May 31, 2026
Martin Goodson

This is Just This

Gateway Talks

When Master Daibai was about to die, he said to his monks: ‘What comes is not to be avoided, what goes is not to be followed.’ A little afterwards he heard a flying-squirrel screech and said: ‘This is just this, and nothing else. You all keep this faithfully. Now I must depart.’

When Master Daibai was about to die, he said to his monks: ‘What comes is not to be avoided, what goes is not to be followed.’ A little afterwards he heard a flying-squirrel screech and said: ‘This is just this, and nothing else. You all keep this faithfully. Now I must depart.’

The Wisdom of the Zen Masters by Irmgard Schloegl

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•   The difficulty of seeing straight - Right View on the Noble Eightfold Path

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