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Non duality
Citta
Veteran
in Meditation
" Non duality means to stay with whatever arises so that there is no subject and no object. "
Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche
Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche
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"Grasping the illusory figure of an illusory elephant is an illustration of duality, even as there is no duality there, the duality is only perceived"(Mahâyânasûtrâlamkâra 11:25).
Halfway through, the thunder started to sound.. Someone asked a question, he said "can you hear the thunder?" *thunder claps* "that is it! that is the answer from Buddha (laughter)" And five more questions came - what is enlightened person, who can become enlightened, how to practice and become enlightened, all dharmas return to one one returns to what?, etc.
And his answer to each question was, "did you hear the thunder?"
Then it started to rain, it got so loud that he stopped speaking and we just sat there. The rain itself becomes the dharma talk... so everyone sat there in meditation... the zen master sat very still. Just the sound of dripping rain filling the whole universe... the sound enjoying and hearing itself... that's Buddha, clear and blissful.
Then after 20 minutes he began to speak. He said you don't need to remember anything I said... the rain is the best dharma talk. So the talk ended, 15 minutes early.
Isn't this when we are truly liberated?
No me
No you
No us
No master
No universe
No Buddha
No experiencing
No listening
No enlightenment
-just the sound of rain
Somewhere along the way, we started teaching that it was the other way around... That we were the tools.