| 2. Finding the Tracks
Through the sutras and teachings he discerns the tracks of the Ox. [He has been informed that just as] different-shaped [golden] vessels are all basically of the same gold, so each and every thing is a manifestation of the Self. But he is unable to distinguish good from evil, truth and falsity. He has not actually entered the gate, but he sees in a tentative way the tracks of the Ox.  Innumerable footprints has he seen in the forest and along the water's edge. Over yonder does he see the trampled grass? Even the deepest gorges of the topmost mountains can't hide this Ox's nose which reaches right to heaven. Previous Next |
