The song of the first Patriarch, master Bodhidarma.
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The reason I came to the land of T'ang Was to teach and save deluded beings To be a flower that unfolds five petals From which fruit ripens naturally.
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Master Huineng said, " listen to two verses I've composed about the meaning of Bodhidarmas song, if the deluded among you practice in accordance with them, you are sure to see your nature"
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Verse one.
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A false flower grows from the ground of the mind Five petals unfold from its stem Together committing ignorant deeds Blown apart by karmic winds.
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Verse two.
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A true flower grows from the ground of the mind Five petals unfold from its stem Together cultivating Prajna wisdom The enlightenment of Buddhas to come.
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T. O. M's comment.
I've tried to grow flowers and plants in my garden before, using methods and techniques, watering them and caring for them..
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However, thee best and strongest flowers have been the ones that grew naturally and of their own accord, maybe seeds that were dropped by birds or blown across by the wind and had just the right amount of rain and sun..
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Is the path like this, is this what Huineng is saying?
Can a true flower grow from the ground of the mind naturally?
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T. O. M's disclaimer.
These are just my wavering thoughts, none of them are to be taken as anything other than that. I'm just a human being, like you, trying to find my way through life in the best way I can.
Submitted February 06, 2022 at 03:20PM by transmission_of_mind https://ift.tt/Ig0ZvDB
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