Amongst White Clouds

[Matt]

People perform a vast number of complex practices

hoping to gain spiritual merit as countless as the grains

of sand on the riverbed of the Ganges:

but you are essentially already perfect in every way.

Don’t try and augment perfection with meaningless practice.

If it’s the right occasion to perform them, let practices happen.

When the time has passed, let them stop.

If you are not absolutely sure that mind is the Buddha,

and if you are attached to the ideas of winning merit from spiritual practices, then your thinking is misguided and not in harmony with the Way.

To practice complex spiritual practices is to progress step by step:

but the eternal Buddha is not a Buddha of progressive stages.

Just awaken to the one Mind,

and there is absolutely nothing to be attained.

This is the real Buddha.

 

Huang Po

Edited April 30, 2010 by Matt

[seadog]

Thanks for takeing the time to post this Matt. Sound advice.

[DalTheJigsaw123]

I started watching this, but stopped. I need to watch it again. Thanks for the reminder.

[Sunya]

wonderful movie