Q and A from Huang po.

1. Q. How, then does a man accomplish this comprehension of his own mind?

   A. That which asked the question is your own mind. But if you were to remain quiescent and to refrain from the smallest mental activity, it's substance would be seen as a void, you would find it to be formless, occupying no point in space and falling neither into the category of existence, nor into that of non existence.

Because it is imperceptible, bhodidharma said, " mind which is our real nature, is the unbegotten and indestructible womb. In response to circumstances, it transforms itself into phenomenon. For the sake of convenience, we speak of mind as intelligence, but when it does not respond to circumstances, it cannot be spoken of in such dualistic terms as existence or non existence, besides even when engaged in creating objects in response to causality, it is still imperceptible" if you know this, and rest tranquilly in nothingness, then you are indeed following the way of the Buddhas.

Therefore does the sutra say, "Develop a mind which rests on no thing whatsoever"

Huang po. On the transmission of mind.

Submitted June 13, 2020 at 12:18PM by transmission_of_mind https://ift.tt/3cVIQgA