JMJM:
There is anybody external to us to liberate from, but just ourselves. It was
very good the teaching from Nishima of sitting down zazen and take the lid off
from the pot in order to allow all ideas, images...evaporate in the sky. There
are not boddhisatvas saving the world but each of us taking the lid off
from ourselves mind pot. The buddha, the dharma and the sangha is in each
inhalation and exhalation made in awareness.
Mayka
--- On Tue, 6/9/11, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]>
Subject: [Zen] Mahayana II - beyond 7th & 8th consciousness
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, 6 September, 2011, 1:05
Dear All,
After discussing with several different groups, I have the following synopsis
to share with everyone.
To truly be able to free others, we must free ourselves from our mind first.
If we are trying to label the kind of notion arising internally while focusing
on others, then we are still practicing with our mind.
If we have any notion at all while focusing on others, then our heart is still
not pure enough. Thus our compassion may still be somewhat self-serving.
The practice of Mahayana is to focus completely on the suffering of others.
Fulfill every encounter without question. However the wisdom from our heart
dictates us.
Upon each encounter, each mental hindrance from others blocking the connection
of our heart is an excellent time for us to be completely detached from all
dharma, and let our heart shine through. And allow our actions and words to be
executed with wisdom, thus dissolving insecurity or fear.
Mahayana practice is most beneficial when we are able to completely abandon
every thread of dharma in our mind and recognize the fact that every moment
contains its own dharma.
When our mind reaches "no mind", we recognize all the cause and effect of all
phenomena as a continuing and inter-related event.
The Mahayana practice is a practice for the enhancement of heart over mind
reaching pure compassion and loving kindness. Buddha heart is the heart of all
sentient beings.
The Mahayana practice is a practice enable us to surpass our seventh and eighth
consciousness, (mind and subconsciousness) and reach the ninth consciousness,
which is pure light, pure heart and pure spirit.
Thank you all for all of your input and your attention.
jm
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