billlllllllll.......... no hurricanes in your life??? merle
Bill, Correct except the clouds are ALSO part of Buddha Nature... Edgar On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:40 AM, Bill! wrote: >Suresh, > >Buddha Nature is continuous, however your AWARENESS of Buddha Nature may not >be continuous. > >To use an historical zen metaphor: Buddha Nature is the sun and illusions are >clouds that can cover (occlude/hide) the sun - but the sun is always there. > >I embellish that metaphor by also adding that the darkness (opacity) of the >clouds are due to attachments. The relative darkness (degree of opacity) of >the clouds could be compared to the strength of the attachment to that >particular illusion (cloud). Some clouds are darker than others. > >Before kensho (initial awareness of Buddha Nature) the entire sky is filled >with dark clouds. Kensho occurs when these clouds part, even if only briefly, >to fully reveal the sun. Usually the clouds then quickly return and continue >to blot out the sun. However after kensho you realize there is a sun, and it >is there whether you can clearly see it or not. Continued practice creates >further breaks in these clouds. Some of the breaks remain permanently. >Further practice also begins to render all the clouds less opaque and more >transparent so even in the worst of times there is always some sunlight that >penetrates the cloud cover. > >After much practice, and although there are always some clouds that remain, >there is more and more clear sky. The also clouds become more and more >transparent. Even then sometimes dark clouds appear seemingly out of nowhere, >but dissipate or become more transparent almost as quickly as they appear. > >There are also times, especially during zazen (shikantaza) and at other times >during every day life, that the sky is completely clear. > >That's been my experience of 40+ years of zen practice. > >...Bill! > >--- In [email protected], SURESH JAGADEESAN <varamtha@...> wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> Tell me honestly, is buddha nature coninuous? How many of you are in >> that contiuous state of buddha nature? be honest. If thoughts are >> absent in oneself, how the body functions and who speak through the >> body? >> >> -- >> Thanks and best regards >> J.Suresh >> New No.3, Old No.7, >> Chamiers road - 1st Lane, >> Alwarpet, >> Chennai - 600018 >> Ph: 044 42030947 >> Mobile: 91 9884071738 >> > >
