白氏云 “不如放身心 冥然任天造”
晁氏云 “不如收身心 凝然歸寂定”
放者流爲猖狂 收者入於枯寂 唯善操身心的 杷柄在手 收放自如 (後91)
A sage says “It is best to lay down body and soul so to leave it to nature.” Another sage says “It is right to let body and soul go inside so to stay stillness"
Not a choice problem. To leave it alone makes uncontrolled. To go inside becomes dry and monotonous. The best taming the body and soul is as like the way of using handle. (Book2 91)
Ask A Monk: Samatha(calmn abiding) and Vipassana(insight)
Middle way doesn't mean to fit the exact center.
Vegetable Root Discourse
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