The Buddha stated to Subhuti, “Subhuti, if somebody says that the Buddha comes, goes, or lies down, this individual doesn’t perceive the precept of my instructing as a result of the Buddha neither comes from someplace else nor goes wherever else.”
Pupil: “The place is the Buddha now?”
Grasp: “He’s the place He was.”
Pupil: “Why can’t I see Him?”
Grasp: “Why can’t I keep away from seeing Him?”
Commentary:
Invisibility will not be the proof of His absence however that of your blindness.
©Boo Ahm
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