Zen The Path of Paradox Vol 3 ~ 07
event type | discourse |
date & time | 7 Jul 1977 am |
location | Buddha Hall, Poona |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 1h 36min. Quality: good. |
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video | Not available |
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online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
shorttitle | PARAD307 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutra: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- Bassui wrote the following letter to one of his disciples who was about to die:
- "The essence of your mind is not born, so it will never die. It is not an existence, which is perishable. It is not an emptiness, which is a mere void. It has neither colour nor form. It enjoys no pleasures and suffers no pains.
- I know you are very ill. Like a good Zen student, you are facing that sickness squarely. You may not know exactly who is suffering, but question yourself: What is the essence of this mind? Think only of this. You will need no more. Covet nothing. Your end which is endless is as a snowflake dissolving in pure air."
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