What do you people come to me for?
Each individual should lead life autonomously—don’t listen to what other people say. An ancient declared, “I knew how to lead life by the time I was eighteen.” You people must learn to live independently.You say, “Lead what life?”
Just do not seek elsewhere. Most people today are compulsively active; this is already not knowing how to lead life. This is called abandoning home, scattering the family, and becoming a drifter.Clearly this is not understanding.
Just searching and seeking, studying a bit of intellectual knowledge, memorizing a few sayings, is called “hauling manure inside.”When you get here, your actions have to be truly accurate; eventually it will sink in thoroughly, and then you will understand.
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An ancient said, “Everywhere is you. Go east, and it’s you; go west, and it’s you. Who are you?”
If you say, “Me,” this is emotional and intellectual consciousness, which you must pass through before you attain realization..
In ancient times Vasubandhu asked Asanga, “Elder brother, when you went to the inner palace, what teaching did Maitreya expound to you?” Asanga replied, “He expounded this teaching.” Now tell me, what teaching is this? You must be able to discern it before you can realize it.
Don’t fix recognition on this. Many people have been fooled by the term this. That is why they speak of illness as if it were medicine. Therefore we say they are pitiful.
Submitted May 17, 2019 at 04:24PM by UhExistence http://bit.ly/2HopNPa
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