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Long Scroll, section 31 (lemmy.world)
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"What do you call the Great Way that is very easy to recognize and easy to practice. But which no one in the world can recognize and practice. Please show it to me."

"These words are right. Living apart from the world and hold the mind aloof to it, not doing a single thing, is called practicing the way. Not seeing a single thing is called seeing the way. Not knowing a single thing is called cultivating the way. Not practicing a single thing is called practicing the way. It is also called easy to know and is also called easy to practice."

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[–] StrangeMed@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

And yet you get hurt when you touch fire. Is that a just dream? The point is understanding emptiness of practice, ideas, interpretations and reality. But it doesn’t mean everything is only illusion (at least not in our common way of understanding it). Both conventional and ultimate true coexist, but until we think and not directly experience non-duality, we’re caught up in duality. The Diamond Sutra really is the master in showings the dialectics of non-duality.

[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And yet you get hurt when you touch fire. Is that a just dream?

Observe the fire (in meditation) and the fire ceases to be fire. Observe the hurt and the hurt ceases to be hurt. Therefore fire and hurt are not the end of it.

The point is understanding emptiness of practice, ideas, interpretations and reality. But it doesn’t mean everything is only illusion (at least not in our common way of understanding it).

I would hesitate to conclude any "point". I have yet to gain any totally comprehensive understanding of my practice. I just go further. "Beyond beyond" as they say.

Both conventional and ultimate true coexist, but until we think and not directly experience non-duality, we’re caught up in duality.

I dunno about you but I have yet to find any permanent form.

The Diamond Sutra really is the master in showings the dialectics of non-duality.

It's a book and therefore 99% of its meaning is your own interpretation. To call it the master is to call yourself the master. And tomorrow your understanding will change.