It is because beings have lost touch with our own true
mind that we are bound to the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
We take the ordinary thinking mind, the sixth
consciousness, to be the true mind. Or we think the subconscious mind, the
seventh consciousness, where the polarizations of consciousness arise, such as
self and other, observer and observed, to be the true mind.
Great Master Huineng said "no thought" is
the nondual thought of true suchness. Ordinary thinking mind is itself the true
mind, but is thinking in terms of outflows and not realizing the seat, basis,
or source of those outflowing thoughts. To turn the light of awareness around
to the very seat of awareness is the practice of zen-samadhi.
To purify our minds doesn't mean to turn something
that is impure into something pure, but to remind that which has always been
pure that the confusion of "impurity and purity" is an illusion. What
is it that has always been pure but does not know it? You. But then, thinking
about yourself is illusion, Knowing your true self beyond self and other is insight.
Thinking relies on the bifurcation or polarization of consciousness; knowing relies on the inherent underlying unity
of mind.
No comments:
Post a Comment