Fundamental Guideposts (3)

. . . salvation means the full manifestation and complete development of life essential to each form of life according to its true nature. . .

The actual foundation of all phenomena is a great, unchanging power that is manifested in various ways.

The teaching of “Innumerable Meanings” ( the first sutra of The Threefold Lotus Sutra) originates from one Law – from the truth.  What is this truth?  It is nonform, which transcends the discriminations of all things.

Things are equal in having the buddha-nature (the cause to live). This fact is the truth and the real aspect of all things.

. . . abandon the small self and find the self that lives as the whole. . .

Nonself is the only way that we can realize the idea that “all the universe is our domain.” If we can attain this mental state, our minds will have perfect freedom.

We will be free from everything . . . everything we do will result in enhancing others’ lives.

It is our mind that enables us to ignore time and space and to reach out everywhere.

Practice of abandoning the self:  to recite-read the sutras / to listen to the preaching / to think calmly / to serve others in the spirit of harmony.

The Buddha is completely selfless.  When one has attained the same state of mind as the Buddha, they are truly free from the idea of self because they realize that everything in the universe is united with them.

In attaining this mental state they feel that everything in the universe exists in their mind, and they perceive everything clearly. . . illusion is like a dark cloud that covers our intrinsic buddha-nature.

All the universe is our domain