The following is taken from a conversation between me and u/ewk.
Huineng’s comment on “At one time Buddha was in the countryside of Sravasti, at the Grove of Jeta donated by Sudatta”, a line from the Diamond Sūtra is quite interesting.
It goes like this:
"Buddha is a Sanskrit word, rendered in Chinese as Awakened. Awakening has two meanings. One is outward awakening, seeing the emptiness of all things. The other is inward seeking knowing the emptiness and silence of the mind, not being influenced by objects of the six senses. Outwardly not seeking others’ faults, inwardly not being confused by falsehood and error, it is therefore called awakening. When awakened, you are buddha."
I find it interesting that he does not talk about the historical Buddha at all, even though it is what seems to be referenced. Instead he focuses on the aspect of “awakening”. Reading the rest of his comments he doesn’t seem to mention reference the historical Buddha at all.
Zen masters don’t seem concerned with him at all, instead they care about the aspect of awakening and nothing else. Thus they aren’t Buddhist in the regular sense of the word.
Zhaozhou answers that his family custom is having nothing inside, and nothing outside... If this is Buddha's family custom too, then there isn't anything but awakening to talk about. Making any teaching special or holy would break the family custom.
Submitted June 03, 2019 at 03:27AM by Nimtrix1849 https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/bw2u5e/huinengs_buddha/?utm_source=ifttt
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