Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Mazu's 'What is not Buddha?'

A cultivator asked the Master, "[It is said that] mind is Buddha, but which one is [the true] Buddha?"

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The Master said, "Can you point something that you think is not Buddha?"

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The cultivator had no reply.

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The Master added, "If you have realization, then everything is Buddha; if you haven't had awakening, then you will be far away from it forever."

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(Sun-Faced Buddha, P.113)

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Well, can you point out something that isn't Buddha?

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If not, then, isn't where your mind currently is, what it's focused on, also Buddha?

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That very spot is your liberation. You can completely rest there.

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No need to move from it, ever.

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But you can. :)

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If, what your mind is currently focused on, is not the 'True" Buddha.....

Listen then to Mazu. You will never find Buddha that way;

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Even if you search every atom of each and every universe!



Submitted November 20, 2018 at 10:10PM by Pikkko https://ift.tt/2DA6twT

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