Mortals liberate buddhas and buddhas liberate mortals.
This is what's meant by impartiality.
Mortals liberate buddhas because affliction creates awareness.
And buddhas liberate mortals because awareness negates affliction.
There can't help but be affliction.
And there can't help but be awareness.
If it weren't for affliction, there would be nothing to create awareness.
And if it weren't for awareness, there would be nothing to negate affliction.
When you're deluded, buddhas liberate mortals.
When you're aware, mortals liberate buddhas.
Buddhas don't become buddhas on their own. They're liberated by mortals.
Buddhas regard delusion as· their father and greed as their mother.
Delusion and greed are different names for mortality.
Delusion and mortality are like the left hand and the right hand.
There's no other difference.
(Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma translated by Red Pine)
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Submitted December 14, 2018 at 08:38AM by McNubbitz https://ift.tt/2BgqXs4
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