What is Ordinary Mind in Taoism 什么是平常心

What is Ordinary Mind in Taoism什么是平常心

"Ping Chang Xin" (平常心, "Ordinary Mind") was first proposed by Chan Buddhism, but Yin Zhiping gave it new meaning to express a state in which the mind-substance is pure, empty, and still — neither moved nor acting. The Beiyou Lu states: "What the world loves, I do not love excessively; what the world hates, I do not hate excessively. Though I possess emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure, when they arise they accord with measure and do not harm the Qi of my central harmony. Thus the mind attains ordinariness. When ordinary, the mind is resolved." It further states: "The Dao is fundamentally non-acting; it is only a matter of resolving the mind. Govern the mind until it reaches ordinariness, and the Dao will arise of itself."

Again: "Not contending with things — when affairs arise, let them pass lightly; and as for fortune and misfortune, longevity and early death, coming and going of life and death, let all these transformations unfold before you without moving the mind. Then you stand outside Yin and Yang, dwelling above Heaven. In this way the mind attains ordinariness, and things align of themselves." When pure emptiness and stillness are reached, the True Mind reveals itself and the immortal Taoism is realized.

What is Ordinary Mind in Taoism