XXII
Someone asked, “What is the karma of the five heinous crimes?”
The master said, “Killing the father, slaying the mother, shedding the blood of a buddha, destroying the harmony of the sangha, and burning the scriptures and images— this is the karma of the five heinous crimes.”
“What is meant by ‘father’?”
The master said, “Avidyā is the father. When the place of arising or extinguishing of a single thought in your mind is not to be found, as with a sound reverberating throughout space, and there is nothing anywhere for you to do—this is called ‘killing the father’.”
“What is meant by ‘mother’?”
The master said, “Covetousness is the mother. When a single thought in your mind enters the world of desire and seeks covetousness, but sees that all dharmas are only empty forms, and [thus] has no attachment anywhere— this is called ‘slaying the mother’.”
“What is meant by ‘shedding the blood of a buddha’?”
The master said, “When in the midst of the pure dharma realm you haven’t in your mind a single reasoning thought, and [thus] pitch blackness pervades everywhere—this is called ‘shedding the blood of a buddha’.”
“What is meant by ‘destroying the harmony of the sangha’?”
The master said, “When a single thought in your mind truly realizes that the bonds and enticements of the passions are like space with nothing upon which to depend—this is called ‘destroying the harmony of the sangha’.”
“What is meant by ‘burning the scriptures and images’?”
The master said, “When you see that causal relations are empty, that mind is empty, and that dharmas are empty, and [thus] your single thought is decisively cut off and, transcendent, you’ve nothing to do—this is called ‘burning the scriptures and images.’
This is sort of a long discourse. I wanted to paste the whole thing, but it was pages long.
Submitted December 04, 2017 at 10:04AM by origin_unknown http://ift.tt/2BGCAHR
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