The Long Scroll Part 8

The Long Scroll Part 1
The Long Scroll Part 2
The Long Scroll Part 3 and 4
The Long Scroll Part 5
The Long Scroll Part 6
The Long Scroll Part 7

The following section seems to be commentary on section 7.

Section VIII

Bodhidharma said, "When he does not understand, man pursues [dharma] phenomena; when he understands, [dharma] phenomena pursue man. If one understands, the senses [vijnanas] control form, if one is bewildered, form controls the senses [vijnanas]. Not relying on form to produce the senses [vijnanas] is called not seeing form.

Whether one does not seek by seeking, or seek by non-seeking, it is still your seeking. Whether one does not grasp by grasping, or grasp by non-grasping, it is still your grasping. When the mind has some need, it is called the realm of desire [kamadhatu]. When the mind is not mind of itself but is a mind produced from form, it is called the realm of form [rupadhatu]. When form is not form of itself, but is form because it is from mind, the mind and form are without form, it is called the realm of the formless space [arupadhatu], the mind-only."

This concludes section VIII.

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