U-Po-chang wayengomunye wabaphathi abakhulu beZen bekhulu lesi-XNUMX. Udumo lwakhe lwaba kangangokuthi abaningi beza esigodlweni sakhe sokuzolandela indlela yokukhanyiselwa, ngakho waphoqeleka ukuthi avule isigodlo sesibili. Kodwa okokuqala kwakufanele athole inkosi efanele, ngakho wasungula uvivinyo olwalubonakala lulula ukuze amthole.
Wabutha izindela wabeka ujeke phambi kwazo. Wabe esethi: “ngaphandle kokulibiza ngembiza, ngitshele ukuthi liyini”.
Umonki omdala waphendula: "Ngeke usho ukhuni."
Ngenkathi ezinye izindela zicabanga ngempendulo yazo, umpheki wezindela wakhahlela ujeke waqala ibhizinisi lakhe. UPo-chang wamphathisa ukuphatha isigodlo sezindela.
Le ndaba ebhalwe ngendlela ye-koan isifundisa ukuthi sibhekane nezinkathazo ezisiphethe futhi ezivame kugcina sezenze umonakalo omkhulu kunesigameko esibadalele. Lapho sizinika amandla okubusa, izinkathazo zilandelana futhi zisakazeka, zithatha ingqondo yethu yonke. Zikhula njengamafu amnyama futhi zisivimbela ekutholeni ikhambi, zithathe ezethu ukuthula kwangaphakathi.
Lapho sikhathazeka kakhulu, yilapho sizosuka kude nesixazululo
Lapho sifunda kodwa siphazanyiswe, siyehluleka ukubamba umongo. Bese sithi kithi: "Kumele ngigxilise ingqondo". Ngaleso sikhathi esinembile singena esimweni sokuqapha ngokweqile. Okusho ukuthi, ingqondo iqala ukuqapha umsebenzi wayo ukuze ingazuli. Kodwa ngale ndlela asikwazi nokugxila emagameni ngoba ingqondo imatasa izenza umqaphi wayo.
Inqubo efanayo iyenzeka ngokukhathazeka. Uma kwenzeka into embi, siqala ukucabanga ngayo. Ivula i- ukucabanga okuyinhlekelele. Okunye ukukhathazeka kubiza omunye. Sibona ngeso lengqondo inhlekelele bese iba yimbi nakakhulu, kuze kube yilapho sicishe sinqamuke ngokuphelele eqinisweni.
Ukukhathazeka ku-loop kuyasiphuphuthekisa. Kudala ukungakhululeki okujulile futhi akusisizi ukuthi sixazulule inkinga yangempela. Eqinisweni, leyo ngxoxo yengqondo isiza kuphela ukudala ukudideka okwengeziwe, kusenze sibuyele endaweni efanayo ngaphandle kokufika ndawo. Ngaphandle kokuxazulula noma yini.
Kufilosofi yeZen kunendlela yokumisa lokhu kugeleza kwemicabango engapheli futhi ugweme ukubanjwa amandla ayo amaphakathi: uphaya. Igama uphaya livela kuSanskrit futhi lisho ngokwezwi nezwi "yini ekuvumela ukuthi ufinyelele umgomo". Ngakho-ke, lingahunyushwa ngokuthi “izindlela” ezisisiza ukuba sifinyelele imigomo yethu.
Indlela uphaya ilula kakhulu njengoba iqukethe ukukhomba ngqo kulokho esikufunayo ukuqeda umbuthano ononya wokukhathazeka futhi sigxilise ukunaka kwethu kulokho okufanele sikwenze. Amandla ayo ukuthi isivumela ukuthi sibuyele ngokushesha eqinisweni.
Ngakho-ke, esikhundleni sokumosha amandla ngokungadingekile ngokukhathazeka, masiqondise kabusha imizamo yethu ekutholeni isisombululo. Eqinisweni, impendulo yompheki wesigodlo ayizange ishukunyiswe ukuthatheka kodwa ulwazi olujulile oluvela ekuhlakanipheni okunembile, kodwa esivame ukungakulaleli ngenxa yokukhuluma kwethu ngokwengqondo.
Upaya, umqondo we-zen ukuze ubone ngokucacile
Bathi uT'ung-shan, enye inkosi enkulu yeZen, wake wabuzwa, "Uyini uBuddha?" Waphendula wathi: "amakhilogremu amathathu efilakisi".
Lokhu kungase kubonakale njengempendulo engenangqondo. Futhi kunjalo. Kodwa umgomo wayo uwukuvimba noma yimuphi umzamo wokuqagela. Vimbela umcabango ekuzihlanganiseni wona futhi ulahleke emicabangweni nasezinkathazweni.
Yingakho futhi amakhosi amakhulu eZen ekhuluma kancane futhi ekhetha ukubhekana nabafundi babo ngeqiniso. Leli qiniso libizwa ngokuthi thatha futhi isho "ukuba njalo", ngaphandle kwamalebula angamazwi angaholela ekudidekeni.
Indlela uphaya inomgomo ofanayo: ukuqondisa kabusha ukunaka kwethu kulokho okudingeka sikuxazulule. Kusivumela ukuthi siphume ku-loop yokukhathazeka ukuze sibuyele eqinisweni. Kuvula indlela yobuhlakani obunembile, obuvamise ukuthuliswa kodwa kusivumela ukuthi sibone ngokucacile okwenzekayo kanye nendlela okufanele siyilandele.
Impela, lapho sikwazi ukubona izinto njengoba zinjalo, ngaphandle kwezingqimba zencazelo esizengeza kuzo - amaqiniso esikulindele, ukwesaba, izinkolelo… - siyaqaphela ukuthi “Akukho okuhle, akukho okubi, akukho okude noma okufushane ngokwangaphakathi, akukho okucabangelayo futhi akukho njongo,” njengoba u-Alan Watts ebonisa.
Indlela uphaya ayigcini nje ngokusibuyisela eqinisweni, kodwa isusa izehlakalo zamalebula angemahle adala ukukhathazeka. Yingakho kusisiza ukuthi sivule izingqondo zethu futhi sibheke izixazululo ze-360-degree.
Indlela elula kakhulu yokuqala ukuzijwayeza indlela uphaya futhi ukuqeqesha ingqondo kuwukukhomba noma iyiphi into emgwaqweni lapho sigxile ezinkathazweni zethu zansuku zonke. Singama bese sikhomba, isibonelo, isihlahla. Kodwa esikhundleni sokucabanga ngokushesha ngezimfanelo zaso ngokusibiza ngokuthi “umlotha,” “sikhulu,” “sineqabunga,” noma “sihle,” sidinga nje ukubona isihlahla, ukuthi siyini. Phawula umbala wayo, indlela ebonisa ngayo ukukhanya, noma ukuma kwamagatsha awo.
Kungase kubonakale kuwukuzivocavoca okulula, kodwa kunzima kakhulu ngomqondo ojwayele ukulebula yonke into. Nokho, lapho sisebenzisa amalebula amaningi, silahlekelwa ingcebo eyengeziwe. Amalebula asivumela ukuthi sihambe ngokushesha, kodwa siye ohlangothini olulodwa. Indlela uphaya iqondisa kabusha ukunaka esikhathini samanje, ngaphandle kokwahlulela, isuka emicabangweni yethu elengayo futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, lawo malebula okunciphisa.
Ngakho-ke ngesikhathi esizayo okuthile kukukhathaza kakhulu, kodwa uyabona ukuthi lezo zinkathazo zikuholela ekugcineni, okwandisa ukucindezeleka ngokomzwelo, vele uqondise ukunaka kwakho enkingeni yangempela. Naka okwalapha futhi manje. Vumela ubuhlakani bakho obunembile bukhulume. Cishe kuyoba lula kakhulu kuwe ukuthola ikhambi.
Imithombo
Watts, A. (1971) The Camino del Zen. Barcelona: Edhasa.
Chung-yuan, C. (1979) Izimfundiso zobuBuddha ezikhethwe ekudlulisweni kwesibani. ENew York: Indlu Engahleliwe.
Umnyango I-Upaya, indlela ye-Zen yakudala yokuzikhulula ku-loop yokukhathazeka yashicilelwa okokuqala ngo Ikhona lePsychology.
