That which we call paradise or happiness or
the Dharma or enlightenment cannot be sought outside us.
It will be found only when we notice
that we are innately
endowed with it.
by Shundo Aoyama,
Zen Seeds - Reflections of a
Female Priest
V
Owl, the reader, lost his book.
He sat by the stream
as Coyoté quietly approached.
Coyoté sat by the creosote
bush, waiting.
Owl muttered quietly, then flipped a pebble into
the stream.
Coyoté watched.
Owl peered into the stream, and muttered.
Coyoté sat, waiting.
Owl exclaimed, "Time! What is time?"
Coyoté waited, watching.
Owl peered across the stream, muttered, "What is sound!?!"
Coyoté watched as Owl
tossed a pebble in the stream, "kerplunk."
Owl paused, stared.
In the stream, he saw Coyoté's reflection.
Next to his.
And behind.
Owl muttered.
Turned.
Stared.
Coyoté said, "Hay! Straw!"
Owl said, "Hey."
There is a difference between "Buddha Nature" and
"Buddhic Nature."
While Buddha Nature refers to the fact of an omnipresent, eternal True
Self -
the timeless holographic nature of the universe whereby the whole is
contained in every part -
Buddhic Nature, or Buddhi, refers to our innate ability to transcend
the confines of the physical universe in order to realize this ultimate
unity.
But more than an ability, it is a force of love that inspires us to
seek this unification.
V coda
Owl stared at Coyoté.
There was
nothing
to say.
Coyoté hugged him.
Owl spied his book behind Coyoté.
With Coyoté's bookmark in it.
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