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Unity

Bodhi has no tree,
The bright mirror is also not a platform.
Originally, there is nothing,
Where does dust arise?
Suchness is the mother,
Thoughts and movements arise from conditions.
The emptiness is one thing,
Dusted everywhere.

The Zen saying: “Nothing is not the mind, nothing is not the object.”

The mind can create things, and things can hold the mind. Suchness is the original mind, when the mind moves, qi rises, and the two energies interact to form illusions that lose the original mind. Things are movements of the mind; mind and matter are not two, uniting the two reveals the Zen path.

Those who cling to objects are turned by objects;
Those who cling to the mind are bound by the mind.
Where both mind and objects are liberated, freedom appears before you.

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TheSongOfTheBees

· 01-18 06:45

The Buddha said: Cultivating all virtuous practices is achieved through patience. Those who are patient can fulfill any wish! All dharmas are non-self, achieved through patience. It is not a matter of should or should not. Patience, on the surface, appears to be enduring and accepting, but in reality, it leaves a small scar on the heart, using it to counteract karma, thereby truly attaining precepts, concentration, and wisdom. Faith is the gateway to the path; patience is the culmination of safeguarding the way. Knowing that all dharmas are non-self, achieved through patience — The Diamond Sutra Translation: When one truly understands and recognizes that the individual self is not an eternal unchanging entity, but is composed of countless momentary conditions and causes, one can attain inner peace and liberation through patience and transcendence, achieving genuine practice and realization.

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TheSongOfTheBees

· 01-18 06:43

The day Swarm succeeds, BZZ will surely surpass the 200U mark that FIL reached back then...

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GateUser-8605df97

· 01-18 06:39

Hold on tight, we're about to take off 🛫

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GateUser-c1d9391e

· 01-18 06:36

Hold on tight, we're about to take off 🛫

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TheSongOfTheBees

· 01-18 06:36

Nothing is not the mind; nothing is not the object. Nothing is not the mind: There is no "thing" that is not a manifestation or function of the "mind." Here, "mind" does not refer to the physical organ but to the fundamental or aware subject—the "original mind" or "true mind"—equivalent to the Buddhist concept of "appearance of the mind only" or "all phenomena are consciousness," or the Lu-Wang school of mind philosophy's "nothing outside the mind." Nothing is not the object: No activity of the "mind" can exist without "objects." The "objects" here do not necessarily refer to material entities but are closer to "events" or "phenomena," meaning the mind always manifests within concrete phenomena and cannot be isolated from them. Together, the mind and the objects are not dualistic opposites but are interdependent and two sides of the same coin. This transcends dualism—neither pure materialism (which denies the origin of the mind) nor pure subjective idealism (which denies the relative reality of objects)—but holds that mind and matter are originally one, merely described from different perspectives of the same reality.

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TheSongOfTheBees

· 01-18 06:30

Share the single "One Chant of Buddha, One Heart" by the Prajna Mantra Group

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