Teaching the mahayana monks by jiao ran
815 – 53
Not reaching
The shore of no more Thriving
Emptiness has No regards to what boat you are travelling .
East Mountain The way of the white clouds.
Is ridiculous If you die of old age.
Reaching the other shore is a idiom quoted by The Buddha. First found in the Sutta nipatta, where nirvanna is described as reaching the other shore and the practice of the teachings of the Buddha is liken to be a boat that carries one across the sea of rebirth . In the polemic of the Lotus sutta there is a constant reference to the Maha yana vehicle is the true vehicle and the others does not leads to enlightenment. Jiao Ran in this poem is referring the polemic and rheotic of the Mahayana is a waste of precious time seen in the following verse.
East Mountain refers to fifth Patricah of Chan . It also referrs to the Chan school before the schismof North and south. Taking into consideration at Jiao Ran time there were much polemis and rheoteric between this 2 schools. Jiao Ran was saying the arguments between them were schematic and not realy related in reaching enlightment. Thus missing the point of the teaching of the Hong Ren, ie The white cloud are the teachings that rains on the mountains ( meaning senior monks ) which nourishes the mountains.
Ending with the punch line of You You. 悠悠。 Which in singular you means lesiurely. Double emphasize reverse the meaning meaning ridiculous or out of context. Thus when you are getting on in age can you afford to be so leisurely. One should thrive as quickly as one can and leaves the arguments behind.
Not reaching
The shore of no more Thriving
Emptiness has No regards to what boat you are travelling .
East Mountain The way of the white clouds.
Is ridiculous If you die of old age.
Reaching the other shore is a idiom quoted by The Buddha. First found in the Sutta nipatta, where nirvanna is described as reaching the other shore and the practice of the teachings of the Buddha is liken to be a boat that carries one across the sea of rebirth . In the polemic of the Lotus sutta there is a constant reference to the Maha yana vehicle is the true vehicle and the others does not leads to enlightenment. Jiao Ran in this poem is referring the polemic and rheotic of the Mahayana is a waste of precious time seen in the following verse.
East Mountain refers to fifth Patricah of Chan . It also referrs to the Chan school before the schismof North and south. Taking into consideration at Jiao Ran time there were much polemis and rheoteric between this 2 schools. Jiao Ran was saying the arguments between them were schematic and not realy related in reaching enlightment. Thus missing the point of the teaching of the Hong Ren, ie The white cloud are the teachings that rains on the mountains ( meaning senior monks ) which nourishes the mountains.
Ending with the punch line of You You. 悠悠。 Which in singular you means lesiurely. Double emphasize reverse the meaning meaning ridiculous or out of context. Thus when you are getting on in age can you afford to be so leisurely. One should thrive as quickly as one can and leaves the arguments behind.
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