9 Small Obstruction (Nurturance of the Small) heaven below, wind above
At small obstruction, nurturing the small succeeds.
... when you encounter situations that obstruct you and bog you down, if you do not get resentful or bitter, but just nurture yourself to digest them, you will be successful.... one must not seek to obtain results too rapidly.
In terms of contemplating mind, when the factual obstructions to enlightenment that have been there since beginningless time are overpowering even after the harmonizing of the elements of the path to enlightenment, they block perceptive insight, so that it cannot realize the truth.
The educational and liberative activities of buddhas do not reject the deluded. ... events and situations that formerly obstructed you can become means of self-development; this is how you succeed. But now, though you need not fear the situation, still you should not grab for easy success. ... That is, you should only go into action after harmonization of yin and yang.
Nurturing the small at small obstruction, flexibility finds its proper position, so above and below respond to it. ...Once one is at an impasse and needs devepolment, this is "small" in the sense that it is a matter of being correctly flexible.
Wind moving up in the sky, nurturing the small. ... Nothing has a more subtle influence on things than wind. ... In terms of contemplating mind, using generosity, self-discipline, patience, diligence, meditation, and insight to correct perceptive flaws, aid in psychological development, and open the mind, is called beautifying cultured qualities.
If there is truthfulness, blood goes and fear leaves...
There is truthfulness in companionship, in the sense that one does not enjoy blessings alone. ... when we practice a true way, there may be powerful factual obstructions that require specific remedies to help clear them away. But though we use remedies to help clear away obstructions, still the guidance comes from perceptive insight into the right way. ... accurate knowledge is strong, so obstacles caused by events cannot do any harm,...
... subtle insight into the true center of everything understands that obstacles lead to the qualities to overcome them,...
... concentration and insight are equal, so concrete obstacles melt away and you are freed of them.
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