Sublime

sages thus seek what no one else seeks they don’t prize hard-to-get goods they study what no one else studies they turn to what others pass by to help all things remain natural they dare not act

attainment. To call him a tathagata, or one who appears as he truly is, is to indicate his nature.

Cliff arrived at Devipuram toting a small, pyramidal Sri Meru he had ordered by mail from Devipuram five years earlier.16 One day he brought the Meru to Guruji for his blessing. Handing it back afterward, Guruji told him, “This is for your healing.”

“Ordinary people only see the physical body. They do not see the dharma body. Thus, they cannot practice charity without focusing on appearances; they cannot practice equanimity in all places; and they cannot respect all beings. Those who see the dharma body can practice charity without focusing on appearances; they can respect all beings; and they

According to the Maha Prajnaparamita Shastra, “There is nothing unknown to the buddha eye. Though it might be completely obstructed, it can see everything. What to others is distant, to a buddha is near. What to others is dark, to a buddha is bright. What to others is confused, to a buddha is distinct.

“May all beings close the door to the lower realms”;

The purpose of Master Linji’s work is to help us cease all our seeking and come back to ourselves in the present moment. That’s where we can find everything we’re looking for, whether it’s Buddha, perfect understanding, peace, or liberation.

There was a spontaneous simplicity and humility about him.

This lion eventually became Shakyamuni.