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The quality of this blog, at times, causes myself to reflect on how amazing it is and at times I wish I could pay you money for this; then I remember i’m broke and I am glad for it’s free access.
I could express gratitude for a thousand life-times and still not reach up to even one millionth of the gratitude that is felt for this. I see that this will help many, many more than you even realize, continue and I shall not be surprised when reality itself beckons you to the shore of nirvana.
Practice is the best form of gratitude.
Oh I shall practice, I do practice, I will practice, I have practiced; each and every day, without fail, all day regardless of what appears to the senses, there is only this practice.
May the merit accrued from this practice, benefit all those here as well as all those beyond.
Oh, happy days, to see the dharma of a single taste and to know it purely as such.
Indeed so, JB. Hearers of the dharma are like the roots by which bodhisattvas flower into buddhas.
Until you have come to know your own true Mind,
instantanenously
like the back of your hand,
in a reality of
no-time, no-form and no-space,
practice of the true dharma,
cannot be said to have even begun,
or least of all verified itself,
in a sheer blaze of bodhi,
by the ineffable light of your own deathless,
unborn,
inherent nature.
Knowing one’s own true Mind
Seeing it clearly, like an image-less reflection
You see it was never gone, You see it was never gained
It was there when you were at your lows and it was there when you were at your highs
Always there, always pure, always knowing
Once false-mind of conceptual thought is dropped
One sees that no-mind was the only mind there ever was
There is nothing to think, for thoughts are truly empty in and of themselves, being purely imaginary
However, caught up in identifying with thought, conceptualized mind represents fragmented intellect
Pure awareness, what is mistakenly called silence, is pure thought, pure wisdom
There is nothing to conceptualize for it was complete from the beginning
To conceptualize is to interpret that which cannot be interpreted, that which cannot be explained
Interpreting Mind, there is delusion
Abiding in Mind, there is nothing to think, there is nothing to interpret
What was called thought was truly no-thought, and what was called no-thought was truly pure-thought.
Seeing Mind as it truly is, as purely such, one abides serenely and calmly; there is no more effort, no more struggle.
One focuses on the center, the primordial root, which was always there for it was what was once called “You”.
Most nice, friends. 🙂
I only speak from within, which would not be possible without your help and guidance throughout all stages of my practice.
I have one, somewhat off topic but definitely related question: Looking at the 52 stages of enlightenment (knowing of course that they happen on their own, that gradation is not really there, nevertheless) looking at the last two stages, near-perfect enlightenment and perfect enlightenment; am i correct in that near perfect enlightenment/virtual enlightenment is what is meant by “Knowing Original Enlightenment” where one then perfumes the remnants of the mind-body construct with the samadhi of suchness which then leads automatically to “Perfect” or “Wondrous” enlightenment?
I realize the details don’t really matter in the end, but I am still curious. I remember reading something in this blog where either you or a person you were discussing commented on these things but I cannot find it (I thought it was in the bodhidharma section or tsung-mi, but i have yet to find it).
Stay-tuned to upcoming segments in this present series; all really compliments the Awakening of Faith (see that series as well) which gets at the crux of your inquiry.
No[body],
You are probably referring to
The two last stages on a bodhisattvas path known as;
Sadhumati (ch. 善慧地 ) which is the 51st stage of the finest wisdom, i.e. possessing the noble wisdom found in the pure Mind Essence of the Unborn Mind as to determine where and how to save others, and possession of the Ten Powers (of which one is the ability to use said essence as to instantly make a Manomayakaya body acceptable by said sentient and the conditions in its enviroment). This satge also is known as the stage of near perfect enlightenment, which means the [Maha]Bodhisattva at hand has come to reckognize the complete enlightened nature of the Unborn Mind [Essence], which has been so since beginningless time because it is in its iunherent nature 😉
At the 52nd stage, which equals Dharmamegha ( ch. 法雲地 ) bhumi, the stage of the Dharma-cloud or
highest knowledge of the Minds true nature/essence – i.e. the bodhisattva is now in complete identification with the Original Enlightened Body/eesence known as the Unborn Mind, Buddha Mind, Tathagata etc…
This is why the ancient sentence “thus he attained [the] supreme perfect enlightenment [body/reality of Dharmakaya]” is often used in scriptures or in discourses by Chan Buddhist Masters.
When the worldings [putthujhana] or ignorant [of the true dharma] , often claim that there is nothing to attain, they are highly mistaken, to the fact that when they experience physical death for a very brief moment, when their bardo consciousness rebbots in the afterlife, the first things they come to see is the very Marvel they denied in life, and thus curse themselves of having denied their own being, such a golden opportunity to know and attain this body that alleviates their Spirit from any and all ignorance and consequently. all suffering.
Hopes this helps.
This helps a lot, thank you. I will read and reread what you’ve written so that i can digest it fully. Vajragoni, thank you as well, I look forward to upcoming segments of this series; and yes, while I have read your TAOF before, I re-read the series this morning after the thought of “TAOF, this may provide details that I seek” came to me.
Thank you again Tozen and of course, vajragoni; I will probably be rereading material found here anyways, I’ve found that after each successive insight that is realized; the material that i’ve read before reads much differently. There is no use in talking about my own personal insights at this time though, nevertheless, this is all immensely helpful:)
Thank you and warm regards.