THE SECRET GATE TO THE CHAN FOREST
机 禅林门 Ji chan lin men
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Union against Mara
Do you know how it is to be a Warrior or a Guardian without a cause?
Certainly it is frustrating. You develop at times a head like Avalokiteshvara, as if it was about to break into a thousand pieces.
But if truly you see the enemy like David saw Goliath, but supported by thousands, perhaps millions in his army which threatens all that is correct and natural, and furthermore see that many millions more are indifferent to his subtle attacks, then you have no option but to combat until your death.
It is of little importance that few, very few, listen, so you are alone in great part continuing against all that is Dharma Destruction.
Does Evil exist?
No, it does not, for Evil is a mental concept to describe the folly of the Human Creature, a condition developed over thousands of years.
Is there opposition to this Evil, for example Good, in the form of an omnipotent God?
There is not! But there is another mental concept, that of Dharma Warriors and Guardians.
There are those that appear like Warriors and Guardians.
The Master Mi-an declared:
"Many disciples have the bad fortune to fall upon Masters who appear to have adequate perception of the Truth, that are dedicated to offering absurd explanations, believing that their personal interpretations of Chan (called Zen) are the absolute Truth.
"Their only aspiration consists in being recognized as experts in Chan Dharma. This is a grave sickness."
They appear to be combating Evil as a Guardian, but they do so with a mind that is Ego-bound.
They may attain what their Ego desires, but they do not really see the suffering of the world except with a cogntive intelligence that is clouded with bias. What they do unfortunately is generate a dark cloud of Ignorance and act with folly, without even being aware that they poison every human mind with which they come in contact.
Their minds have actually been touched, and many are not even aware of this, by the Daughters of Mara. But the Daughters of Mara, nor Mara himself, cannot stain the mind of a Warrior or Guardian.
They are protected by the very Dharma that they protect.
Evil can never touch you if you are a Warrior or a Guardian but around you see Nature destroyed, the environment stained, and the children of the world trapped in a net of malevolence if they have experienced the touch of evil.
If you are a Warrior or a Guardian there is only one weapon available. It is the sword that cuts away ignorance. It is the sword that turns the words of Evil into words of hope. Few can listen, but perhaps someone will.
This webpage is part of the sword's edge. There are other ways of combatting with this sword. It is difficult and it seems we will surely fail, but let us carry on with the spirit that says it is not true
How many Warriors and Guardians are there?
I have no idea!
But if you are really a Warrior or Guardian, or if you wish to begin to develop what is necessary, make a pledge to not stop until Mara and his daughters dissolve and return to the obscurity of delusion from whence they emerged.
Shan-jiàn Da-shi