Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Fengshui

Where would there be leather enough to cover the entire world?
The Earth is covered over merely with the leather of my sandals.

-Shantideva

When the mind is pure, the land is pure.

-Vimarlakirti Nirdesa Sutra

[The Buddha's message is in essence mastering the mind; not the environment. Being attached to fengshui (geomancy) is in a way trying to cover leather everywhere.]

The Buddha did not teach many things for a simple reason-
they are unnecessary for the path to Enlightenment.
While there are 101 things seemingly helpful for Enlightenment,
they are still essentially unnecessary.

-Stonepeace

Does Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (Dizang Pusa) experience hell in hell?
No - or he would simply be another being suffering in hell.
His purified mind sees even hell as a pureland, a perfect place to practise.

-Stonepeace

Perfect fengshui is the experiencing of pureland everywhere.
It comes from minding the mind perfectly;
not by minding the environment perfectly.

-Stonepeace

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