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Diamond Sutra – Buddha’s teacher, Buddha land

09/10/2013
09/10/2013

Further to the early teachings of – There is no Buddha who attained enlightenment, and there is no enlightenment to be attained, this chapter explains that the Buddha did not obtain any teachings from his teachers, and Bodhisattva does not adore any describable Buddha land.  For a teaching that can be obtained is not the ultimate teaching, and a Buddha land that can be described is not the real Buddha land.

Therefore, the Buddha recommends us to explore and realize the Mind that is free of (not devoid of) physical senses, emotional states, mental thoughts, and all concrete and subtle phenomena.   I.e. the Mind beyond all things (and nothing).  This is the real teacher that the Buddha learnt from, this is the real Buddha land that Bodhisattva adores.

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庄严净土分第十

ADORNING PURE LANDS, TEN

佛告须菩提:于意云何?如来昔在燃灯佛所,于法有所得不?
The Buddha said to Subhuti:“What do you think.? Did the Tathagata obtain anything from: he Dharma, when in the past He was with Dipamkara Buddha?”

不也,世尊!如来在燃灯佛所,于法实无所得。
“No, World Honoured One. When the Tathagata was with Dipamkara, He did not obtain anything from the Dharma.”

菩提!于意云何?须菩萨庄严佛土不?
“Subhuti, what do you think? Do Bodhisattvas adorn Buddha lands (by their moral actions)?”

不也,世尊!
“No. World Honoured One.

何以故?
“Why?

庄严佛土者,则(即)非庄严,是名庄严。
“Because this is not real adornment; it is (merely) called the adornment of Buddha lands.”

是故须菩提,诸菩萨摩诃萨应如是生清净心,不应住色生心,不应住声香味触法生心,应无所住而生其心。
“Subhuti, this is why all Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas should thus develop a pure and clean mind which should not abide in form, sound, smell, taste, touch and dharma. They should develop a mind which does not abide in anything.”

Tags: Buddha land, enlightenment, mind, 佛土, 心, 涅槃
4 Comments/in Buddhist, Chinese Philosophy, Online Class /by Derek
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4 replies
  1. 妮姬 says:
    09/16/2013 at 08:11

    “…the Buddha did not obtain any teachings from his teachers…”

    Truly, the true teacher is within and the best instrument is a pure, uncluttered, and unattached mind. But does not the physical teacher play an important role in guiding one to cultivate this tool and to be receptive to the inner teacher?

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    • Derek says:
      09/16/2013 at 10:29

      What you described is half of the true teacher. Truth cannot be perceived as purely “inside” or purely “outside”, is both inside and outside, and is neither inside or outside. So is true teacher.

      Think about it. When a physical teacher appears in your life, is it a external teacher? or is a phenomenon which an “external” teacher is perceived by an “internal” awareness? In reality, they are merely mental labels the self-mind set up to described the self-driven, dualistic phenomenon.

      When seekers of truth see this mental process through clearly, the mind is transcended and is quiet. Otherwise, it would continue to chase mentally and dualistically for causes and labels like a cat chasing its own tail.

      To summarize, true teacher is both within and without, neither within nor without. Is both pure and dirty, attached and unattached, and vice versa. Therefore true teacher can be physical or non-physical; using Confucius word’s, can be a good guy or a bad guy; using Laozi’s words, can be a sage or a layman.

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  2. 妮姬 says:
    09/17/2013 at 00:24

    道可道,非常道。名可名,非常名。…. is this the essence of what you are saying? The teacher is everywhere…. in and is everything?

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    • Derek says:
      09/17/2013 at 13:13

      Closer. This is a good way to look at teachers. But still in the mind.
      Having said so, physical teacher can be a real blessings. Imagine what would happen if Buddha’s disciples have not met the Buddha?
      A good way to perceive teachers is like seekers of the moon perceive pointers of the moon. Bare in mind that there are different types of pointers that could point you to different perceptions of the moon!
      Blessings,

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