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NON-DWELLING

Hui-Hua

 

Monk: What should the mind dwell upon?

 

Hui-Hua: It should dwell upon not dwelling.

 

M: What is nondwelling?

 

H: It means not allowing the mind to dwell on anything whatsoever.

 

M: What does that mean?

 

H: Dwelling upon nothing means that the mind does not remain with good or

evil, being or nonbeing, inside or outside, emptiness or nonemptiness,

concentration, or distraction. This dwelling upon nothing is the state in

which it should dwell; those who attain it are said to have nondwelling

minds-in other words they have Buddha minds.

 

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M: When the mind reaches the state of not dwelling upon anything, and

continues in that state, won't there be some attachment to its not dwelling

upon anything?

 

H: If you are fully aware of a nondwelling mind - a mind that remains in the

state of nondwelling. If you are fully aware of a nondwelling mind in

yourself, you will just discover that there is the fact of dwelling, with

nothing to dwell upon or not dwell upon. This full awareness in yourself of

a mind that dwells upon nothing is known as having a clear perception of your

own mind or your own true nature. A mind that dwells upon nothing is the

Buddha mind, enlightenment mind, uncreated mind. It is what the sutras call

"patient realization of the uncreated."

 

When you finally understand, your mind will be free from both delusion and

reality. A mind that is truly free has reached the state in which opposites

are seen as empty. This is the only freedom.