Boddidharma and his transmission

[mat black]

Hate to break it to you, but secrecy is exactly what it is. And i don't think it is wise to naively believe that what is known is being provided.

2 angles on it

 

- sometimes what appears as secret can actually be an instruction or catalyst communicated beyond the five senses. Not secret in the typical sense, rather very subtle and refined & only perceptable to those who are ripe and ready having laid the foundation with much prior cultivation.

 

- secret can also refer to an experience, state or response (for want of a better term/s). It simply cannot be spoken of, cannot be described because it is inconcievable and ineffable, and hence refered to as 'secret'.

Also to speak of such things may arouse greed in other people as well.

Edited April 3, 2009 by mat black