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◎ Master Xuanhua, the holy city of Ten Thousand Buddhas in the United States, told by
San Francisco Buddhist Lecture Hall
November 1968 to April 1969
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The supreme and profound subtle method is difficult to encounter in hundreds of thousands of calamities
I have now seen, heard, and practiced, and I wish to understand the true meaning of the Tathagata
"Why? The Tathagata. That is, all the laws are righteous. If someone says that the Tathagata has attained the supreme perfection of the Buddha's teachingsbodhi。 Subhuti, what do you mean? In fact, there is no law. The Buddha attained the supreme enlightenment. Subhuti, what do you mean? The Tathagata attains the supreme enlightenment. Thus, there is neither truth nor falsehood in the middle. Therefore, the Tathagata says that all dharmas are dharma. Subhuti, what do you mean? All the laws mentioned above. That is, it is not all laws. Therefore, it is called all laws. ”
"Why": Why? Tathagata": The word "Tathagata" means that all dharmas are like righteousness, that is, all dharmas are like immovable. So if you don't move, what kind of appearance does it have? there is no appearance, so it is impossible to obtain; If you have a Dharma, what does this Dharma look like? Is it a cyan one? Is it yellow, red, or white? Is it long, square, or round? There is no name, no form, and no form, so this is the righteousness of all dharmas. These Dharmas are the meaning of the Tathagata, so if you have the Dharma, you are not righteous; If you have a Dharma to express, then it is not the Dharma as it is.
"If someone says": Suppose someone else says, "The Tathagata has attained the supreme enlightenment": say, the Tathagata has attained the supreme enlightenment. "Subhuti. There is no real Dharma": Really, I tell you, there is no less Dharma to obtain, "Buddha attains the three enlightenments": Buddha, it is impossible to obtain, supreme enlightenment.
"Subhuti. The Tathagata attains the supreme enlightenment": Suppose you reluctantly say that the Tathagata has attained supreme enlightenment, "so in the middle": above this supreme enlightenment, "there is no truth and no falsehood": there is no constant law, no broken law, no truth, and no falsehood. Then there is no truth, no falsehood, this is the middle way; The middle way is righteousness, this middle way is the realityPrajna。 "Therefore, the Tathagata says that all dharmas are dharma": because of this, the Tathagata also said that all dharmas, although they are not available, are all dharmas; All Dharma is Dharma, and there is nothing beyond Dharma.
I just said that all religions are Buddhism, and it does not go beyond Buddhism, because Buddhism is all-encompassing. Buddhism has all the Dharma, and Buddhism has all teachings; Buddhism also produces all religions, and all these religions are born from Buddhism. So since it was produced by Buddhism, it will still belong to Buddhism in the future. It was born from this place and will come to this place in the future. So now don't ask him, what religion are you? Do you believe in God, Jesus? No matter what religion you believe in, you have not run out of Buddhism. So, just believe it. You come and go, you walk around, you must come back. So look how big this is! Buddhism is so big, and Buddhism is so big. Although it is impossible to obtain, there is not a Dharma that is not the Dharma, and there is no Dharma that is not the Dharma. So what is the way to go?
"Subhuti. The one who speaks of all dharmas": Subhuti, the so-called all dharmas, according to the common sense, are all dharmas. According to this true meaning, "that is, not all dharmas": there is no dharma. According to the middle truth and the middle way, "Therefore, it is called all dharmas." Everything is the middle way, everything is righteousness, so "all dharmas are called by name", there is only one pseudonym.
"Subhuti. For example, a person is tall. Subhuti said. World-Honored One. The Tathagata said that the human body grows up. Then it is not a big body. It is called a big body. Subhuti, what do you mean? The same is true for bodhisattvas. If you say this. I will destroy the infiniteBeings。 Then it is not called a bodhisattva. Why is that? Subhuti, what do you mean? In fact, there is no law. His name is Bodhisattva. Therefore, the Buddha speaks of all Dharma. There is no self, no one, no sentient beings, and no longevity. Subhuti, what do you mean? If a Bodhisattva says this. I will solemnize the Buddha's land. It is not called a bodhisattva. Why is that? The Tathagata said that the solemn Buddha land. It is not solemn. It is called solemnity. Subhuti, what do you mean? If a bodhisattva understands the non-self Dharma. The Tathagata is truly a bodhisattva. ”
"Subhuti. For example, when a person grows up": Why do I now say that all these dharmas are not all dharmas, but all dharmas? Because, Subhuti, let me tell you an analogy. "It's like a person growing up." Subhuti said. World-Honored One. The Tathagata said that the human body grows up. Then it is not a big body. It is called a big body": Then it is said, "It is like a person growing up." When Subhuti heard the Buddha say this, then he already understood. He said, "Subhuti said. World-Honored One. The Tathagata said that the human body grows up": The Tathagata said that this Dharma body is large, "and it is not a big body." "The Dharmakaya is formless. There is no form, so you can't say that he is a big body, "he is a big body." "But it is according to this pseudonym that the name is the big body.
"Subhuti": Shakyamuni Buddha, also called Subhuti, said, "The Bodhisattva is the same." "Say, this bodhisattva is like this." If you say this": Suppose this bodhisattva makes such remarks and such words, "I will destroy countless sentient beings", "then he is not called a bodhisattva. "He wants to have a me, and he says yes, oh! I should destroy all sentient beings, I should liberate all sentient beings. If he wants to have this word "I", he is not a bodhisattva, and "he is not called a bodhisattva." "He is because he has an ego. Since you have an ego, you cannot call him by the name of a bodhisattva. "Why"? Why can't he be called a bodhisattva? Subhuti, you should know, "There is no real Dharma." His name is Bodhisattva. The name of this bodhisattva is also a pseudonym, there is no entity, no image can be seen, and it is said that this is a bodhisattva, "There is no real law." His name is Bodhisattva. "Name him Bodhisattva." Therefore, the Buddha speaks of all dharmas": because of this, the Buddha speaks of all dharmas, "no self": there should be no self; Without me, there is no ego, no self, no ego; "No one": There is no human appearance; "No sentient beings": There are no sentient beings; "Those who have no longevity": There is no appearance of the longevity: none of these four phases. In other words, the ego is empty, the Dharma is empty, and even an empty attachment is empty. Only when the self, Dharma, and emptiness are free of attachment and attachment can this cycle of life and death be liberated. If you don't have me, you are saving this ego from the past. Without anyone, there is no attachment to a person's appearance; There is no attachment to the appearance of sentient beings; There is no attachment to the appearance of the longevity, which is to break this ego, Dharma, and emptiness.
"Subhuti. If the Bodhisattva says this": Suppose the Bodhisattva wants to say such a thing. What do you say?" I should solemnize the Buddha land": Say, I, I should solemnize the Buddha land. This is also the name of the Bodhisattva. Why? He also has a solemn attachment and an ego. I am a person who can be dignified, so the Buddha land is solemn. The one in front of him saved sentient beings and destroyed all sentient beings, and it was the same. I am a person who can be destroyed, and all beings are destroyed by me, and there is another place where I can be saved! Since he has the ability, he does not look at me as empty. Bodhisattvas, save sentient beings without focusing on the appearance of sentient beings; It is not that there is no appearance of sentient beings, but that the appearance of the bodhisattva himself. The bodhisattva himself is the appearance of sentient beings, so he does not dwell on himself, that is, he does not attach himself to sentient beings. Then now none of them can be solemn, and none of them are solemn, that is, if you do the past, you will do it, and there is no need to have a kind of beingmerits and virtuesheart.
It's like we ordinary people want to do a certain kind of merit, do it in the past, and don't remember it. Don't, oh! This merit is made by me, this merit is what I can do, and whoever receives this merit receives this merit. This is what is done, there is ability, there is something. So now the Bodhisattva is solemnizing the Buddha's land, which is not solemn, and empty. "It is not a bodhisattva": You must have the mind of a solemn Buddha land, not to say that it is not solemn Buddha land, but solemn but not solemn. It means that you are solemn in the Buddha's land, as if you have not done this thing, do not be attached. What is called "solemn"? "Solemnity" means to make this Buddha land—the Buddha's land is the Buddha's country—make the Buddha country particularly wonderful, particularly beautiful. Just as we now use flowers to offer to the Buddha, incense to worship the Buddha, and various fruits to offer to the Buddha, this is called solemn Buddha land. On the one hand, it is called offering the Three Jewels, and on the other hand, it can be said to be a solemn Buddha land. Why? Placing a little flower in front of the Buddha is particularly beautiful; When it is good-looking, it is called solemnity. So the solemn Buddha land is to add a lot of brilliance to the Buddha country, and it is very beautiful. Therefore, you must have the heart of the solemn Buddha land, "you are not a bodhisattva." You must have this kind of persistence, "you are not a bodhisattva." "Why"?
"The Tathagata says that the one who solemnizes the Buddha land": The Tathagata said that the one who solemnizes the Buddha land is solemn according to the common sense. According to the true meaning, "that is, not solemn". According to this principle of harmony and unhinderedness, this is just a solemn name. The so-called Buddhist service is not abandoned. In this Buddhist door, there is no way it is not a Buddhist event. Follow the same method, and there is no legal boundary. You can get everything at your fingertips, and everything is the law. This is called "not giving up a Dharma in Buddhist affairs." ”
"Zhenru is not a speck of sex." True as in one's own nature, there is not even a single speck of dust, not even a speck of dust. Therefore, "Buddhist affairs do not give up a single law"; "True as there is no speck in nature".
"Subhuti. If a bodhisattva understands the non-self Dharma": Suppose this bodhisattva can understand - "understanding" means understanding, and understanding means understanding; "Reach" is to reach this state; What is the state to reach this state?" "The Dharma of no self": As mentioned earlier, this must be without self, and there will be no self. You must understand that this bodhisattva who has no ego is truly a bodhisattva: the Tathagata is truly a bodhisattva.
Respectfully recorded from the "Diamond Prajna Paramita Sutra"
