..續本文上一頁is secret is very important! If we do not know the secret of the mind, even if we work ceaselessly in search of happiness from external things, or to avoid pain, in the end it is but futile effort.

　　Many people nowadays like the word “happiness” and often talk about it. Particularly, writers, the media, films, are always going on about “happiness”. Yet, how many people have truly found happiness

　　 Very few. What is the crux of the problem

　　 It is that they have not correctly found the source of happiness.

　　If we wish for happiness, then we need to more or less explore the secret of the mind. When you have actually done this, if you are of sharp faculty, then as soon as you observe your mind, you will awaken. This does not require long periods of research nor detailed theoretical reasoning. It just relies on a type of the teacher”s demonstration – a simple yet profound method, and you will realize the true nature of the mind instantly. In Han region and Tibetan region history, there were many such enlightened people.

　　Once upon a time, when Chan Master Hui Hai went to pay homage to Master Ma Zu, he was asked: “What do you hope to gain by coming here

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　　He answered: “I have come seeking the Buddhadharma.”

　　Master Ma Zu said: “Instead of looking to the treasure house which is your very own, you have left home and gone wandering far away. What for

　　 I have absolutely nothing here at all. What is this Buddhadharma you seek

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　　Chan Master Hui Hai quickly asked: “Please tell me to what you alluded when you spoke of a treasure house of my very own

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　　Master Ma Zu said: “That which asked the question is your treasure house. It contains absolutely everything you need and lacks nothing at all. It is there for you to use freely, so why this vain search for something outside yourself

　　” No sooner were these words spoken than the Chan Master Hui Hai received a great illumination and recognized his own mind.

　　Therefore, to someone with the right conditions, the teacher only needs to say a few words of guidance and he would comprehend by observing his own mind: “Ah, the true face of the world is just such, apart from this, there is nothing else…”

　　The greatest truths are the simplest! Ones who do not understand this, seek and explore in twists and turns. They observe through the Middle Way method, the Consciousness-only method, other methods…but these are all intellectual frivolity born of a discriminative mind. Similarly, scholars study Buddhism through archaeology today, analyze Buddhadharma with philosophy tomorrow…although they wish to reveal its profound meaning, but because they have not mastered the key methods, they never manage to touch the deeper layer.

　　This layer is truly a profound state of realization. If you say it is deep, it can be very deep; but if you say it is simple, it can also be very simple. It is not difficult to recognize. I will now talk about this briefly – only, it would not be skilful for me to talk about Tantric methods, as these require the listener to have practised the preliminary practices, received initiations, as well as many strict requirements. So, I will talk a little about ideas in the Tantrayana tradition that are similar to those in the Chan tradition.

　　Whether you are a professor, a scholar, or an ordinary Buddhist, now please observe your own mind -

　　When you observe it, you will discover: our mind is not in the brain, like suggested by mechanical Materialism. Nor is it in the heart, and definitely not in anywhere else. Since childhood, we have always believed in the existence of an “I”, believed that “I” have a “mind”, but what is the colour of this “mind”

　　 What is the shape, how does it appear

　　 … After observing these one by one, you will come to a completely new realization that: “How precious! The true…

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