For the record, Zen Masters were often violent, and they do not seem to have believed in returning to a natural state of peace and love. "Original face" is a m

For the record, Zen Masters were often violent, and they do not seem to have believed in returning to a natural state of peace and love. "Original face" is a mysterious phrase used by Huineng, an early patriarch, in a story where he's chased by an angry monk and when they stop and talk, the patriarch tells him to suspend all thoughts of right and wrong and then asks him about his "face before you were born." This provokes an insight for the monk. These masters did talk about being ordinary, ordinary mind, mind that doesn't cling to delusions, mind that's relaxed and in some sense carefree. But they also denounced "mind pacification" and sitting cross-legged.