The verbal teachings of Buddhas and Zen masters that have come down from the past are like bits of title used to knock on a door; it is a matter of expediency that we use them as entrances into truth.
For some years now, students have not been getting to the root of the aim of Zen, instead taking the verbal teachings of Buddhas and Zen masters to be the ultimate rule. That is like ignoring a hundred thousand pure clear oceans and only focusing attention on a single bubble.
---Ying-an---
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