
"At this time you think this is enlightenment, but you should doubt even more; who hears this sound? If you go on investigating without producing a single thought, the realm where it seems like nothing exists, like empty space, also dies out, there is no more taste at all; where it is dark as night, if you exert all your power to fully doubt what it is that hears this sound, then when the doubt shatters and you are like someone who has completely died coming back to life, this then is enlightenment, satori." - Bassui



The doubt appears in mind, and registers in pure Awareness – wakefulness – otherwise you would not know of it at all.
Gilbert Schultz • Self Aware
Chiang Wei-nung says, “Listening here is connected with ‘thus have I heard’ at the beginning of the sutra. If Subhuti did not wish to listen to this, Ananda would not have heard it. There are three kinds of listening. First, we listen to the words. Second, we listen to the meaning. Third, we listen to the truth. As we listen to these words about co
... See moreRed Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom

I saw then that this is one of those embarrassing stories in which the storyteller unconsciously describes his own mind. I thought the koan was boring, but I hadn’t let it all the way in. I thought the koan was lazy, but no, that was also me. And I had convinced a few of my colleagues as well. It’s really nice to have your delusions exploded; it’s
... See more