22 July 2005

Manjushri Enters the Gate

One day Manjushri stood outside the gate whe Buddha called to him. "Manjushri, Manjushri, why do you not enter?"
"I do not see a thing outside the gate. Why should I enter?" Manjushri answered.

—Nyogen Senzaki, from The Iron Flute


When you have understood, there is no inside or outside. Everything is already inside, so no purpose is served by entering the gate. Those who do not understand and condemn the ones 'outside the gate' cannot see past the illusion. No distinctions. No difference.

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