What is the main meaning of Buddhism?

Some of us have been focusing on where we come from. What about where we arrive?

From Dahui's Shobogenzo:

Master Mingzong of Tang asked Shoushan, “What exactly is the main meaning of Buddhism?”

Shoushan said, “By the city wall of the king of Chu, the Ru River runs eastward.”

Mingzong had an insight at this, and suddenly understood what the Buddha meant. Then he composed three mystic verses:

If you get the function, just use it;

Don’t stir your mind.

When a three year old lion roars,

There are no foxes anywhere.

I have the nature of reality as such;

It’s as if hidden inside curtains.

Breaking open the barriers of the senses,

It reveals the symbol of Vairocana.

The adamantine body with bones of reality is worthy of pride;

Once sense objects are swept away, there is never any obstruction.

In the world of openness, emptiness is the body;

With no contrivance in the body, one truly arrives home.

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Some people can get hung up when offering the meaning of Buddhism.

Don't they know to simply hold up the symbol of Vairocana?

Submitted November 22, 2018 at 10:08AM by Dillon123 https://ift.tt/2BoyDK2