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Part 7-3
“What is the reason? Because all things appear diverse and separate based on the eternal unchangeable Dharma.”
Commentary:
All things refer to the myriad things, or all existing forms, and the eternal unchangeable Dharma means Emptiness, or the true-Self. The saying, ‘All things are differentiated precisely based on Emptiness’...
You should know that the terribly deep-seated root of the image of ‘I’ is not real but just an illusion like a rabbit horn. Eradicating the root of the image of ‘I’ doesn’t mean rooting out and removing it just like digging something out of earth but means realising that it is not real but imaginary. The belief that your being is limited only to your physical body, and that e...
When a monk passed through a marketplace, he heard a vegetable seller and a customer exchanging words. The customer, holding a bunch of lettuce, asked the vegetable seller, “How long can this last without going bad?” The vegetable seller answered, “It depends on how you keep it.” At the moment the monk attained enlightenment.
Part 7-2
“Why? Because the Dharma preached by the Realised One can neither be obtained nor be spoken; it is neither the Dharma nor the non-Dharma.”
Commentary:
The true-Self, Buddha nature spoken of by Shakyamuni Buddha, cannot be gained or lost and cannot be explained in words. Thus, the great masters of the past said that even to cal...
It is because you actually can’t see things as empty. You don’t have to repress your desire such as like and dislike. The harder you try to contain it the more you are swayed by it, because it is your being deluded by illusions. When all things are empty, not only what you like and dislike but also your being swayed by them is also empty.
