[MD] Zen

[MarshaV]

At 08:18 AM 3/8/2008, SA wrote:

>"ON THE HIGH SEAT OF "THE TREASURE OF THE LAW" The
>Platform Sutra of the 6 th Patriarch, Hui Neng"
>
>Bhikkhu Fa Hai, a native of Chu Kiang of Shao Chow, in
>his first interview with the Patriarch asked the
>meaning of the well-known saying, 'What mind is,
>Buddha is.' The Patriarch replied, "To let not a
>passing thought rise up is 'mind'. To let not the
>coming thought be annihilated is Buddha. To manifest
>all kinds of phenomena is 'mind'... Prajna is 'What
>mind is', Samadhi is 'What Buddha is'. In practicing
>Prajna and Samadhi, let each keep pace with the
>other... This teaching can be understood Only through
>the habit of practice.



Is this from a book you'd recommend?

Marsha




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