Originally posted by frsjulio:
To be born in China?
To attain to the state where nothing is practiced and nothing
manifested?
What these mean?
The Buddha this Sutra talks about is Sakyamuni?[/b]
Actually the translation for China is an error. What's so
difficult about reborning in China if compare to a place in human
realm. 'Zhong guo/tu' is translated as Middle World or middle
country. It's a place of peace, where one of the Four Assemblies
(Bhikshu, Bhikshuni, Upasaka and Upasika) exists, it is a
non-barbaric land, it has law and order, well verse in
Dharma.
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It's a state of non-abiding, An-xiang, peace. There's pure thought,
yet without attachment, dualism and wandering thoughts.
"What is the Pureland really? The Pureland is one's own stainless
primordial awareness. If, from moment to moment, you regain and
retain your own primordial enlightened nature: that is the
Pureland. Everything comes from your own mind. Understand that,
remain there: that is the Pureland."
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Fo(Buddha) and ru lai (tathagatagarbha) got different. Buddha is
said from appearance or phenomenon while tathagatagarbha is said
from the nature or noumena.
li3 jing3 zhu fo
zan3 tan3 ru lai - Hua Yen Sutra
First, Pay homage and respect to all Buddhas.
Second, Praise all the Buddhas tathagatagarbha.
What mean? It mean Every people including the evil ones, we need to
respect, as all people have Buddhanature. But however, we can only
praise the tathagatagarbha, the true nature and not the evil doing
outside.
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