1-9-2011 GM on NO THOUGHT

There is viewpoint which many people seem to have it wrong – [6^th Patriarch said: Fore thought don’t grow is the Heart, Hind thought don’t disintegrate is the Buddha], it is this sentence that many misinterpreted. Some people believe that [Fore thought] passes, and [Hind thought] don’t develop, in the middle of this is our Buddha Nature.

This is misinterpretation of 6^th Patriarch’s meaning.

6^th Patriarch said, those that had passed, all passed, don’t put into your heart, those that are coming in the future, you also don’t need to be bothered by them, at this time, No [Fore thought], [Hind thought], the future becomes the present and then the past, all will disintegrate and disappeared, since don’t have [Fore thought] and also don’t have [Hind thought], at this very moment is Buddha; not in between [Fore thought] and [Hind thought].

Many has mistaken this two sentences. Because of them, from time immemorial there are debates on them, don’t really know the true meaning of them. At the present, only GM Lu knows. (Crowd applauds).

The past, all have passed on, the future will become the present and then the past too. Accordingly, all matters do not stay in our hearts. At this very moment, you are the Buddha. This then is the 6^th Patriarch’s meaning. (Crowd applauds).

That is to say, all thoughts do not put into your heart, all let them pass on; if you can let all external environmental factors not stay/remain in your heart, all thoughts totally passed on, equals to NO THOUGHT, at this time, you are the Buddha. This is what 6^th Patriarch said.

Extracted from <Dharma King Lian Sheng 22-1-2011 Taiwan LZS Avalokitesvara’s fire puja event – Dharma Speech’s Highlights.>

By Steven Thung: Knowing all thoughts and not fixated/attached to any one of them, that is Awaken/Enlighten sentient being [Buddha], the opposite is those Lost and Ignorance Buddha [Sentient Being].