The Mind That Is Like Space

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When Upagupta was about to transmit the Dharma, he asked Dhṛtaka: 'My mind is at peace. Is yours?' Dhṛtaka said: 'Your mind is at peace, and so all minds are at peace.' Upagupta said: 'Where does this peace come from?' Dhṛtaka said: 'It comes from nowhere. That is why it is peace.' Keizan's verse: Sky above, sky below— / the mountain sits without moving. / This peace was never disturbed. / Who told you it needed to be found?

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Attribution

• Speaker
  Dhritaka

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

From Denkoroku

• The Robe That Never Wears Out
• The Fragrance Without a Flower
• The Auspicious Cloud
• The Wine Jar and the Dharma
• The Star That Does Not Move
• Entering the Gate as a Householder
• The Vow of Pārśva
• The Debate That Ended Without Debate
• Meeting Nāgārjuna
• In Praise of the Perfection of Wisdom

Sources

• contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

  Zen project editorial

  Denkoroku, Case 6

  Denkoroku: The Mind That Is Like Space