One who is not a companion of myriad things has departed the toils of materialism.
My thoughts : Because you abide in a stream of undifferentiated phenomena, you do not objectify "myriad things" and so no material things , no material world , no objects arise .
The mind does not recognize the mind, the eye does not see the eye; since there is no opposition, when you see forms there are no forms there to be seen, and when you hear sounds there are no sounds there to be heard. Is this not departing the toils of materialism?
My thoughts : The undifferentiated stream of phenomena is mind . No subject and object arise and so there is no opposition, therfore , when you see forms there are no forms there to be seen, when you hear sounds there are no sounds there to be heard.
There is no particular pathway into it, no gap through which to see it: Buddhism has no East or West, South or North; one does not say, “You are the disciple, I am the teacher”.
My thoughts : long as you try to see it and are looking for a way to do so , you are in subject and object .
Buddhism has no East or West, South or North; I'm not quite sure about this one , but I think he means there is no gate trough wich you can enter.
one does not say, “You are the disciple, I am the teacher”. He is just standing in your way if he says this !
If your own self is clear and everything is It, when you visit a teacher you do not see that there is a teacher; when you inquire of yourself, you do not see that you have a self. When you read scripture, you do not see that there is scripture there. When you eat, you do not see that there is a meal there. When you sit and meditate, you do not see that there is any sitting.
My thoughts: it is all mind . So the moment you see a teacher there is subject and object , reading a scripture - subject and object , seeing a meal - subject and object , sitting - subject and object . It is always the One Mind . If you see a teacher you are in a material world , in front of you there is a teacher . The mind is the teacher !
You do not slip up in your everyday tasks, yet you cannot lay hold of anything at all**. When you see in this way, are you not independent and free?
My thoughts : you cannot lay hold on anything at all because no subjectivity arises .
I'm here to learn so please feel free to share your coments on text and please correct me where I am wrong !
Submitted August 20, 2016 at 12:28PM by SereneMountain http://ift.tt/2b7HZwD
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