A. With the true precept which means the true-Self, counting on the true precept means seeing, or realising the true-Self. This scripture tells us to to not mistake the historic Buddha for the Buddha that the historic Buddha tried to point out to us. The historic Buddha stated, “Those that search me by seeing my determine and listening to my voice can not see me.” Which means his bodily physique with start and demise isn’t the essence of his being, the Buddha, as a result of the Buddha he meant is formless and everlasting with out start and demise. We should always recognise the true Buddha that’s all the time earlier than us, that the historic Buddha confirmed via his bodily physique and that we’re additionally all the time revealing ceaselessly.
Patriarch Bodhidharma additionally stated that we must always not make the error of creating the residing Buddha bow to the lifeless Buddha. He meant that we, realising that we’re the Buddha itself, shouldn’t enable ourselves to worship and bow to a picture of Buddha, akin to Buddha statue.
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