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SUMMARY:Dharma Inquiry
DESCRIPTION:Song of the Jeweled-Mirror Samadhi\nThursday, May 28\n1 – 2 p.m. (EDT) on Zoom\nFacilitated by: Dharma Holder Michael Herzog and Dharma Holder Rev. Paul Galvin\nPlease join us for a time to explore and discuss a reading from our Boundless Way Zen sutra book. Michael and Paul will facilitate reflection on and discussion of the reading Song of the Jeweled-Mirror Samadhi on page 25 in the BoWZT Sutra Book).\nEach of us will share our impressions and consider the perspectives of others with guidance. And we will all take refuge in Sangha as we speak and explore the Dharma together. The gathering is open to everyone (pre-registration is not required), with a suggested donation of $10 – $20, which can be given on our Temple donation page to support our ongoing engagement in the dharma.\nJoin the discussion using the Boundless Way Zen Worcester Temple link.\n\nSong of the Jeweled-Mirror Samadhi\nby Dongshan Liangjie; tr. SZTB\nThe Dharma of thusness is intimately transmitted by Buddhas and Ancestors.\nNow you have it; preserve it well.\n\nA silver bowl filled with snow, a heron hidden in the moon.\nTaken as similar, they are not the same; not distinguished,\ntheir places are known.\n\nThe meaning does not reside in the words,\nbut a pivotal moment brings it forth.\n\nMove and you are trapped, miss and you fall into doubt and vacillation.\nTurning away and touching are both wrong, for it is like massive fire.\nJust to portray it in literary form is to stain it with defilement.\n\nIn darkest night it is perfectly clear; in the light of dawn it is hidden.\n\nIt is a standard for all things; its use removes all suffering.\nThough it is not constructed, it is not beyond words.\n\nFacing a precious mirror; form and reflection behold each other.\nYou are not it, but in truth it is you.\n\nLike a newborn child, it is fully endowed with five aspects.\nNo going, no coming, no arising, no abiding; a baby babbles—is anything\nsaid or not? In the end, it says nothing, for the words are not yet right.\n\nIn the illumination hexagram, apparent and real interact;\nstacked together they become three; the permutations make five,\nlike the taste of the five-flowered herb, like the five-pronged vajra.\n\nWondrously embraced within the real, drumming and singing begin\ntogether. Penetrate the source and travel the pathways;\nembrace the territory and treasure the roads.\n\nYou would do well to respect this; do not neglect it.\n\nNatural and wondrous, it is not a matter of delusion or enlightenment.\nWithin causes and conditions, time and season,\nit is serene and illuminating.\n\nSo minute it enters where there is no gap,\nso vast it transcends all dimension.\n\nJust a hair’s-breadth deviation, and you are out of tune.\n\nThere are sudden and gradual, so teachings and approaches arise.\nWith these matters distinguished, each has its standard.\nMastered or not, reality constantly flows.\n\nOutside still and inside trembling, like tethered colts or cowering rats,\nthe ancient sages grieved for them, and offered them the Dharma.\n\nLed by their inverted views, they take black for white.\nWhen inverted thinking stops, the affirming mind naturally accords.\n\nIf you want to follow in the ancient tracks,\nplease observe the sages of the past.\n\nOne on the verge of realizing the Buddha Way contemplated a tree\nfor ten long kalpas,\nlike a battle-scarred tiger,\nlike a horse with shanks gone grey.\n\nBecause some are vulgar: jeweled tables and ornate robes;\nbecause some are wide-eyed: cats and white oxen.\n\nWith a great archer’s skill one can hit the mark at a hundred yards,\nbut arrows meeting head on—how could that be a matter of skill?\n\nWooden man starts to sing; stone woman gets up dancing.\nIt is not reached by feelings or consciousness—\nhow could it involve deliberation?\n \nMinisters serve their lords,\nchildren obey their parents;\nnot obeying is not filial,\nfailure to serve is no help.\nWith practice hidden, function secretly, like a fool, like an idiot.\nJust to do this continuously is called the host within the host.\n \n(Page 25 in the BoWZT Sutra Book)\n
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