Zongmi on Chan by Jeffrey Lyle Broughton

Author:Jeffrey Lyle Broughton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL007030, Religion/Buddhism/Sacred Writings, REL092000, Religion/Buddhism/Zen (see also PHILOSOPHY/Zen)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2009-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

Therefore, delusion and awakening each have ten levels, flow and counter-flow overturning each other. Its mode of operation is very apparent. The first level of this [awakening sequence] corresponds to the first and second levels of the former [sequence of delusion], while the tenth level of this corresponds to the first level of the former. Of the remaining eight levels [of the awakening sequence], each in reverse order [successively] overturns and eradicates [one of] the eight levels of the former [that run from level ten down to level three]. In the first level one awakens to the original awakening of the first level of the former, overturning the non-awakening of the second level of the former. Previously, non-awakening perverted original awakening, real and unreal contradicted each other, and so they opened into two levels. Now, having awakened, they mysteriously tally.315 Mysteriously tallying, they are in accord with one another, and because there is no separate initial awakening, they are combined into one. Also, if we were to adhere [strictly] to the flow and counterflow sequences, the first level of this would correspond to and overturn the tenth level of the former. At present within the gate of all-at-once awakening, by principle one must directly recognize the original substance, overturning the original delusion of the former, and so [the first level of awakening] corresponds to levels one and two of the former. (This is the discrepancy I mentioned earlier.) In the second level because of fear of suffering in the rebirth process one produces the three minds [that is, mind of compassion, mind of wisdom, and mind of the vow] to cross oneself and others over [to nirvana]. Therefore, it corresponds to the tenth level of the former, which is rebirth in the six paths. The third level, the cultivation of the five practices, overturns the ninth level of the former, the creation of karma. In the fourth level the three minds open up, overturning the eighth level of the former, the three poisons [of passion, hatred, and stupidity]. (The mind of compassion overturns hatred; the mind of wisdom overturns stupidity; and the mind of the vow overturns passion.)316 The fifth level, realization that self is void, overturns the seventh level of the former, self-grasping. The sixth level, realization that dharmas are void, overturns the sixth level of the former, dharma-grasping. The seventh level, mastery over forms, overturns the fifth level of the former, sense objects. The eighth level, mastery over mind, overturns the fourth level of the former, a seer [or subject]. The ninth level, divorcing from thoughts, overturns the third level of the former, the arising of thoughts. Therefore, at the tenth level, becoming a buddha, “buddha” is not a separate substance; it is merely initial awakening, overturning the second level of the former, non-awakening, and combining with the first level of the former, original awakening. Initial and original are non-dual. They are just manifestations of thusness and are called dharma body and great awakening. Therefore, [level ten, becoming a buddha,] and initial awakening are not two substances.

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