Quote 1:
Q: Illusion can hide from us our own mind, but up to now you have not taught us how to get rid of illusion.
A: The arising and the elimination of illusion are both illusory. Illusion is not something rooted in Reality; it exists because of your dualistic thinking. If you will only cease to indulge in opposed concepts such as ‘ordinary' and ‘Enlightened', illusion will cease of itself. And then if you still want to destroy it wherever it may be, you will find that there is not a hairsbreadth left of anything on which to lay hold. This is the meaning of: ‘I will let go with both hands, for then I shall certainly discover the Buddha in my Mind.'
Quote 2:
If you would spend all your time—walking, standing, sitting or lying down—learning to halt the concept-forming activities of your own mind, you could be sure of ultimately attaining the goal.
My question: Huangbo admonishes to spend your time learning to halt the activities of your mind in the 2nd quote, and in the 1st quote says the arising and elimination of illusion are both illusory.
Aren't the activities of mind illusory? Isn't learning to halt them "escaping" them? You see what I'm getting at? I'd like to open this up to you guys for discussion.
Submitted January 23, 2019 at 08:36AM by NorthStarIV http://bit.ly/2CFbkuC
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