The so-called "cave monk" is an active participant in creative liberation. One need not be "in _your_ face" in order to directly face what's already in one's own, as it is, wisely navigating the existential realities of modernity, casting ripples of influence in every direction.
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I sense both perspectives have merit. It reminds me of the somewhat coy Zen suggestion that awakening is an accident — and that our spiritual practice makes us accident prone.


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May we be blessed with auspicious accidents.
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Another edition of the Platform Sutra attributes the following verse to Hui-neng: The mind is the Bodhi tree, The body is the mirror stand. The mirror is originally clean and pure; Where can it be stained by dust? (Yampolsky 132)
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