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1 Shbgenz: On Giving Rise to the Unsurpass
Shbgenz: On Giving Rise to the Unsurpassed Mind 766 encountered what our tradition voices concerning the trees and stones of our Mind can we go beyond the various teachings that non-Buddhists propagate. Before then, we are not on the Buddha’s Way.  The National Teacher Ech once said, “The tiles * and fences are precisely what the mind ofappeared in this manner. ‘The mind of Old Buddhas’ is not something in the far-off fields of the Lord of Emptiness.being satisfied with the morning gruel and being satisfied with the noontime meal. 1 mind in this way and to sit like a Buddharise to the mind that seeks Buddhahood’. Speaking more generally, the causes and conditions for giving rise to the enlightened Mind do not come from any other creating a Scripture. It is giving alms and it is giving alms to a Buddha by offering to some sentient

2 being or been annoyed by some demon, the
being or been annoyed by some demon, these too are our giving rise to the mind that seeks ing that one’s family home is not one’s True Home, and so forsaking home life, leaving family behind in order to enter a mountain monastery and practice the Way, understanding. It is to fashion imagme of Buddha in mind. It is to give expression to the Dharma for the sake of all Treasures, and to make “Homage to the Buddha” one’s sole invocation. y thousand aggregates that make up * See Glossary. 1 . Being satisfied with the grass and water describes a domesticated water buffalo, a metaphor for the contentment experienced by a well-trained and awakened trainee. Shbgenz: On Giving Rise to the Unsurpassed Mind 767 on in their sleep while dreaming and have realized Buddhahood amidst flying flower

3 and realized Buddhahood amidst peach bl
and realized Buddhahood amidst peach blossoms or a bamboo grove. And there are the mind of enlightenment whilst within thto the mind of enlightenment whilst within body and mind.t within body and mind,Marrow of the Buddha’s Ancestor, Bodhidharma. Thus, our present-day fashioning of such things as stupas and images of midway. This spiritually beneficial activitymeritorious activity that is free of any striviof all things. This is seeing Dharma Nature. It is the meditative state that beckons finds all the Buddhas. It is the supreme, It is the full manifestation of Buddhahood. Apart from this, there is no other method that is free of all attachments and free of any striving. At the same time, there are befuddled folks of the Lesser Course To fashion images of the Buddha and raise stupas is to ttachments. We should put them aside and not engage in them. Bri

4 worldly, selfish mind and developisingle
worldly, selfish mind and developisingle-mindedly to see the Ultimate Rea have made this their customary, worldly way of study in images or raise stupas, even though they hadefilements, they sully themselves, yet Shbgenz: On Giving Rise to the Unsurpassed Mind 768 they fail to keep the name of Buddha in mind or to read the Scriptures. These are itual potential, which all humans of any sort have, but they have also dismia time when they have encountered Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, they have become sworn enemies of thesThough they have climbed on the mountain returned empty-handed; though they haTreasures, they have returned empty-han thousand Ancestors coming into the world, there would be no hope of their realizing enlightenment, for they have lost the means for giving of many people is like this because theyattaining spiritual wisdom.” Wash your mind cl

5 ean, wash your body clean, wash yourllow
ean, wash your body clean, wash yourllow good spiritual guides, keep coming what the Buddha Dharma is. ma, the Scriptures of the whole universe exist within a single mote of dust, and all the Buddhas beyond measure exist within a single mote of dust. There isseparate from our body and mind. When the myriad thoughts and things do not arise, our whole mind also does not arise, and since this is the True Form of all thoughts and things, It is the true form of every single mote of dust. Accordingly, our whole mind is all thoughts and thingswhole mind, our whole being. If there werestupas involved attachments, then the enlightenment that is the fruit of attachments. Because that which is real, namely, the Buddha Nature, is not involved in attachments, the fashioning of Buddhist images and the raising of stupas likewise do not involve attachments. Buddha Nature is the

6 mind that is free of attachments and wh
mind that is free of attachments and whose intention is to realize Buddhahood; it is the meritorious activity that is free of attachments and free of delusions. You should firmly trust fashioning of Buddhist images and the raising of stupas are simply a manifestation of the mind that seeks enlightenment. over millions of eons, for they are the gi Shbgenz: On Giving Rise to the Unsurpassed Mind 769 Buddhahood over millions and millions of e You need to keep in mind that gath collecting up mud to fashion an image of the Buddha or to whole mind in order to fashion a stupa or fashion an image are our piling the the mind to fashion a Buddha, our piling a our making manifest the Buddhahood of a on to such matters, all the to such matters, all the Buddhas in the ten matters. And when one person realizes  Shakyamuni Buddha once said, “When I saw the morni

7 ng star emerge, I was enlightened simult
ng star emerge, I was enlightened simultaneously with the whole beings.” Accordingly, giving rise to the intention, doing the training and practice, The body and mind of which the Buddha spoke encompasses grasses and trees, wind and rain, water and fire. Finding ways to make use Fashion your stupas and your images of nd fashion your images of Buddha and scoop up Water from the mountain stream, supreme, fully perfected enlightenment. of myriad eons, this is how one realize Buddhahood manifests, which is the same as doing the training and awakening to the Truth. At the same time, when you hear that giBuddhahood is a one-time thing, after which one does not experience the rising of measure, the fruits of awakening are a one-time event, you are not hearing the Buddha Dharma, you are not comprehending the Buddha Dharma, you are not encountering the Buddha Dharma

8 . The intention that arises in the mind
. The intention that arises in the mind millions of times is, beyond doubt, an arising that is a si Shbgenz: On Giving Rise to the Unsurpassed Mind 771 and while holding aloft a single mote of manifestations of our having given rise to the heart of Wisdom. It is our , our becoming Buddha, and our putting  Shakyamuni Buddha once said: You lay men and lay women who are my virtuous sons and daughters, make alms offeringsDharma, and Sangha—with the flesh and make alms offerings to the Three Treasures with your own flesh. How can all the monks who have already received the alms you’ve So, be aware that making alms offerings tofood, clothing, bedding, medicine, lodging for monks, cultivated lands, and woodlands is your making alms offeringsmarrow, as well as those of your spouse aThree Treasure’s ocean of meritorious activsame flavor. Because

9 you are all of one and the same flavor,
you are all of one and the same flavor, you are Treasures. The meritorious activity of the in the skin and flesh, bones and marrow of your own body, as well as that of your ce in doing your utmost to practice the and form of the World-honored One, you present alms offering of your very being e monks who received your offering do it correctly from start to finish? Whole Mind arises right off, Unbounded Space will soon emerge. In short, even when saintly ones and arhats awaken to the Mind that gives rise to the intention to realize Buddhahood, they will be able, right off, to plant Buddha Nature’s seed. 4 embracing the four elements and the five 4 . ‘Saintly ones and arhats’ refers to those doing their training within the Lesser Course. The terms do not imply that such persons are necessarily mon