sermon
The Unborn Buddha Mind
Sermons of Bankei
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Everything is perfectly managed with the Unborn. When you abide in the Unborn, you abide at the source of all Buddhas. The Unborn is the origin of all and the beginning of all. There is no source apart from the Unborn and no beginning that is before the Unborn. When you abide in the Unborn, you are abiding in the Buddha-mind. The Buddha-mind is not something you need to seek outside yourself. Your parents did not give it to you; it was not given by your teacher. It is not something you have attained through practice. Since you have had it from the very beginning, there is no need to attain it now. Just do not exchange it for something else.
Attribution
By Bankei Yotaku
From Sermons of Bankei
Sources
Sermons of Bankei: The Unborn Buddha Mind