[Buddha-l] Prapanca

[Stuart Lachs]

Curt wrote:
 Second of all, as Mumon once observed, "To always be
alert and clear is to wear chains and an iron yoke."

Curt, could you give a citation for the quote?

Thanks,

Stuart


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> There is an inescapable logical paradox in saying that the falling away of
> mindfulness is easily noticed. But this is more than just wordplay - for 
> at
> least two reasons. First of all, becoming aware of unmindfulness is the 
> very
> process of "waking up". Second of all, as Mumon once observed, "To always 
> be
> alert and clear is to wear chains and an iron yoke."
> Curt Steinmetz
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> Sounds like Mumon was a poet.
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