Teachings From Ancient Vietnamese Zen Masters – 150
61 The Mind Seal
The mind seal of Buddhas is unfeigned, encompassing the universe,
neither deficient nor excessive, neither going nor coming, neither
gaining nor losing, neither one nor difference, neither infinite nor finite,
having nowhere to arise or vanish, and neither far apart nor close by. It
is grudgingly named like that, just only for comparison with unreal
circumstances.
TỲ-NI-ĐA-LƯU-CHI (VINITARUCI) (? - 594)
(COMMENT: We came to this world, and will be gone some day. Millions
of children around the world are suffering from hunger and abuse, while
other millions enjoy the luxury and comfort. The suffering is real. Then,
what is companionless among all those phenomena? What is unmoving
while we come and go, while we grow up and become old, while we go
through millions of different bodies?
Could we swallow all the water in a river in one gulp to have the
answer?
