Friends, I will just leave this here:
"Mahamati once more asked the Buddha, 'Bhagavan, please tell us what characterizes the personal realization of buddha knowledge and the one path so that by becoming well-versed in what characterizes the personal realization of buddha knowledge and the one path I and the other bodhisattvas need rely on nothing else to understand the teaching of buddhas.'
The Buddha told Mahatmi, 'Listen carefully and ponder this well, and I shall now instruct you.'
Mahamati answered, 'May it be so, Bhagavan,' and gave his full attention.
The Buddha said, 'The teaching known and passed down by the sages of the past is that projections are nonexistent and that bodhisattvas should dwell alone in a quiet place and examine their own awareness. By relying on nothing else and avoiding views and projections, they steadily advance to the tathagata stage. This is what characterizes the personal realization of buddha knowledge.'
'Mahamati, what characterizes the one path? When I speak of the one path, I mean the one path to realization. And what does the one path to realization mean? Projections, such as projections of what grasps or what is grasped, do not arise in suchness. This is what the one path to realization means.' "
Footnote 506: The Buddha presents the teaching that became the hallmark of Zen, that nonexistent projections and the personal realization of buddha knowledge are one and the same. This is the teaching of the one path, the path that points directly to the mind.
Submitted December 31, 2019 at 09:34PM by CheezePlate https://ift.tt/2QyvXjb
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