Originally it is neither mundane nor holy; it is not pure or impure,‭ empty or existent,‭ good or evil.‭

Someone asked the Master,‭ "How can one keep a mind that is like a wood or stone in all kinds of situations?"

The Master said,‭ "All things never say that they are empty nor do they say that they are form.‭

They also do not say that they are right or wrong,‭ pure or impure.‭ Neither is there any mind to bind anyone.‭

It is only that people themselves create false attachments,‭ thereby giving rise to all kinds of understanding,‭ creating various views,‭ desires,‭ and fears.‭

Just realize that all things are not created by themselves – they all come into existence only because of a single false thought that wrongly attaches to appearances.‭

If one perceives that the mind and phenomena do not mutually reach each other,‭ then one is liberated at that very spot.‭

All things are calm and extinct as they are,‭ and that very place is bodhimanda.

The intrinsic nature cannot be named.‭ Originally it is neither mundane nor holy; it is not pure or impure,‭ empty or existent,‭ good or evil.‭

When among all the defilements,‭ it is called the realm of the two vehicles of humans and gods.‭

If the defiled mind ceases,‭ then there is no abiding in either bondage or liberation.‭

Without any mental conceptions of conditioned and unconditioned,‭ bondage or liberation,‭ though manifesting within the realm of birth and death,‭ one's mind is free.‭

It is ultimately dissociated from all falsehood,‭ illusions and passions,‭ as well as from the aggregates,‭ the realms of sense,‭ birth and death,‭ and the entrances.‭ Having no abode whatsoever,‭ nothing can obstruct it and is free to go or stay.‭ Then the prospect of future births is like an open door".

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(Source: Sun-Face Buddha: Ma-tsu's Disciples)

Submitted November 18, 2018 at 08:49AM by McNubbitz https://ift.tt/2zhIDTK