Quote:
A monk once made reference to a gatha composed by Wo-luan which read as follows:
I, Wo-Luan, know a device
Whereby to blot out all my thoughts:
The objective world no more stirs the mind,
And daily matures my Enlightenment!
Heading this, the sixth patriarch [of Chinese Zen] remarked: "That is no enlightenment, but leads one into a state of bondage. Listen to my gatha:
I, Hui-neng, know no device,
My thoughts are not suppressed:
The objective world ever stirs the mind,
And what is the use of maturing Enlightenment?"[/b]
I'm not sure I had a point beyond those poems :).