Zen
Everything that appears in the three realms comes from
the mind. Hence buddhas of the past and future teach mind to mind without
bothering about definitions.
But if they don't define it, what do they mean by
mind?
You ask. That's your mind. I answer. That's my mind.
If I had no mind, how could I answer? If you had no mind, how could you ask?
That which asks is your mind. Through endless kalpas without beginning,
whatever you do, wherever you are, that's your real mind, that's your real
buddha. This mind is the buddha says the same thing. Beyond this mind you'll
never find another buddha. To search for enlightenment or nirvana beyond this
mind is impossible. The reality of your own self - nature, the absence of cause
and effect, is what's meant by mind. Your mind is nirvana. You might think you
can find a buddha or enlightenment somewhere beyond the mind, but such a place
doesn't exist.
(The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma)
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