A newly arrived book is making an impression, here. It's a translation and
some commentary by Soko Morinaga Roshi (1925-1995).
The translated text is an ancient Ch'an text discovered in the Dunhuang caves.
The text may be from the 3rd or 4th Century, C.E. It is a question-and-answer
type conversation between a Master and novice monk student, both of whom are
imaginary (fictional). The text, and the title Morinaga uses for the book, is:
THE CEASING OF NOTIONS.
I'm liking the brevity of the interchanges. There's nothing new here for a
practitioner who has practiced formally, and/or studied, but this gives the
book a feel of something like a letter from home.
I may afterwards post a few of the brief interchanges. You may feel the
familiarity in them. Or, you may feel challenged!
--Joe
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