THEY DO NOT SEE MY TRUE NATURE

I have been teaching Zen students on this mountain for almost forty years. Many people come to visit
me thinking they are visiting a Zen Master but they only see my form body, the house where my true
nature lives. They don’t see my true nature. That is not a problem but it means that they have not seen
their true nature.

Because they haven’t seen their true nature, they cannot see their parents, siblings, wife, and children,
or anybody. They wander through life in vain, like a crazy person. We have to say that this is truly a
world of darkness.

Students who receive my teaching must do it with sincerity and dedication, not forgetting the methods I
used. Ultimately, being sincere and dedicated is paying back your Dharma obligation, so you will not
waste your practice or suffer a mental loss.

You should know that I am an eternal being, not dependent on a form body.

Even when my Dharma speech is not heard anymore, you should still be able to see my true Face
because it never disappears.

- The Teachings of Zen Master Man Gong, Final Words