9/21/2015

The World of Enlightenment

When finally we awaken, after having cultivated the mind in
order to become free from the sufferings of birth and death, the
sea of suffering of the six regions will vanish. Sentient beings
conceive that the sea of suffering of the six regions exists in
reality, but this is wrong. While dreaming we perceive the
dream world as existing in reality too, but at the moment of
awakening from sleep we recognize it to be illusion. So, in the
same way, when the mind is deluded we wrongly perceive that
the sea of illusion exists, but if we awaken to the Mind, we
clearly understand it to be illusory.
The eyes of the enlightened man who has awakened to the true
nature which is absolutely unchanging, have direct insight into
the great Truth of the universe. He has transcended the three
time - periods of past, present and future; and by transcending
both time and space he is not obstructed by being or non-being:
this is called liberation.
He sees all phenomena in the universe through the Great Perfect Mirror Wisdom, in the same manner as a mirror reflects everything in creation. 
He is without contamination or attachments; he is like white clouds over green mountains or falling rain on the blue sea. By staying
within the mind of non-action (wu-wei), he has followed the
stream and reached the marvel; he is vast and boundless. This is
the man who is without any obstructions. All relativity is ended
here; birth doesn’t matter and death doesn’t matter. Everyone is
Vairocana Buddha and all is a store of flowers. There is nothing
which is not sacred. One name for such a man is ‘a person who
is beyond all things’.
- Zen Master Kusan Sunim

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