..续本文上一页as if we have thrown away that, which has meaning, binding ourselves to forms, which is just the "outer bark". Buddha, which is timeless, is not the Buddha we are attached to.
In practicing the six perfections (Generosity, Virtue, Patience, Effort, Mindfulness, Wisdom) and in the many and various similar methods with the intention of becoming one of the Buddhas, we are inching our way step by step. The eternal Buddha of which I speak is not there. The attainment of Buddha is not by these practices or these methods but by awakening and opening our eyes to the single citta. There is nothing to attain. This is true Buddha. Buddha and all things are this one single citta, that”s all. There is nothing outside of this.
The citta is like the void, inside of which there is no confusion or evil. Just as when the sun passes through the emptiness of space, it”s rays and light fill all the corners of the earth. This is because when the sun rises it gives light evenly to all the earth. The emptiness does not get brighter and when the sun sets the emptiness does not become dark. Lightness and darkness are interchangeable. The nature of emptiness itself never changes. The citta, which is Buddha and the beings of the world, are like that. If we regard the Buddha as the giver of purity and knowledge or we look at worldly beings as stupid, blind and confused, these feelings and thoughts are the result of thinking and grasping at forms. This will prevent us from realizing the ultimate truth. Even if we practice for as many eons as there are grains of sand in the Ganges River, there remains only one single citta alone. There is nothing else at all, not even the presence of a single atom, because the citta is Buddha.
If we who are students of the Way do not open our eyes to what is the essence, which is the citta, we will hide the citta with our thoughts and imaginings. We will go in search of Buddha outside ourselves and remain attached to all forms, blindly practicing merit making rituals and other things of this kind. All this is dangerous and not the way to the highest knowledge at all. The essence of the ultimate truth is like wood or stone, internally there is no movement and externally there is emptiness, boundless and unimpeded. This thing is not mentality (Namadhamma) nor is it materiality (Rupadhamma). It has no special resting-place, no form and cannot disappear.
This citta is not the mind created by thoughts. It is a thing apart, completely unconnected with forms. It is the same for all the Buddhas and beings of the world. All one need do is liberate oneself from thoughts and views and we will reach all our goals. The true principle of Dhamma is the citta and anything outside of this is not a Dhamma principle at all. The citta is the Dhamma principle. Outside of this it is not the citta. Citta on it”s own is not citta but even so it is not, not citta. In saying citta is not citta, I mean that some things, which exist, are outside of conventional language to express. So one has to stop thinking and explaining completely. When words are no more, the citta will appear, completely pure.
The citta is the pure origin of Buddha (Budhhayoni) which is present in each person. Beings with emotions, thought and movement or Buddhas and Bodhisattas, all are of one nature and not different. All the differences arise from our thoughts alone, which leads us to create endless kamma of all kinds. Our original Buddha nature,
According to the ultimate truth, is something that is meaningless to a personal self in even one atom of our being. That thing is the emptiness which pervades all things and is calm, quiet and without adulteration. It is peace, luminous and hidden tranquility and the ceasing of all things. One attains this deeply by opening on…
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