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> Buddha nature is no less conceptual than ego. Can you take your
Buddha
> nature out along with your garbage?
If 'I' am taking out the garbage then my Buddha nature is already in
the trash can.
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> Words are everything.
If 'words are everything', why is the very essence of zen, that
which differentiates it from other forms of Buddhism, attributed to
the wordless, non-verbal, mind-to-mind transmission between the
historical Buddha Sakyamuni and the first patriarch Mahakasyapa?
Why wasn't this transmission done via a lecture, or better yet in
the form of writing?
Words are nothing. Words are wisps of smoke which cloud your vision
and burn your nostrils. Their stench only ceases when they
inevitably and completely dissipate into the clear sky.
Clarity is everything. Zazen is clarity.
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