Someone asked Master Rinzai:
— How to come to the knowledge of the Primordial?
Rinzai was taking his morning walk with his staff in his hand. He raised his staff before the eyes of the questioner and said:
- Watch! This is a staff. If you can observe it, there is no need to go anywhere.
The man must have been a little puzzled. He looked at the staff and asked:
How can one achieve enlightenment by simply observing the staff?
Rinzai said:
- The question is not what you observe, but what you observe!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru