ISBN: 978-1-887276-22-1 LIST PRICE $ 10 (HARD COVER)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On the nature of original mind. This is an English translation by Mike Dickman of a text of unknown provenance, given to a Frenchman by a Buddhist monk in old colonial Indochina. In this text, Old Ch’eng<\/em> points to the self existing reality that is free from mental fabrications – a state free from religious dogma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The original mind has always been right before your eyes. There is nothing for you to discover or achieve. Nor have you ever lacked that which would enable you to see it.” Finally, the book for spiritual seekers who are tired of seeking -the book for spiritual followers who are tired of following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n EXCERPTS<\/p>\n\n\n\n …these words on the scroll you read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I say they\u2019re by Buddha If I say they\u2019re by Bodhi-dhama If I say they\u2019re by some unknown monk If I tell you they\u2019re by the kitchen monk So what counts for you is not You can\u2019t see by yourselves AUTHOR<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mike Dickman is a long-time practitioner of Buddhism and has translated many texts of the Nyingma and ‘Drigung Ka’gy\u00fc schools of Tibetan Buddhism as well as Saying of Old Cheng, published by Cool Grove Press. He lives in Paris, France<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" translation by Mike Dickman ISBN: 978-1-887276-22-1 LIST PRICE $ 10 (HARD COVER) On the nature of original mind. This is an English translation by Mike Dickman of a text of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[81,218,110,135,87,94],"tags":[195,187],"class_list":["post-5882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buddhism","category-coolgrove-press-imprint","category-hardcover","category-mike-dickman","category-non-fiction","category-translations","tag-mind-in-buddhism","tag-zen","post-design-default"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coolgrove.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/1999\/05\/OLD-CHENG-FRONT-COVER.jpg?fit=352%2C460&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wWvk-1wS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolgrove.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolgrove.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolgrove.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolgrove.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolgrove.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5882"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/coolgrove.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9223,"href":"https:\/\/coolgrove.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5882\/revisions\/9223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolgrove.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolgrove.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolgrove.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolgrove.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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– from The Sayings of Old Ch’eng<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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you\u2019ll think they\u2019re holy and
be struck with trembling and awe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
or some other such great patriarch
you\u2019ll be overwhelmed with reverence
before a text of such eminence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
you\u2019ll quickly be filled with doubt,
suddenly no longer sure what you\u2019re
really supposed to think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
you\u2019ll burst out laughing, sure I\u2019m having you on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the actual truth of the text itself but
how important you think it is and the
reputation of whoever you imagine wrote it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and understand only through
the opinions of those you choose
to place above your heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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