Origins of Self in Early Child,Real Zen, Development,Borderline Personality, Zen Masters,Koans,Poets

In this video, dr.a discusses the origin of selfhood and certain Song Dynasty Zen teachings on the essentials of mind.
00:00 Origins of Self in Early Childhood Development
16:04 Real Zen Teachings On The Essentials of Mind: Pts 1-14
Chinese Song Dynasty, reply of the national teacher of Qingliang to the imperial crown prince's inquiry about the essentials of mind:
1 The ultimate Way is rooted in the mind; the reality of mind is rooted in nondwelling.
2 The awareness of the nondwelling substance of mind is not obscured; essence and characteristics peaceful, it contains qualities and functions.
3 Comprehending both inside and outside, it is deep and it is broad.
4 Neither existent nor void, it is not produced and does not pass away.
5 It has no end and no beginning.
6 When you seek it, you cannot get it; reject it, and it still doesn't leave.
7 If you miss the immediate experience, then the pains of confusion are jumbled; if you realize true essence, then the light of openness is thoroughly clear.
8 Although mind itself is Buddha, only those who experience it actually know.
9 But if there is "realization" and "knowledge," then the sun of wisdom sets in the land of existence.
10 Yet if there is no illumination and no awakening, then dark clouds cover the gate of emptiness.
11 If a thought is not produced, then before and after are cut off, and the luminous essence stands alone; others and self are one suchness.
12 Go directly to the source of mind, and there is no knowledge, no attainment; you neither grasp nor reject, so there is no opposition and no cultivation.
13 Nonetheless, confusion and enlightenment are interdependent; truth and illusion are relative.
14 If you seek reality trying to get rid of illusion, that is like wearing out your body to get rid of your shadow; if you realize how illusion is truth, that is like staying in the shade so your shadow disappears.
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