Intimate Talk with the Moon-Obscure Complications

《Guru’s Talks》(238冊《對著月亮說話》Intimate Talk with the Moon)

Obscure Complications

by Sheng-yen Lu

　　GaiGai!

　　One cloudy night, the moon did not appear. The clouds had colors of inky black, dark gray, dusty gray, light black and pale white just like the multi-shades created by the black brush paint.

　　Anyone that learns to paint knows the “black brush paint can create up to five different tones!”

　　Now, I finally realize:

　　Emotional affairs can be complicated due to obscure feelings.  Feelings like tastes could be sweet, sour, bitter, spicy hot, or salty. If you savor these tastes slowly, Wow! Some of them could really be hard to get used to!

　　Jealousy!

　　Envy!

　　All are included.

　　Some say that emotions cannot tolerate one grain of sand. They also say that the eyes, to be clear and bright, will not tolerate one speck of dust.

　　I hope very much:

　　Our emotions would be carefully cleansed every day.

　　Our journey would be smooth without a hitch.

　　Our personality would be sunny and gentle.

　　Our fervor would maintain optimal.

　　Our affairs would not be disrupted by any third party.

　　I believe we could amicably manage these worries, which are unworthy of our consideration. Most importantly, we must trust each other. Right?

　　Xuan Jue’s poem:

　　　An attained cultivator has no quest for knowledge or cause

　　No need to rid desires or seek the truth

　　　Ignorance and true nature are both Buddha-nature

　　　Imagery of empty body is Dharmakaya

　　Dharmakaya realizes emptiness

　　　Return to the origin is the genuine Buddha-Nature

　　Five aggregates come and go like the empty clouds

　　　Three poisons blisters must be popped

　　　Avici karma vanishes

　　When true reality of non-duality is validated

　　　Thus realizing there is no dharma

　　　Any falsification to delude sentient beings

　　Causes one to land in the Tongue Pulling Hell for unlimited

　　　kalpas

　　I feel this poem conveys: “Lying is the worst.”

　　It is not “real.” If it is “real,” it would definitely get rid of the “five aggregates” and eradicate the “three poisons.”

　　Concerning emotions, the scariest is “deceit” and the worst is to “cheat.”

　　The emotional bubble will burst even with the slightest touch!

　　Human emotions are as such and can result “resentments.”

　　I am a cultivator so I know:

　　The dream clearly has six realms.

　　Awakened is boundless emptiness.

　　Let’s “cherish” this! For this is my “genuineness”!

　　A poem for you:

　　　Concerning emotions

　　Remember

　　　Mustn’t be fanatical

　　　Because wildly fanatical

　　Can sometimes make matters worse

　　　Need to care attentively

　　For the future road still has far to go

　　　Not too rushed

　　　Not too slow

　　Not to hit the rocks

　　　I have always been very careful

　　Adjusting

　　　Along the way

　　　Not to give it time

　　To idly vanish

  Guru Talk