{"id":904,"date":"2022-09-20T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbatoronto.org\/en\/?p=904"},"modified":"2022-12-18T19:30:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T00:30:03","slug":"perfect-enlightenment-5-buddha-enters-into-the-buddha-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbatoronto.org\/en\/2022\/09\/20\/perfect-enlightenment-5-buddha-enters-into-the-buddha-within\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Enlightenment 5: Buddha Enters Into the Buddha-Within"},"content":{"rendered":"

Translator’s note:\u00a0<\/em>Following the commentary tradition, the scriptural text should precede the explanation, but for the ease of understanding, one may opt to read the commentary prior to reading the scriptural text itself. The Chinese source text can be found on Taisho Vol. 17, No. 842 (https:\/\/cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw\/zh\/T0842_001<\/a>). For the English translation, we have consulted two versions by Ven. Guo-go Bhikshu (http:\/\/www.buddhism.org\/Sutras\/2\/Sutras31.htm<\/a>) and Charles Muller (http:\/\/www.acmuller.net\/bud-canon\/sutra_of_perfect_enlightenment.html<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n

Click the Table of Contents<\/a>\u00a0for what has been posted so far in the series.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Buddha Enters the Buddha-Within to Preach the Perfect Enlightenment<\/h1>\n

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Thus I have heard. One time, the Bhagavan entered the transcendent, great luminosity-within, in the exactly attained sam\u0101dhi, where all tath\u0101gatas abide in radiant splendour, the ground of pure enlightenment of all sentient beings, with body and mind quiescent, equanimous in the primordial reality, perfect and complete in the ten directions, in accord with everything without duality, in this non-dual state all pure lands appear.<\/p>\n

Accompanied by one hundred thousand great bodhisattva-mahasattvas, those who served as leaders of the assembly were named Ma\u00f1ju\u015br\u012b Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Universal Vision Bodhisattva, Vajragarbha Bodhisattva, Maitreya Bodhisattva, Pure Wisdom Bodhisattva, Majestic Virtue Unhindered Bodhisattva, Voice of Discernment Bodhisattva, Purifier of All Karmic Hinderances Bodhisattva, Universal Enlightenment Bodhisattva, Perfect Enlightenment Bodhisattva and Bodhisattva Foremost in Virtue and Goodness. With their retinues, all entered into the sam\u0101dhi as the Tath\u0101gata at this assembly of the equal dharma.<\/p>\n

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The Bhagavan taught the dharma by entering \u201cthe transcendent, great luminosity-within.\u201d This luminosity-within is the realm of \u201cexactly attained sam\u0101dhi.\u201d Simply put, it is the realm of awareness felt in the sam\u0101dhi. This realm is the realm of the Buddha-Within, and the Buddha-Within is the coalescent realm of wisdom and consciousness, where the realm of wisdom is the dharmakaya: buddha\u2019s inner self-realization of wisdom; the realm of consciousness refers to the spontaneous arising that naturally appears as the world we live in. This coalescent realm is described in the scripture as \u201call tath\u0101gatas abide in radiant splendour, the ground of pure enlightenment of all sentient beings.\u201d<\/p>\n

All tath\u0101gatas\u2019 inner self-realization of wisdom are identical. In other words, the accomplishment of Buddhahood will inevitably enter this oneness realm of wisdom, and hence the scripture says, \u201call tath\u0101gatas abide in radiant splendour.\u201d \u201cRadiant\u201d refers to light, it refers to dharmakaya being primordially luminous. \u201cSplendour\u201d means adornments \u2013 all natural arisings, all worldly phenomena are considered adornment of dharmakaya; all natural appearances in the realm of consciousness are the adornments. Then, \u201call tath\u0101gatas abide in radiant splendour\u201d refers to all tath\u0101gatas embody this coalescent realm of dharmakaya and consciousness. This embodiment is the exactly attained sam\u0101dhi of the transcendent, great luminosity-within, the awareness realm of sam\u0101dhi, the realm of the Buddha-Within.<\/p>\n

The realm of the Buddha-Within is awakened in the pure enlightenment. The awareness of this pure enlightenment is the realm of the Buddha-Within. To elaborate in words, it is then said to be \u201cwith body and mind quiescent, equanimous in the primordial reality, pervading the ten directions, in accord with everything without duality.\u201d When abiding in this realm, one attains the realm of awakening of this pure enlightenment, where body and mind are no longer an obstruction. At the same time, one enters into the nature of great equality, which can be said to be the realization of the wisdom realm. \u201cPerfect and complete in the ten directions\u201d is correspondingly the realization of the consciousness realm, for all conventional worlds in the ten directions are spontaneously accomplished, for all worlds are spontaneous natural arisings according to their mutual obstructions. Therefore, this awakened primordial enlightenment is the coalescent realm of the wisdom realm and the consciousness realm.<\/p>\n

With such an opening, one can become certain of the main theme of this scripture. Simply, it is through the realm of the Buddha-Within, the realm of perfect enlightenment (the realm of perfecting the primordial awareness) is presented. The teaching is then illustrated through the view (foundation), the practice (path), and realization (fruition). The practitioner enters the realm of perfect enlightenment through the view, through judgement making and ascertainment in practice, and through the actualization as the fruition of the Buddha-Within.<\/p>\n

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