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Welcome to the Bodhi Tree. If you are here to sit underneath a pipal tree in the hopes of recreating the awakening of the Buddha,
you would better served chopping it down for fire wood. If instead you realize you are connected to the same source of wisdom and
compassion to which the Buddha awoke, the revelation of the Hebrew prophets, the truth Christ preached, the source of insight for
saints and mystics of many faiths -- the awareness of reality-as-It-Is -- then you are already under the Bodhi Tree wherever you are.
Lost or adrift? Seeking the experience of transcendent in the immanent? Searching for meaning in the madness of modernized living? Longing for a genuine connection to our common humanity? Don't just be a shallow consumer, trying to feed your needs with commercialism and the latest fad. Choose to be an active citizen of your society and the globe. Let's help each other wake up to our gifts and our responsibilities to our world.
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Posts: 1133 06/10/07 16:12:42 |
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And now for some actual words of
wisdom...
"Form is no other than emptiness, emptiness no other than
form; form is exactly emptiness, emptiness exactly form" -Heart Sutra "Each form, each particle, is a Buddha. One form is all Buddhas. All
forms, all particles, are all Buddhas. All forms, sounds, scents, feelings, and phenomena are also like this, each filling all fields."
-Pai-chang "Ultimately, all phenomena are contained within one's life, down to
the last particle of dust. The nine mountains and the eight seas are encompassed by one's body; the sun, moon and myriad stars are contained within
one's mind." -Nichiren "Each Buddha-Tathagata, as the body of the Dharmadhatu, pervades the
mind of all sentient beings. This is why when your mind perceives the Buddha, it is your mind that possesses the thirty-two prominent features and the
eighty secondary attributes. This mind that creates the Buddha is the mind that is the Buddha, and the wisdom of the Buddhas true, universal and
ocean-like arises from this mind. This is why you should single-mindedly fix your thoughts and contemplatively examine that Buddha, that Tathagata,
that Arhat, that Supremely Awakened One." -The Sutra of Contemplation on the
Buddha of Immeasurable Life "You have
always been one with the Buddha, so do not pretend you can ATTAIN to this oneness by various practices." -Huang Po "Affliction is Bodhi and the cycle of birth and death is Nirvana"
-Platform Sutra of Hui Neng "Happy is one who knows samsara and nirvana are not two."
-Milarepa "Just understand that birth-and-death is itself nirvana. There is nothing
such as birth and death to be avoided; there is nothing such as nirvana to be sought. Only when you realize this are you free from birth and
death." -Dogen "At this moment, is there anything lacking? Nirvana is right here now
before our eyes. This place is the lotus land. This body now is the Buddha." -Hakuin "The Way does not require cultivation, just
don't pollute it." -Chan ancestor Mazu
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( i )
And now for some actual words of
wisdom...
"Form is no other than emptiness, emptiness no other than
form; form is exactly emptiness, emptiness exactly form" -Heart Sutra "Each form, each particle, is a Buddha. One form is all Buddhas. All
forms, all particles, are all Buddhas. All forms, sounds, scents, feelings, and phenomena are also like this, each filling all fields."
-Pai-chang "Ultimately, all phenomena are contained within one's life, down to
the last particle of dust. The nine mountains and the eight seas are encompassed by one's body; the sun, moon and myriad stars are contained within
one's mind." -Nichiren "Each Buddha-Tathagata, as the body of the Dharmadhatu, pervades the
mind of all sentient beings. This is why when your mind perceives the Buddha, it is your mind that possesses the thirty-two prominent features and the
eighty secondary attributes. This mind that creates the Buddha is the mind that is the Buddha, and the wisdom of the Buddhas true, universal and
ocean-like arises from this mind. This is why you should single-mindedly fix your thoughts and contemplatively examine that Buddha, that Tathagata,
that Arhat, that Supremely Awakened One." -The Sutra of Contemplation on the
Buddha of Immeasurable Life "You have
always been one with the Buddha, so do not pretend you can ATTAIN to this oneness by various practices." -Huang Po "Affliction is Bodhi and the cycle of birth and death is Nirvana"
-Platform Sutra of Hui Neng "Happy is one who knows samsara and nirvana are not two."
-Milarepa "Just understand that birth-and-death is itself nirvana. There is nothing
such as birth and death to be avoided; there is nothing such as nirvana to be sought. Only when you realize this are you free from birth and
death." -Dogen "At this moment, is there anything lacking? Nirvana is right here now
before our eyes. This place is the lotus land. This body now is the Buddha." -Hakuin "The Way does not require cultivation, just
don't pollute it." -Chan ancestor Mazu
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And now for some actual words of
wisdom...
"Form is no other than emptiness, emptiness no other than
form; form is exactly emptiness, emptiness exactly form" -Heart Sutra "Each form, each particle, is a Buddha. One form is all Buddhas. All
forms, all particles, are all Buddhas. All forms, sounds, scents, feelings, and phenomena are also like this, each filling all fields."
-Pai-chang "Ultimately, all phenomena are contained within one's life, down to
the last particle of dust. The nine mountains and the eight seas are encompassed by one's body; the sun, moon and myriad stars are contained within
one's mind." -Nichiren "Each Buddha-Tathagata, as the body of the Dharmadhatu, pervades the
mind of all sentient beings. This is why when your mind perceives the Buddha, it is your mind that possesses the thirty-two prominent features and the
eighty secondary attributes. This mind that creates the Buddha is the mind that is the Buddha, and the wisdom of the Buddhas true, universal and
ocean-like arises from this mind. This is why you should single-mindedly fix your thoughts and contemplatively examine that Buddha, that Tathagata,
that Arhat, that Supremely Awakened One." -The Sutra of Contemplation on the
Buddha of Immeasurable Life "You have
always been one with the Buddha, so do not pretend you can ATTAIN to this oneness by various practices." -Huang Po "Affliction is Bodhi and the cycle of birth and death is Nirvana"
-Platform Sutra of Hui Neng "Happy is one who knows samsara and nirvana are not two."
-Milarepa "Just understand that birth-and-death is itself nirvana. There is nothing
such as birth and death to be avoided; there is nothing such as nirvana to be sought. Only when you realize this are you free from birth and
death." -Dogen "At this moment, is there anything lacking? Nirvana is right here now
before our eyes. This place is the lotus land. This body now is the Buddha." -Hakuin "The Way does not require cultivation, just
don't pollute it." -Chan ancestor Mazu
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Just as you are. :o)
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