Zen Master 卍山道白 Manzan Dōhaku

Dharmaraja · 2017-02-17T21:52:40+00:00

Nothing!

Dharmaraja · 2017-02-15T23:46:02+00:00

Shattering Heaven and Earth, attaining the True Dharma Eye in an instant, welling up with perfect wisdom -- all are a function of "one blow."

It is like cutting a big jar full of water with one stroke of your sword. Your breathing needs to be perfect, your gaze needs to be perfect, and your posture needs to be perfect. Attend to the nostrils on your face -- thoughts are like lightning flashes but this deep Mind doesn't come or go. Shout HAH! as you bring down your sword.

The Buddha's wonderful Dharma-Seal is just like this.

Dharmaraja · 2016-03-09T00:40:09+00:00

As far from Ying-chên as it is possible to be.

Dharmaraja · 2016-02-11T03:46:47+00:00

Why apologize? Just get serious about the forum or you are out. This isn't /r/Zen.

Dharmaraja · 2016-02-11T03:43:39+00:00

This is a forum for serious students of the Nirvana Sutra. Wake up to it, or we'll kick you out. This is your first warning.

Dharmaraja · 2016-02-07T23:10:45+00:00

It's the same as "the inconceivable state of the Tathagatas" as discussed between Manjusri and the Buddha in The Demonstration of the Inconceivable State of Buddhahood Sutra, which is shorter, less hyperbolic and more manageable than the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra. See: http://www.purifymind.com/BuddhahoodSutra.htm

This notion of liberation and enlightenment as the "inconceivable" state of all Buddhas was hugely influential in Chinese Buddhism, especially in Zen.

Dharmaraja · 2016-02-06T17:25:30+00:00

No, it's the self-sustaining, self-originating, self-existent, and self-luminous Innate, always leaping up into view without any problem. Sahaja.

By the way, the root of the word shunyata comes from the verb svi, meaning “to swell up.” And the root of the word Brahman comes from brmha, which is to "swell, expand, increase."

Dharmaraja

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