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Everything is Buddha’s activity. So whatever you do, or even if you keep from doing something, Buddha is in that activity.
Each one of us has his own name, but those names are the many names of one Buddha.
Teaching is in each moment, in every existence. That is the true teaching.
“To realize pure mind in your delusion is practice.
Just say, ‘Oh, this is just delusion,’ and do not be bothered by it.”
We should establish our practice where there...
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we must firmly believe in our true nature.
Our true nature is beyond our conscious experience.
what exists there, beyond consciousness, actually exists,
and it is there that we have to establish the foundation of our practice.
good and bad is not the point. Whether or not you make yourself peaceful is the point, and whether or not you stick to it.
The best way towards perfect composure is to forget everything.
to have a firm conviction in the original emptiness of your mind is the most important thing in your practice.
give up calculating.
You know how to rest physically. You do not know how to rest mentally.
establish your practice in your delusion.”
To have delusion is practice.
This is to attain enlightenment before you realize it.
These are religious activities in the conscious world. But Buddhism emphasizes the world of unconsciousness.
Your eyes are on your side, for you cannot see your eyes, and your eyes cannot see themselves.
The mind which is always on your side is not just your mind, it is universal mind, always the same, not different from another’s mind.
This mind is whatever you see.
If it is too strict you will fail, if it is too loose, the rules will not work. Our way should be strict enough to have authority, an authority everyone should obey.
The rules should be possible to observe.
obey your rules without discrimination.
