by Elihu Genmyo Smith
Zen Master Linji says, “Followers of the way, mind Dharma is
without form and pervades the ten
directions 
. In the eye, it is called seeing;
in the ear, called hearing; in the nose, it smells odors. In the mouth, it holds
conversation. In the hands, it grasps and seizes. In the feet, it runs and
carries. Fundamentally, it is one pure radiance that unfolds as the six spheres
of being world. Since this mind Dharma is not of the order of existence, there
is not a single place that is not liberated. All
dharmas (phenomena) are Buddha
Dharma. What is my purpose in speaking this way? I do so only because you
followers of the way cannot stop your mind from running around everywhere
seeking, and because you go clambering after the worthless contrivances of the
men of old.”
What is this all-pervading mind Dharma? Notice that Linji does not say, in the
eye it is called seeing what we want, what we like or not seeing what we do not
like....
(c) 2014 Elihu Genmyo Smith
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