A. It isn’t bodily mild that comes from hearth, or electrical energy however the skill to see and listen to issues as they’re with out attaching any names to them. To those that can see issues as they’re, there isn’t any distance and no distinction between darkness and lightness. Seeing what’s earlier than their eyes will not be completely different from seeing what’s 1000’s of miles away, neither is seeing darkness completely different from seeing mild. So, the Buddha’s mild is one other identify of the attention of knowledge, enlightenment.
Scholar: “What’s the eye of knowledge?”
Grasp: “It will possibly see behind you with out turning your head.”
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