Buddhism is a two school of realisation
Awaken to the Phenomenon of Arising and Awaken to the non
attachment to Form
Buddha sees the life and death and many past people and their
future lives on the 5th Lunar Month thats the night when He
attained Enlightenment
Lankavatara presents the 2 proposition
Character and Form toward Enlightenment
While Zen ask everyone to "break free" from Form which is the
Characteristics
not knowing the Form or "state" one is in ,can be a headache
.
Someone point to the moon and a Dhyana practitioner ,say uhmm .But
some buddhist student who seeing that Dhyana practitioner reaction
, could not be
justified becos to everyone moon is a moon , not labelling doesnt
provide the appeal to the other Buddhist
which they might reply ... chey!
so Form takes a "labelling " form but not attached as this will
increase the "attachment " to it
thats the reason why Lankavatara is very appealing to Zen Buddhist
due to its harmonization of Yogacara teaching
