after allNo selfPart 17
◎Master Xuanhua, the Holy City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in the United States, told
San Francisco Buddhist Lecture Hall
November 1968 to April 1969
Opening verse
The supreme and profound subtle method is difficult to encounter in hundreds of thousands of disasters
Now I have seen, heard, received and uphold the true meaning of the Tathagata
“Why?Tathagata.That is, all dharmas are as meaningful.If someone says that the Tathagata has obtained the Anuttara SamyaksanBodhi。Subhuti.There is no way.The Buddha attained the Anuttara Samyaksambodhi.Subhuti.The Tathagata attained Anuttara Samyaksambodhi.So there is no reality or falsehood.Therefore, the Tathagata said that all dharmas are Buddhist dharmas.Subhuti.All the Dharmas mentioned.That is, it is not all dharmas.Therefore, it is called all dharmas.”
“Why? "What's the reason? "Tathagata": The two words "Tathagata" are the meaning of all dharmas, which is the way that all dharmas are still and unmoving.So what kind of appearance does it have? Without all appearances, it is said that it cannot be obtained; if you have a Dharma to obtain, what does this Dharma look like? Is it a blue one? Yellow one, red one, white one? It is long one, square one, round one? It has no name, no color, and no appearance, so this is the meaning of all dharmas.These dharmas are the meaning of Tathagata. Therefore, if you have dharmas to obtain, it is not the meaning; if you have dharmas to represent, it is not the meaning of all dharmas to be expressed.
“If someone says "Suppose someone says again, "The Tathagata has attained Anuttara Samyaksambodhi": It says that the Tathagata has attained Anuttara Samyaksambodhi.“Subhuti.There is no Dharma in reality": It is real, I tell you that there is no less Dharma to obtain, "The Buddha has attained Anuttara Samyaksambodhi": Buddha, cannot be attained, and has the supreme enlightenment.
“Subhuti.Anuttara Samyaksambodhi obtained by the Tathagata": Suppose you have to force yourself to say that the Tathagata has achieved supreme enlightenment, "then": above this Anuttara Samyaksambodhi, "no reality and no false": there is no permanent law, no extermination law, no truth, and no false.Then there is no truth or falsehood, this is the middle way; the middle way is the true meaning of this middle way, this middle way is the true reality of this middle way.Prajna。“Therefore, the Tathagata said that all dharmas are Buddhist Dharmas”: Because of this, the Tathagata said that all dharmas are unavailable, but they are Buddhist Dharmas; all dharmas are Buddhist Dharmas and do not transcend beyond Buddhist Dharma.
I said that all religions are Buddhism, and they do not go beyond Buddhism, because Buddhism is all-encompassing.Buddhism contains all dharmas, and Buddhism also contains all teachings; Buddhism also produces all teachings, and all these religions are produced by Buddhism.So since it is produced by Buddhism, it will still be returned to Buddhism in the future.It was born from here and will come to this place in the future.So don’t ask him now, what religion is you? Do you believe in God or Jesus? No matter what religion you believe in, you have never left Buddhism.So, just believe it.You write to me, you walk around, you must come back.So you see how big it is! Buddhism is so big, and Buddhism is so big.Although it is said that it is impossible to obtain, there is no Dharma that is not Buddhism, and no Dharma that is not Buddhism.So what method can be obtained?
“Subhuti.All the dharmas mentioned": Subhuti, the so-called all dharmas, according to the conventional truth, is all dharmas.According to this truth, "that is, not all dharmas": there is no all dharmas.According to the middle truth and middle way, “thus is called all dharmas."Everything is the middle way, everything is the ultimate meaning, so "thus is called all dharmas", there is only a false name.
“Subhuti.It's like growing up in a human body.Subhuti's words.World Honored One.Tathagata said that human body grew up.It is not a big body.It is called a great body.Subhuti.The same is true for Bodhisattvas.If you say this.I'll be indestructibleAll living beings。Then it is not called a Bodhisattva.Why?Subhuti.There is no way.It is called Bodhisattva.Therefore, the Buddha preached all dharmas.There is no self, no person, no sentient beings, no life.Subhuti.If the Bodhisattva says this.I should adorn the Buddha land.It is not called a Bodhisattva.Why?The Tathagata said that those who adorn the Buddha land were solemn.That is not solemn.It is called solemnity.Subhuti.If a Bodhisattva understands the Dharma without self.The name of the Tathagata is truly a Bodhisattva.”
“Subhuti.It’s like growing up in a human body”: Why do I say that all these dharmas are not all dharmas, but are called all dharmas? Because, Subhuti, I will tell you a metaphor."It's like growing up in a human body."Subhuti said.World Honored One.Tathagata said that human body grew up.It is not a big body.It is called a great body": then, "it's like a human body grows up."Subhuti heard the Buddha say this, then he already understood.He said, “Subhuti.World Honored One.Tathagata said that the human body grew up”: The Dharma body mentioned by the Tathagata is great, “then it is not a great body."The Dharma body is formless.There is no form, so you can't say that he is a big body, "it is a big body."But it is just a name based on this pseudonym, and it is called the Great Body.
“Subhuti": Sakyamuni Buddha, also called Subhuti, said, "The Bodhisattva is also like this."Say, this Bodhisattva is like this."If you make this word": Suppose this Bodhisattva, he makes such speeches and such speeches, "I will destroy countless sentient beings", "then he is not called a Bodhisattva."He wants to have an I, and say yes! I should save all sentient beings, and I should save all sentient beings.If he wants to have this word I, he is not a Bodhisattva, "then he is not a Bodhisattva."He is just because of his ego.Since you have self-attachment, you cannot call him the name of a Bodhisattva."Why"? Why can't he be called a Bodhisattva? Subhuti, you should know, "There is no law.It is called Bodhisattva."The name of this Bodhisattva is also a false name. There is no entity or image that can be seen. It is said that this is a Bodhisattva, "There is no Dharma.It is called Bodhisattva."Give him a name called Bodhisattva."Therefore, the Buddha said all dharmas": Because of this, the Buddha said all dharmas. "No self": There should be no self; without self, there would be no self, no self-attachment, no self-attachment; "No man": there is no human appearance; "No sentient beings": there is no sentient beings; "No life": there is no life appearance: there is no four appearances.In other words, the self-attachment is empty, and the Dharma-attachment is empty. Even an empty attachment is empty.Only by not having any attachment to self, Dharma, and emptiness can we save this cycle of reincarnation and death.If you have no self, you will save this self; if you have no one, you will not be attached to a person; if you have no attachment to the appearance of sentient beings; if you have no attachment to the appearance of a person, you will not be attached to the appearance of a person; if you have no attachment to the appearance of a person, you will be eliminated.
“Subhuti.If the Bodhisattva says this, "Suppose the Bodhisattva wants to make such a statement.What are you saying? "I should adorn the Buddha land": I should adorn the Buddha land.This is not called a Bodhisattva.Why? He also has a solemn attachment and an ego.I am a solemn person, so the Buddha land is solemn person.The same is true for the one who saves sentient beings and destroys all sentient beings.I am a person who can be destroyed, sentient beings are destroyed, and there is also a person who can be saved by me! Since there is a person who can be destroyed by me, he does not take my appearance as empty.Bodhisattvas save sentient beings without attachment to the appearance of sentient beings; it is not that they do not attach to the appearance of sentient beings, but that they do not attach to the appearance of the Bodhisattvas themselves.The Bodhisattva himself is the appearance of sentient beings, so he does not abide by oneself, that is, he does not abide by sentient beings.Then there is no one that can be solemn, and there is no one that can be solemn. That is, if you do it, you will do it, and there is no need to have oneMeritheart.
It seems that ordinary people want to do a certain kind of merit, do it in the past, and don’t remember it.No, oh! I did this merit, I could do this merit, who has received this merit.This is what is done, there is ability, there is something.So now the Bodhisattva adorns the Buddha land, and it is also necessary to adorn the Buddha land, that is, it is not adorned, and it is empty."It is not called a Bodhisattva": You must have a mind that adorns the Buddha land. It does not mean that it is not adorned with the Buddha land, but that it is solemn but not solemn.It is you who have adorned the Buddha land, just like you have not done this, don’t be attached to it.What is called "soccer"? "soccer" means to make this Buddha land ──Buddha land is the country of Buddha ──Make the Buddha's kingdom particularly wonderful and so beautiful.It seems that we now use flowers to offer to Buddha, incense to worship Buddha, and various fruits to offer to Buddha. These are all called adornment of Buddha land.On the one hand, it is called offering to the Three Jewels, and on the other hand, it can be said to be the solemn Buddha land.Why? Putting a little flower in front of the Buddha will look particularly beautiful; when it looks good, this is called solemnity.So the solemn Buddha land makes the Buddha country more glorious and beautiful.Therefore, you must have the heart to adorn the Buddha land, "it is not called a Bodhisattva."You must have this kind of attachment, "it is not called a Bodhisattva.""Why is it?"
“The Tathagata said that those who adorn the Buddha's land are solemn and adorn the Buddha's land are solemn according to the conventional truth.According to the true meaning, "that is not solemnity."According to this harmonious and unobstructed principle, this is just a solemn name.The so-called Buddhist affairs are unwilling to give up a Dharma.In this Buddhist sect, it is impossible not to be a Buddhist sect.If you pick up a Dharma, there is nothing that is beyond the Dharma Realm.You can pick it up at will, everything is Dharma.This is called "a Dharma that is reluctant to give up in the Buddhist affairs.”
“There is no dust in the true nature."The true nature of the self is not even a piece of dust, not even a slight dust.Therefore, "I will not give up a Dharma in the Buddhist affairs"; "I will not establish any dust in the true nature."
“Subhuti.If a Bodhisattva understands the Dharma of No Self": Assume that this Bodhisattva can understand ──“"Tong" means understanding, "Tong" means knowing; "Tao" means reaching this state; what state should you reach this state? "The Dharma without self": As mentioned earlier, all of these must be selfless, and there will be no self-attachment.You must understand that this Bodhisattva without self-attachment is, "The Tathagata is called a Bodhisattva": the Tathagata says, only this type of Bodhisattva is truly a Bodhisattva.
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