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Monthly Archives: November 2014
The Mahāyāna-shraddhotpāda-shāstra
We next will be exploring perhaps the most significant document, alongside the Lankavatara Sutra, for adherents of Unborn Mind Zen as well as the best concise-systematic treatment of the Mahayana as a whole. This ‘Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana’ … Continue reading
Posted in The Awakening of Faith
Tagged Aśvaghosha, Awakening of Faith, Bhūtathatā, Fa-tsang, Hakeda, Lankavatarians, Mahayana, shāstra, Suchness, Suzuki, tathagata-garbha
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Who, what are you?
Can you view yourself as one whom has come to know their own true nature? One, whom has gone beyond the senses, whom in the gracious body of the Mind´s true light transcended any and all views or the … Continue reading
Posted in Tozen Teaching
Tagged delusion, light, Mind, Tozen, True Mind, True Self, uncreated
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Enlightenment Woes
“It is said that when looking at the sayings and teachings of the Buddhas and patriarchs, if you look as one with fresh hatred looks upon an enemy, you will then for the first time be able to understand them. … Continue reading
The Fragrance of Suchness
“If you truly want to read the sutras, you first have to awaken the mind that does the reading. All formal readings from the sutras are ultimately destructive. The wonderful dharma of one’s mind does not change through successive eons; … Continue reading
Posted in Mud and Water: Bassui Zen
Tagged Dharma, dharma-mind, Mind, Suchness, understanding
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The Worm of Attachment
Michael Page “There is not one among the good teachers from ancient times up to the present who hasn’t said that there is no Buddha existing outside of the mind. Though it is clear from this that all phenomena are … Continue reading
Posted in Mud and Water: Bassui Zen
Tagged attachment, delusion, dream, form, phenomena
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This Little Light of Mine
“It is said that when the Little Buddha is imprinted on the void and on the fragrance, one will receive unlimited merit. What does this mean?” Bassui: “The student of the Way arouses a wise thought from his empty mind. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dharma, intelligence, Little Buddha, merit, Nirmanakaya, One Dharma
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The Pure Lands
Bassui had the distinction of empowering others to see beyond their literal notions of the Buddha Pure Lands. However he would not make the attempt if the inquirers were exclusively attached to the phenomenal world and incapable of seeing beyond … Continue reading
Posted in Mud and Water: Bassui Zen
Tagged Amida, Buddha Pure Lands, form, Mind, Pure Land, Tathagata, Western Pure Land
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Dark Buddha
“It is said that one who practices the Way will remove obstructing demons. If one simply practices zazen and doesn’t chant sacred words from sutras, by what grace will he remove these obstructions?” Bassui: “A robber does not break into … Continue reading
Karmic Affinity
Robert Stewart “Within the teachings it is said that it is easy for one to believe if the karmic relationship with the teacher is right, and it is easy to enter if the karmic connection to the Way is right. … Continue reading
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Tagged attainment, Bassui, Buddha Nature, Buddhahood, Karma, karmic affinity
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The True Body of the Precepts
Questioner: “If the essence of all the Buddha’s teachings were contained in the practice of looking directly into one’s nature and attaining Buddhahood, wouldn’t that make the formal practice of keeping the precepts meaningless?” Bassui: “Keeping or violating the precepts … Continue reading
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Tagged bodhipower, Body, Buddhahood, delusion, Precepts, Real Truth Body, True Wisdom Body
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