Fundamental Guideposts (6)

“Ananda! In the future, you should make yourself the light and depend upon your own self. You must not depend on other people. You should also make the Law your light and depend upon the Law. You must not depend upon others.”

make the self your light

make the law your light

The Law exists within and without us. It is the great life that permeates the entire universe and makes everything in this world exist and live.

firmly keep in mind this realization – our lives should be unified with the universal life – the Buddha.

nirvana is quiescence – the absolutely quiet stage in which we cling to nothing. Our awareness of being caused to live is our true salvation.

We devote ourselves to the Law – which causes us to live and unites us with it – taking refuge in the Law with our entire heart and mind.

The desire to live is a will to live and exists in everything in the universe. Everything, everyone, has the power of desiring to exist and to live.

Hopefully, we will advance to the state of mindfulness when we can give name to the power that makes everything live as the Original Buddha, and accept that this universal energy is everywhere present in 

the universe.

We can all come to realize the existence of the Original Buddha in some way. To do so is to see the Buddha. We must always try to view everything with a mental attitude based on the compassionate mind of the Buddha.