This is the Zen for you to study; if you actually attain it, it is simply clear purity of mind. When you seek out teachers along the way and contemplate day and night, you are simply nurturing this mind. Then when you have awakened and realized it, you will then see that it had not been lost even before you were inspired. The saint Ashvaghosha said of this, “Initial enlightenment is itself fundamental enlightenment; fundamental enlightenment itself is unconscious. The nonduality of the initial experience and the fundamental reality is called ultimate enlightenment.” It is also said, “At the time of initial inspiration one attains true enlightenment,” meaning first realize the fruit, and the six perfections and myriad deeds of Buddhas are a matter of ripening. This is why I have you just investigate the initially inspired mind. And my perception is one with yours; why not understand in this way?
— Foyan, Instant Zen
Comments/Questions:
Who’s ripe for the picking?
Time, effort and practice are not prerequisites. Such ways are detours... the Way nonetheless.
Just LOOK!
Understand?
Submitted December 16, 2019 at 06:49AM by ZensualAwareness https://ift.tt/2rNJX04
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