16th January

Student: "Who preaches the wisdom of the Buddha?"
Nanyang: "Walls and stones."
Student: "How can they teach anything - they are insentient?"
Nanyang: "They are always eloquently teaching the truth."
Student: "I can't hear it."
Nanyang: "But that doesn't mean everyone can't."
Student: "Who hears it then?"
Nanyang: "All the sages do."

This follows the same line as the text from yesterday. It affirms again that the entire material world holds and is built on divine patterning. Remembering that Buddhahood is accepting reality as it is, one can see how everything in reality is an expression of Buddha nature. The wise man knows this and walks through a world where nature is reflecting the divine back to him constantly.