..续本文上一页 nature of the mind is empty, and at the same time luminous.”
This realization, in terms of vocabulary, is what”s described in sutras and sastras as “Tathagatagarbha”, “luminosity”, “dharma nature”, “appearance and emptiness are not separate”, “luminosity and emptiness are not separate” … But words are just words, not true realization. If someone has thoroughly realized the true meaning behind these words, then even if he appears to be an ordinary person, in fact he is already out of the ordinary.
Just like the great Tibetan Buddhist teacher Mipham Rinpoche. Once he asked to see the highly famed Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, but was refused entry by the arrogant guards. Mipham Rinpoche did his best to push the guards aside and forced his way into the courtyard. Once inside, he saw Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo sitting, covered by his hood. Mipham Rinpoche was too scared to even breathe loudly, and prostrated meekly in front of the teacher. Suddenly, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo appeared from under the hood, slapped Mipham Rinpoche”s head with great force, and shouted: “Who are you
” Mipham Rinpoche was instantly enlightened.
What is this
This is Chan tradition”s “beat your thoughts to death, and let your Dharma-body come alive”. When your discriminative thoughts have been beaten to death, the wisdom of your Dharma-body comes alive. In Buddhist history, there were many who were enlightened this way. Some directly attained extremely high states of realization, and some reached the commonly attained realization of true nature. Therefore, when we uncover the treasure within us, this direct method is the most sublime. Tantric tradition”s “direct pointing out”, and Chan tradition”s “stick and shout” both use this kind of simple indication to dispel the cloud of anger, craving, and delusion within the practitioner”s mind, allowing the mind”s luminosity to manifest.
In truth, realizing the nature of the mind is essential to each and everyone. Also, it is not only practitioners who can do this, in all walks of life, there are many who have realized their true nature but do not openly discuss it. Thus, I hope that you can expend a little more effort on the nature of your mind, and through this uncover the treasure within you.
4. Perceive the relationship between “form” and “emptiness”
If we are unable to rapidly awaken like those with sharp faculties, then take a little time and using the Middle Way teachings of the Sutrayana tradition to slowly analyze and study can also be an express route.
So long as you use reasoning to understand that the nature of the mind is not being, not non-being, not both being and non-being, nor both not being and not non-being, not coming nor going, not permanent nor annihilated, not arising nor ceasing, not increasing nor decreasing…at a certain point, you will realize the idea of emptiness. It is truly as said in the Heart Sutra: “Form does not differ from emptiness; emptiness does not differ from form. Form itself is emptiness; emptiness itself is form.”
However, there are those who really cannot understand this: “How can form be emptiness, and then emptiness is form
” There are even some who explain that: “Emptiness, is emptiness outside of form; form, is form outside of emptiness, form and emptiness are completely separated…” This saying is not correct.
I suggest that as intellectuals, you can borrow the analysis of quantum mechanics to similarly reason. Quantum mechanics believes that: material can be broken down into ever-smaller particles, molecule, atom, quark, subquark…for the moment we take “quark” as the smallest component of material. From the perspective of a bottle: is the original nature of the bottle quark
Yes it is. But is it a bottle separated from quark
No, it is not distinct to quark. Lookin…
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