Bankei on "freedom'

Bankei:

"Since you're all trying to realize the Unborn Buddha Mind, you can't get by without understanding this conclusively.

I don't go telling you:

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'It's no good unless you perform this practice!'

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'Observe the precepts!'

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'Read the sutras and records!'

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'Do zazen!'

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...Because the Buddha Mind is present in each one of you, there's no question of my giving you the Buddha Mind.

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Listening closely to this sermon, realize the Buddha Mind that each of you has right within himself, and from today on you're abiding in the Unborn Buddha Mind.

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Once you've affirmed the Buddha Mind that everyone has innately, you can all do just as you please:

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if you want to read the sutras, read the sutras;

if you feel like doing zazen, do zazen;

if you want to keep the precepts, take the precepts;

even if it's chanting the nembutsu or the daimoku,

or simply performing your allotted tasks—whether as a samurai, a farmer, an artisan or a merchant—that becomes your samddhi.

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All I'm telling you is: 'Realize the Buddha Mind that each of you has from your parents innately!'

What's essential is to realize the Buddha Mind each of you has, and simply abide in it with faith. . . ."

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Trust in Mind.

Understand?

Submitted November 08, 2018 at 05:08AM by Pikkko https://ift.tt/2F7JID7