Repeatedly undergoing
birth and death is just due to grasping
at objects. When we reflect back on the mind that
grasps at objects, we see that the real identity of mind
is originally pure. Within this purity, grasping mind
does not exist. Within nirvana, fundamentally
there are no thoughts moving; the
movement is ever still. Being
still, there is no
seeking.
Records of the Teachers and Students of the Lanka
Intellectual
knowledge exists in
and of the brain. Because the brain is
part of the body, which must one day expire,
this collection of facts, however large
and impressive, will expire
as well.
Insight,
however, is a function of
the spirit. Because your spirit follows
you through cycle after cycle of life, death,
and rebirth, you have the opportunity of cultivating
insight in an ongoing fashion. Refined over time,
insight becomes pure, constant, and
unwavering. This is the beginning
of immortality.
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Nothing,
nothing at all is born,
dies, the shell says again and
again from the depth of its hollowness.
Its body swept off by tide — so what? It sleeps
in sand, drying in sunlight, bathing in moonlight.
Nothing to do with sea or anything else.
Over and over it vanishes
with the wave.
Please
let me remind you,
who study the inconceivable:
Your time is running fast.
Don’t ignore
it.
Haven’t you
read the ancient worthy’s saying?
“The white clouds are clear and still, and the rivers
flow into the blue sea. The myriad things are
originally peaceful, but people
make trouble for
themselves.”
After all,
this statement is completely
accurate and true. If you know what it means
as soon as you hear it mentioned, you can use it to pass
through birth and death to freedom and no longer be obstructed
by the psycho-physical nexus. You will be like a bird getting
out of a cage — independent and free. With a single
stroke you put a stop to all other actions and
talk, and you no longer fall into
secondary views.