Is ice different than water? Bankei tells all!

"Since the Buddha Mind each of you has innately isn't 'created,' it doesn't contain even a speck of delusion.

So anyone who says, "I'm deluded because I'm an unenlightened being" is a terribly unfilial person slandering his own parents!

In the Buddha Mind you have from your parents innately, the buddhas of the past and the people of the present are all one substance, with no difference between them.

It's just like the water of the ocean: In the depths of winter, the water freezes and turns to ice, assuming various forms—angular, or round;

but when it melts, it's all the one water of the ocean. When you realize the unborn nature of the Buddha Mind, that's the water itself, just as it is, and you can freely dip your hands right in!"

(Haskel)

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Do you think enlightened folk don't play with shapes and forms?

What shapes or forms do you play with? What shapes or forms do you see other people playing with?

Can you see their angles?

When you stop playing with a shape or form, where does it go? Back to the ocean.

See? You all know what the Unborn is.

Submitted November 05, 2018 at 03:21AM by Pikkko https://ift.tt/2D22Wr9