Opposing Ignorance, Guiding Ignorance: A Teaching of Zen Master Ta Hui

The great Zen Master Ta-Hui (1089-1163) wrote: "In the conduct of their daily activities, sentient beings have no illumination. If you go along with their ignorance, they are happy; if you oppose their ignorance, they become vexed. Buddhas and bodhisattvas are not this way: they make use of ignorance, considering this the business of Buddhas. Since sentient beings make ignorance their home, to go against it amounts to breaking up their home; going with their ignorance is adapting to where they're at to influence and guide them."
In this talk, Hyon Gak Sunim addresses Zen's expedient means in the work of guiding sentient beings by using their ignorance without attaching to "good" or "bad," or "pure" or "not-pure" action.
A talk given at the Quarantine Retreat at Zen Center Regensburg, March 2020.
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[@sungjupark1173]

Awaaaaaaa...you've just guided my ignorance to a better place! a beautiful place! Let's not ask each other!!!!

[@siewkonsum7291]

Master Hyungak, thank you very much for your teachings.🙏🙏
Sum SK should like to share his own original narrated poem ( by his own self realisation) as below.
*Transient Life.*
_When birds had flown;_
_Passed thru' the sky;_
_They leave no traces._
_When we had lived;_
_Passed on this World;_
_Leave no foot prints._
_Our Nature is Sovereign;_
_Independent and self existing;_
_Living NOW never dies!_
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Appreciate your comment. Thank you. ❣️

[@nenamiguel3846]

" If you go along with their ignorance, they're happy, if you oppose their ignorance, they become vexed." Thank you for sharing 🙏

[@sstalks469]

Great to see that Hyon Gak is regularly
creating useful content now on UA-cam... Keep spreading the word. 👍

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[@stephenn5675]

Thank you so much Sir. 😀👍❤

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You're extremely welcome.

[@abbot1534]

Well done.

[@einarjungmann273]

The Master Rinzai would hit you with your book :D

[@jayjaehwakim5924]

Significant sentences by Ta-Hui but nice teaching with them by the sunim taking examples from the Bible. I guess the sunim himself will be great zen master someday or some time in the future.

[@amida9195]

👏🏼📜 thx for sharing sunim

[@timeamoldovan3902]

beautifüllll

[@Fedaalis]

Thank you - nice useful talk.

[@radeandjelkovic1794]

Thank you Sunim, this one hit home!

[@user-be3by9gb1o]

감사합니다:) 현각스님

[@nenamiguel3846]

Adorei a referencia da historia sobre Jesus Cristo & Joao Batista ❤️
Beautiful the key is practicing 🌹and be in mist like Jesus Christ 🙏