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- ‘Within the impure mind, the pure one is
to be found
- If you wish to find the true way
- Right action will lead you to it directly
- When neither hatred nor love disturb our
mind
- Serenely we sleep
- The kingdom of Buddha is in this world
- Within which enlightenment is to be sought
- Right views are called ‘transcendental’
- Erroneous views are called ‘worldly’
- Kalpa after kalpa, a man may be under
delusion
- But once enlightened
- It takes him only a moment
- To attain Buddhahood.’
- This stanza is for the ‘Sudden’ school
- Says Hui Neng the sixth patriarch
- The word ‘Maha Prajnaparamita’ is Sanskrit
- It means great wisdom to reach the opposite shore
- ‘Maha’ means great
- ‘Prajna’ means wisdom
- ‘Paramita’ means opposite shore
- In the teaching of TAO
- The topic on ‘The Golden Thread’
- Is of prime importance because it is the lineage or heritage of
TAO
- Handed down by Heaven
- Through 64 patriarchs over a period of 5,000 years
- Hui Neng is the number 51st of the patriarchs
- Or 6th since Bodhidharma
- The last number 64th is Master JiGong
- Since then there is no more patriarch
- The chart on these 64 patriarchs is explained in detail
- The names, years and what happened
- Mahakasyapa, Ananda, Lao Tze, Confucius and Mencius
- Are among the patriarchs in this heritage of TAO or the truth
- It started with emperors in China
- Then scholars in China
- Monks in India
- Monks in China
- And finally laymen in China
- In this line of heritage of 5,000 years
- Sakyamuni Buddha and Maitreya Buddha were mentioned
- The earlier Buddha was ‘Lan Thean’ Buddha
- In this cycle of Heaven and earth of 129,600 years
- Ten Buddhas already appeared
- To
sow and reap the qualified souls back to Heaven.
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