The Ceasing of Notions by Soko Morinaga

Author:Soko Morinaga
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781614290452
Publisher: Wisdom Publications

2 Emmon: “There are many impostors who do not care for the true Dharma; they assume an air of dignity and chiefly spend their time occupying themselves with refined matters. Many men and women seek their company. Why is that?”

Nyuri: “Just as a loose woman attracts a lot of men, or as flies swarm around rotting meat, so reputation and name are powerful attractions.”

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1 Emmon asks, “How does a bodhisattva follow a roundabout way and yet complete the Way of the Buddha?”

Master Nyuri answers, “He does not discriminate between good and bad.”

EMMON’S QUESTION refers to the Vimalakirti Sutra, in which agatim-gacchan, or nontraditional, is used to refer to a roundabout path a bodhisattva might take for reasons of expediency, in order to reach all sentient beings.

Emmon believes there is a right way and a wrong one. But what he considers to be the right way is one-sided, limited, and hence within the realm of delusion. Only while deluded do we have notions of deviating from the Way. In truth not for a moment are we ever separated from the Way of the Buddha.

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