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@ Mattias Lindberg
2025-05-25 09:33:17”There is no place in Buddhism for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Relieve your bowels, pass water, put on your clothes, and eat your food. When you're tired, go and lie down. Ignorant people may laugh at me, but the wise will understand.” Awakening for Lin-chi seems primarily a matter of "nerve"—the courage to "let go" without further delay in the unwavering faith that one's natural, spontaneous functioning is the Buddha mind.