Poof
December 13th, 2009
According
to the traditional Buddhist
understanding, our human nature is
without ego. When we have no idea of ego,
we have Buddha’s view of life. Our egoistic ideas are
delusion, covering our Buddha nature. We are always creating
and following them, and in repeating this process over and
over again, our life becomes completely occupied
by ego-centered ideas. This is called
karmic life, or
karma.
The
Buddhist life
should not be karmic life.
The purpose of our practice is to cut off
the karmic spinning mind. If you are trying to attain
enlightenment, that is a part of karma, you are creating and
being driven by karma, and you are wasting your time on your black
cushion. According to Bodhidharma’s understanding, practice
based on any gaining idea is just a repetition of your
karma. Forgetting this point, many later
Zen masters have emphasized some
stage to be attained by
practice.
