as good as one day of stainless study".
But tell me, how do you cultivate 'stainless study'? If you say it has cultivation and realization, this is a vulgar lie. If you say it has no cultivation or realization, you are befuddled about buddha-nature.
Zen Teaching: Zen Under the Gun
Post Cast Overview: What is study? What is seeking? What is verification?
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