Guest guest Posted June 5, 2001 Report Share Posted June 5, 2001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All verbal teachings are just to cure diseases. Because diseases are not the same, the remedies are also different. That is why it is sometimes said that there is Buddha, and sometimes it is said that there is no Buddha. True words are those that actually cure sickness; if the cure manages to heal, then all are true words. If they can't effectively cure sickness, all are false words. True words are false words when they give rise to views. False words are true words when they cut off the delusions of sentient beings. Because disease is unreal, there is only unreal medicine to cure it! Pai-chang (720-814) from Thomas Cleary's, The Teachings of Zen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Attachment: (application/octet-stream) dragon left border.jpg [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2001 Report Share Posted June 5, 2001 YES! ^^~~~~~ - Gloria Lee HS Monday, June 04, 2001 8:45 PM Teachings as medicine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All verbal teachings are just to cure diseases. Because diseases are not the same, the remedies are also different. That is why it is sometimes said that there is Buddha, and sometimes it is said that there is no Buddha. True words are those that actually cure sickness; if the cure manages to heal, then all are true words. If they can't effectively cure sickness, all are false words. True words are false words when they give rise to views. False words are true words when they cut off the delusions of sentient beings. Because disease is unreal, there is only unreal medicine to cure it! Pai-chang (720-814) from Thomas Cleary's, The Teachings of Zen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /join All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to a.Your use of is subject to the Attachment: (application/octet-stream) dragon left border.jpg [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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