The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-29

n ...IT TTT-. preached I
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The HHIIHb UID cic.mt hirhll .
both meditation cod intelligence as
mclus u dispersion ol confusion
Iud nI attainment 1l enlightenment
hui there BE- no profit iu either pcace
0I mind and oncmcnt with lilc afg
ont oI OBJ, question. unless we open
our mind Tree 10 from confusion
add perceive bob us the divinity
As ihc Scriptures were preached
by thc Buddha ina state of enlight
eminent. they contain many degrees
of teaching high and low. deep and
superficial adapted 10 the readers
state oi intelligence. OF his degree of
+ meditation and comprehension II
/ a mans mind Is in the Path and in
harmony with the Buddha's mind.
/ the Scriptures seem to be preached
/ by himself rather than by the Bud
dha And though there be many
Scriptures that represent the minds
of men, yet the Saddharmapudarika
is the most important.
Many scriptures contain the men
. tai and primary doctrines concern
ing the attainment of Buddhahood
by all men, but none so clearly and
perfectly as the Saddharmapunda-
rika: for it points out the way TO
that attainment in a most concise
and sure manner. Now, what is
this Sutra? Does it contain merely
letters, words, pages, leaves, and
covers' Indeed, no! 1t contains
| our minds itself. The material
, Sutra of eight volumes is of nc
/ earthly use If detached from our
mind. Although much esteemed
b by Buddhists, as containing the
/ seal of the Buddha's mind, still,
, since fire can consume il, it is not
more so than any other scripture
In reading the true Sutra, which
bears in itselfmarks of the Buddha':
mind, we may be i'll the state of the
Lotus of the Good Law" and Sc
5 in onement with the Buddha SAX
t vamuni If we attain to onemen
with this Buddha, our hope is thei
perfected and fulfilled. This is oui
only hope, and we need no other
Therefore, it is Just to say, tina
-" when we open and unfold our mind
and become enlightened, and attai
/, to the state of the Buddha Sakya
!, mum, the Scriptures are Of yer
q little use to us.
c If we cling to the literal Scrip
e lures, we are evidently i'll a stat
q in which the true meaning of tn
Al Sutra is foreign to us, and in whic
confusion and passion fetter III
a The sage regards the Sculptures a
lie guide posts toward the Path of MinC
II when he has found and entere
/ that Path he needs them no longer
it 1t was said old IAN the Sutra
L. are nothing but fingers that poiu
d out the shining moon" Whe
le once we see the moon pointers al
l. no longer necessary. If we adhel
"a to the literal sense Of sutras AM
d their commentaries and interpreti
l, tons, we miss the spiritual sens'
E. and we grow old and die in dark
te ness. We are then exoteric disc
d pies Of the Buddha instead of esq
is teric- Without the spiritual sen.
ID we can never understand the Goo
as Law. 1t is laudable to count Il
IN rosary, wear the yellow robes, an
III read Sutars before the images of Il
y Buddha; but this is formal, not e
b. sential, discipleship. Essential di
cipleship requires a perception
m the devine meaning of the Buddht
to and thought, speech, and action
ne accordance with it. The discip
I'd must not, in any attitude, be
ID walking, sitting, or lying dow
he take his mind from the divine sen!
rs of the Buddha. An unswervir
TO adherence to this sense make hi
he a follower Of the Mahayana doctrii
ne and a true Buddha.
nj The Good Law, in its essence,
indeed not easy Of comprehensive
Us but earnest aspiration and de-
e, thought lead to the truth.
o. Hieisad, Omi, Japan. Zitsuz'
re AShitsu,