Bodhidharma ~ 09

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event type discourse
date & time 9 Jul 1987 am
location Gautam the Buddha Auditorium, Pune
language English
audio Available, duration 2h 2min. Quality: good.
Live music after the discourse.
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video Available, duration 2h 6min. Quality: good.
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online text find the PDF of this discourse
shorttitle BODHI09
notes
synopsis
Reader of the sutras: Ma Prem Maneesha.
The sutra
Bodhidharma's wake-up sermon.
The essence of the way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances. The sutras say, "Detachment is enlightenment because it negates appearances." ...The three realms are greed, anger and delusion. To leave the three realms means to go from greed, anger and delusion back to mortality, meditation and wisdom. The sutras say, "Buddhas have only become buddhas while living with the three poisons and nourishing themselves on the pure dharma." The three poisons are greed, anger and delusion....
The great vehicle is the greatest of all vehicles. It's the conveyance of bodhisattvas, who use everything without using anything, and who travel all day without travelling. Such is the vehicle of buddhas. The sutras say, "no vehicle is the vehicle of buddhas." ...The sutras say, "The cave of five aggregates is the hall of Zen, the opening of the inner eye is the door of the great vehicle." What could be clearer?
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting or lying down, everything you do is Zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha. The buddhas of the ten directions have no mind. To see no mind is to see the buddha.
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity. To transcend motion and stillness is the highest meditation. Mortals keep moving while arhats stay still. But the highest meditation surpasses that of both mortals and arhats. People who reach such understanding free themselves from all appearances without effort and cure all illnesses without treatment. Such is the power of great Zen.


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