The Great-Mountain Mind
Eight more attitudes of mind: humble, free of arrogance; ripening-timing, knowing when and when not; a jeweled horse's mind, free of an unruly disposition; a great cart, carrying everything; a great elephant, subduing every faculty; a great mountain unmoved by any evil wind; a small dog, free of anger; and an outcaste's mind, free of pride.
From the Humble Mind to the Outcaste's Mind
「……發卑下心，遠離自大，增上慢故；發成熟心，善知時非時故；發寶馬心，離[怡-台+龍]悷心不調故；發大車心，載一切故；發大象心，伏諸根故；發大山心，一切惡風，不能動故；發小犬心，離瞋恚故；發栴陀羅心，離憍慢故；……」
"… raise a humble mind, because it is far removed from arrogance and overweening pride; raise a mind of ripening timing, because it skillfully knows the right time and the wrong time; raise a jeweled-horse's mind, because it is free of a wild, unruly, untamed disposition; raise a great-cart's mind, because it carries everything; raise a great-elephant's mind, because it subdues every faculty; raise a great-mountain's mind, because no evil wind whatsoever can move it; raise a small-dog's mind, because it is free of anger and hatred; raise an outcaste's mind, because it is free of arrogance and pride … [the list continues]"
The jeweled-horse's mind draws on an image this collection has used elsewhere for a well-trained mount — responsive rather than obstinate — while the small dog and the outcaste (栴陀羅, a term for one of the lowest social standings in ancient Indian society) are chosen deliberately for their own low social register: humility here is illustrated not by noble animals or high castes but by whatever society regards as least. Fazang reads this choice as itself instructive — the attitude of mind required toward a good friend has nothing to do with one's own social standing, and everything to do with freedom from anger and pride.
Part 263 In Progress
The list of mind-attitudes continues. Part 264 continues with the broken-horned mind, the great wind, the great boat, the bridge, the filial son, and the prince — closing this teaching.
Continue to Part 264 →