Daruma’s Mind-Pacifying
Daruma sat facing the wall. The Second Patriarch, having cut off his arm, stood there in the snow. He said, “Your disciple’s mind has no peace as yet. I beg the Teacher to give it rest.” Daruma replied, “Bring your mind here and I will give it rest.” The Patriarch said, “I have searched for that mind, and have not found it.” Daruma said, “Then I have put it to rest”
Daruma sat facing the wall. The Second Patriarch, having cut off his arm, stood there in the snow. He said, “Your disciple’s mind has no peace as yet. I beg the Teacher to give it rest.” Daruma replied, “Bring your mind here and I will give it rest.” The Patriarch said, “I have searched for that mind, and have not found it.” Daruma said, “Then I have put it to rest”
The Commentary
The broken-toothed old foreigner crossed the sea importantly from a hundred thousand miles away. This was raising waves when there is no wind. Daruma had only one disciple, and even he was a cripple. Well, well!
The broken-toothed old foreigner crossed the sea importantly from a hundred thousand miles away. This was raising waves when there is no wind. Daruma had only one disciple, and even he was a cripple. Well, well!
The Verse
Coming from the West, and direct pointing,—
All the trouble comes from this!
The jungle of monks being all at sixes and sevens
Comes from these two chaps.
Coming from the West, and direct pointing,—
All the trouble comes from this!
The jungle of monks being all at sixes and sevens
Comes from these two chaps.
As translated by R.H. Blyth
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