..续本文上一页 We must make wisdom penetrate further, taking the heart or these things as its target. When sadness and gloom appear within the heart, don”t be alarmed, or glad or regretful. Look on them as mental conditions that must be investigated, as things that arise and cease. They”re not of the heart but simply depend on it to appear and then hook into it. Persevere with the examination but don”t get excited or unsettled with the objects themselves. Whatever arises and passes through — that we must know. Then we can be counted as being one who takes up the study and practice. We have to study until we know through wisdom and can understand those things that appear within ourselves. This true knowingness has no ups and downs. It is never like that. A condition arises and the one who practices recognizes it as such.
When all these conditions end, so does any concern about them. All that is left is the consummate state of purity. Our investigations depended on the continual encountering with such conditions in the heart. If they were around they would need to declare their existence, so that it”s always possible to know the true state of affairs. Therefore, if we want the truth, we must look for and investigate the feelings that arise, and similarly with any sadness or cheerfulness, any happiness or suffering that appear. Such is the way of one who knows with all-round wisdom, being aware of any condition that resides with the heart. There is only this one place where we can finish off our studies.
They talk of graduating with a Bachelor degree or a Masters” or Doctorate; or of passing the various exams of Paali language study, following the popular convention of the time. Throughout the ages people with defilements have always had to rely on customs and observances and these are numerous beyond description. The ways of Dhamma though always remain current because their nature is constant and immutable.
You can have as many grades and degrees as you like — level fifteen or level thirty14... But I wonder if defilements bother with such things. They just have a great time, singing away there on top of people”s hearts. Since when were they meeker and more humble than people
They wield greater power than people — stupid people, that is. Intelligent people are able to crush and destroy them and this is the way to gain our knowledge and qualification.
Our Bachelor”s degree of virtue, samadhi and wisdom is all around us — better to take this B.A.. Then on to the Masters” and the premier ”Ek” grade so that we have ”one heart, One Dhamma”. But this isn”t the preeminence of someone with only one eye, who is already nearly blind. Don”t be foremost in that way.15
The true preeminence of the Lord Buddha is ”one heart One Dhamma”. Study up to this Ph.D. by having all-round knowledge to the highest degree, replacing our ignorance with knowledge about ourselves. Inspect, using wisdom to probe and clear-up, until reaching the Highest Dhamma level, or the genuine Dhamma, which are the same. ”The heart and Dhamma are one and the same!”
"Buddha.m, Dhamma.m, Sangha.m sara.na.m gacchaami" — finding refuge in Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha falls completely within this One Dhamma.
"Dhammo padiipo" — the radiance of Dhamma always shining brightly. This is the genuine Dhamma. It is timeless and unconditioned... the true Dhamma.
Alright then — build the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha right here within the heart:
"Buddha.m, Dhamma.m, Sangha.m sara.na.m gacchaami. We go for refuge to the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha."
More precisely, we arrive at the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha in the purity inside the heart, for this is the coming together of all three refuges. See them clearly within the heart and make yourself a refuge within. This is the complete "attaahi attano naatho": ”W…
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