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Suddenly, in comprehending that these differing aspects—dullness, brightness, sukha, and dukkha—are all anatta, the citta became absolutely still. Having concluded unequivocally that everything is anatta, it had no room to maneuver.
The citta came to rest—impassive, still, in that level of Dhamma. It had no interest in atta or anatta, no interest in sukha or dukkha, brightness or dullness. The citta resided at the center, neutral and placid. But it was impassive with supreme-mindfulness and supreme-wisdom; not vacantly impassive, gaping foolishly like the rest of you. Speaking in mundane terms, it seemed inattentive; but, in truth, it was fully aware. The citta was simply suspended in a still, quiescent condition.
Then, from that neutral, impassive state of the citta, the nucleus of existence—the core of the knower—suddenly separated and fell away. Having finally been reduced to anatta, brightness and dullness and everything else were suddenly torn asunder and destroyed once and for all.
In that moment when avijja flipped over and fell from the citta, the sky appeared to be crashing down as the entire universe trembled and quaked. For, in truth, it is solely avijja that causes us to wander constantly through the universe of samsara. Thus, when avijja separated from the citta and vanished, it seemed as if the entire universe had fallen away and vanished along with it. Earth, sky—all collapsed in an instant. Do you understand
No one sat in judgment at that decisive moment. That natural principle arose on its own and passed its own judgement. The universe then collapsed on its own. Originating from a neutral state of the citta, the happening took place all so suddenly: in an instant the entire cosmos seemed to flip over and disappear. It was so brilliant! Oh my! Really and truly magnificent! Too extraordinary to be captured in words. Such is the amazing nature of the Dhamma that I now teach. Tears flowed when I experienced it. Look at me even now! Even now my tears are flowing at the recollection of that event. These tears are the work of the khandhas. Please understand that they do not exist in the natural state of purity that appeared at that moment. That natural state appeared suddenly, in all of its incredible magnificence. I want all of you who are so complacent to realize what the Dhamma of the Lord Buddha is really like. Oh! So truly, truly amazing! My goodness, the tears came streaming down my face. Utterly astounded, I exclaimed: “Is this how the Lord Buddha attained Enlightenment
Is this how he attained Enlightenment
Is this what true Dhamma is like
” It was something that I had never conceived or imagined. It simply arose, unexpected, in an instant. Oh! Indescribably amazing! Look at me. I am crying even now as I remember how amazing it was. The memory is still fresh in my mind. It has remained with me ever since.
My whole body trembled at that moment. It”s difficult to explain. Everything happened at once: the sky came crashing down and the world completely vanished. Whereupon, I kept repeating: “What
Is this how the Lord Buddha attained Enlightenment
” But actually it was unnecessary to ask because I had encountered the Truth myself. “Is this what the true Dhamma is like
Is this what the true Sangha is like
” All three had come together, merging into one supreme, remarkable Dhamma—what I call the Dhamma-element. “What
How can the Lord Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha be one and the same thing
” I had never imagined it to be possible.
“The Buddha is the Buddha. The Dhamma is the Dhamma. The Sangha is the Sangha.” This had been impressed in my heart ever since I was old enough to understand such matters. But at the moment when the Supreme Dhamma arose in all its brilliance, al…
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