The Ever-Existent Buddha is not a Buddha of stages

I posted about meditation yesterday equating it to practice.

I think that was wrong of me because meditation does not necessarily equate to practice.

Instead, I'll post these quotes by Huang Po and delete the other post.

"If you are not absolutely convinced that the Mind is the Buddha, and if you are attached to forms, practices and meritorious performances, your way of thinking is false and quite incompatible with the Way."

"The Ever-Existent Buddha is not a Buddha of form or attachment. To practice the six paramitas and a myriad similar practices with the intention of becoming a Buddha thereby is to advances by stages, but the Ever-Existent Buddha is not a Buddha of stages. Only awake to the One Mind, and there is nothing whatsoever to be attained. This is the real Buddha. The Buddha and all sentient beings are the One Mind and nothing else."

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Attachment to practice leads to attachment to wisdom.

Attachment to wisdom leads to attachment to practice.

Submitted April 24, 2021 at 09:47PM by landonisnow https://ift.tt/3gBJpBK