Zhi Travels North (3)

1 Nieque devoted himself to seek Tao for some time but failed to get it. Therefore, he visited to Beiyi asking for the right way.

2 Beiyi told Nieque, “Practice for Tao is nothing but sincerity; you have to make up your mind to look for it. If your friend practices so you follow. You think that let try, if successful, that is good; if not, never mind there is no loss anyway. Just basing on curiosity, you can’t find the way to Tao.

3 When you throw off all concern, worry and make up your mind to seek Tao, you will practice hard in serious and perseverant attitude.

4 Your serious attitude makes you devote to study. Some distracting thoughts are deserted. When you calm down, self-nature, Buddha-nature, Qi, calmness and refinement arise gradually and combine with your flesh body. Since then you hit the way of practice. It is written in Buddha book that suffering skandha quits and then wisdom, sight, sense, brightness, comprehension and intelligence come into being. They, the way of practice and what written in Buddha book, are the different approaches to the same purpose.

5 Listen! Focus your mind and put aside your consciousness and wait patiently for self-nature, Buddha-nature, Qi, calmness and refinement. They will arise and fill in each part of your body.

6 The miraculous no-learning skill represents itself step by step. The unique actions of Yoga will improve your health and mind completely, and even change your fate.

7 It works so obviously in your body that its result is out of doubt. Now that you have the tokens and phenomenon, then, you should not waste your time and energy to study its source, nature and reason.”

8 Beiyi was still speaking; however, Nieque had fallen into sleep. Beiyi instead was delighted by his sleeping. He stayed for a while until Nieque fell into sound asleep. And then he quietly stood up and left.

9 On the way, he sang aloud, “He is still like a rotten stump. His heart and consciousness have ceased, waiting for the arising of self-nature, Buddha-nature, Qi, calmness and refinement. His knowledge that is learned by study and imitation has gone. Then his inner heart is vacant as a baby’s. Temptation of objective environment can’t have an influence on him. Subjective conditions, such as avarice, wrath and obsession can’t work. He changes totally into a new man. Who is he? I can’t recognize.”