Sunday, 9 June 2019

Mazu's 'reflection'


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The sutra says, “[The Buddha] has numerous names in the three great countless kalpas, which are named according to conditions and situations.”

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For example, the mani pearl changes in accord with the colors [it contacts].

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When it contacts the color blue, it becomes blue; when it contacts the color yellow, it becomes yellow, though its essence lacks coloration.

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The finger does not touch by itself, the knife does not cut by itself, and the mirror does not reflect by itself.

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Each is named according to the causes that appear in specific conditions."

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The mirror is always reflecting something. That cannot be stopped.

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What is it reflecting now?

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https://terebess.hu/zen/JinhuaJiaHongzhou.pdf (p 122)



Submitted June 10, 2019 at 02:48AM by Pikkko http://bit.ly/2ItgnBv

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