Hui eng starts off a preaching with this sentence, which is unrelated to the body of the preaching.
”Good friends, bodhi is inherently pure, just use this mind, and you will directly realize buddhahood.”
This is a good sentence to look at because it is meant to stand alone (at least apart from other sentences, but of course not apart from context).
Using vs. Realizing
Hui eng is not suggesting that buddhahood is a realization. Enlightenment is not the realization of.
Using the mind that is inherently pure leads automatically (directly) to buddhahood.
Using it.
What can we learn by the words he specifically chose “inherently pure”?
Inherently -
Pureness is integral (inherent) the the mind (to be used). The mind that is to be used is dependent on Purity.
I don’t know why but I do feel it’s important to point out “inherent” doesn’t mean ‘was there in the beginning’.
Pure -
Freedom from contamination. Something that is free from contamination only includes the things that define the understood product. It is wholly itself, and only itself.
Using the mind that is “inherently pure” (the mind that is defined by being wholly and only itself)
Again I have an urge to start with use does not mean to acquire or unveil. Hui eng does not imply that this mind is hidden or covered up in this sentence.
What is the chasm between using and not using?
What happens when you use the mind that is defined by being wholly and only itself?
Do you really have a realization, as Hui eng says?
Submitted December 07, 2017 at 11:15PM by Hereforfamiliar http://ift.tt/2B0uOv9
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