tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927287967324046803.post2079115105584748350..comments2023-05-27T10:43:31.732+02:00Comments on Blinde Schildpad: Cold and HeatBlinde Schildpadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089901404619251224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927287967324046803.post-34639454525621027352011-02-08T23:20:17.315+01:002011-02-08T23:20:17.315+01:00There's a story from the Tibetan tradition tha...There's a story from the Tibetan tradition that has basically the same intent as Dongshan's humdinger:<br /><br /><i>Nyoshul Lungtok would keep telling Patrul Rinpoche that he had not yet got the main point, of realizing Rigpa (natural awareness). Maybe he had, but he really wanted to be sure, so he kept on asking him. Then Patrul Rinpoche gave him the introduction. It happened one evening, whilst Patrul Rinpoche was staying up in one of the retreat centres above Dzogchen monastery. It was a very beautiful night; the sky was clear, and the stars were very bright. It was very quiet, and the sound of solitude was heightened by the distant barking of a dog from the monastery down below. <br /><br />Nyoshul Lungtok had not asked him anything that evening, and Patrul Rinpoche called him over, saying: “Didn’t you tell me that you still hadn’t got the main point of the practice of the Great Perfection teachings?” Nyoshul Lungtok replied: “Yes, that’s right”. <br /><br />“It’s very simple”, he said, and lying down on the ground, he beckoned to him: “My son, come and lie down here like your father”. So Nyoshul Lungtok did so. Then Patrul Rinpoche asked him, in a very affectionate way: “Do you see the stars in the sky?” <br /><br /> “Yes”. <br /><br /> “Do you hear the dogs barking from the Dzogchen monastery?” <br /><br /> “Yes.” <br /><br /> “Do you hear what I am saying to you?” <br /><br /> “Yes.” <br /><br /> “Well, the nature of Dzogpachenpo, the Great Perfection, is just—simply this.”<br /><br /> At this moment, everything fell into place, and instantaneously Nyoshul Lungtok was completely realized.</i><br /><br />(slightly edited for slang from <a href="http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Nyoshul_Lungtok_Tenp%C3%A9_Nyima" rel="nofollow">this</a>.)Blinde Schildpadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12089901404619251224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927287967324046803.post-55659510788443166922011-02-08T23:12:00.035+01:002011-02-08T23:12:00.035+01:00I begin to realize that the sound of one clapping ...I begin to realize that the sound of one clapping hand is colder than the strength of two sticks broken together.Absent Martiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927287967324046803.post-78333214937623349892011-02-08T22:50:57.464+01:002011-02-08T22:50:57.464+01:00Ah, it was Dongshan who said that.Ah, it was <a href="http://www.mro.org/zmm/teachings/daido/teisho16.php" rel="nofollow">Dongshan who said that</a>.Blinde Schildpadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12089901404619251224noreply@blogger.com