indeed.
more other "still" infos in the glossary:
Ch'an-Ting
Lit., mind still and quiet: the Chinese
translation of the Sanskrit terms Dhyana-Samadhi, meaning deep
contemplative practice or yogic absorption.
Demon
The Self-Nature has been described in Mahayana sutras as a house
full of gold and jewelry. To preserve the riches, i.e., to keep the
mind calm, empty and still, we should shut the
doors to the three thieves of greed, anger and delusion. Letting
the mind wander opens the house to "demons," that is,
hallucinations and harm. Thus, Zen practitioners are taught that,
while in meditation, "Encountering demons, kill the demons,
encountering Buddhas, kill the Buddhas." Both demons and Buddhas
are mind-made, Mind-Only.
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Two Truths
1) Relative or conventional, everyday truth of the mundane world
subject to delusion and dichotomies and 2) the Ultimate Truth,
transcending dichotomies, as taught by the Buddhas.
According to Buddhism, there are two kinds of Truth, the Absolute
and the Relative. The Absolute Truth (of the Void) manifests
"illumination but is always still," and this is
absolutely inexplicable. On the other hand, the Relative Truth (of
the Unreal) manifests "stillness but is always illuminating," which
means that it is immanent in everything. (Hsu Heng Chi/P.H.
Wei).
Pure Land thinkers such as the Patriarch Tao Ch'o accepted "the
legitimacy of Conventional Truth as an expression of Ultimate Truth
and as a vehicle to reach Ultimate Truth. Even though all form is
nonform, it is acceptable and necessary to use form within the
limits of causality, because its use is an expedient means of
saving others out of one's compassion for them and because, even
for the unenlightened, the use of form can lead to the revelation
of form as nonform" (David Chappell). Thus to reach Buddhahood,
which is formless, the cultivator can practice the Pure Land method
based on form.
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