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possible to see Buddha today!
upekka
Veteran
once Buddha said 'one who sees Dhamma sees Buddha'
so
if we can see Dhamma today, we can see Buddha too
We have Buddha's Teaching now
so
if we practice and see Dhamma
we will be able to see Buddha too
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Some will tell you no, but yes...
pleasure to 'but yes...'
There are zafu's who whisper that
To manifest the Dharma
is to be the Buddha.
Sit, BooBoo, sit.
Actually, isn't it more about being Buddha, rather than seeing Buddha?
We are Buddha nature, already. Just have to tune into it, though.
And Dharma makes the connection.
when Dhamma makes the connection, seeing Buddha and being Buddha is the same
seeing is not through eyes but through wisdom
Being Buddha is beyond me but Buddha Being is not-me? :buck: .
being Buddha is not me, my, mine, you, your, or it
Do not mix Smma-Sam-Buddha with Buddha
Samma-sam-Buddha is the one who reveal the Truth of the world to the world
other Buddhas or Arahants are the followers of Samma-sam-Buddha and see the Truth themselves
Seeing through wisdom or fathoming our depths and awakening to the fact that it was there all along.
If something with an awakened nature can suffer, what good is it? How could something innately awakened become defiled? If your original Buddha nature became deluded, what's to prevent it from becoming deluded after it's re-awakened?
these are Bhikkhu Thanissaro's words, and i believe he is right.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/freedomfrombuddhanature.html
The assumption is that dukkha is the same in samsara and nirvana. That is not the case.
Nirvana can not be defiled but existence is inherently imperfect.
Samsara and dukkha are still the context even for manifesting Buddhas . . . Unless of course Buddhas manifest on floating clouds or lotuses, playing harps and generally not existing in reality as generally known . . .
:buck: .
Because there is Buddha nature doesn't mean we are awake and just don't know it. It is our potential for awakening.
So @Bookworm if there is no Buddha nature, there is no potential for awakening.
In the end, it's a matter of perspective.
From the shore of Samsara, we see dukkha.
On the other shore, in the Buddha's textual words, we have "the untainted, unsurpassed, perfect security, which is Nibbana"
Also described as cessation of dukkha.
Rhys Davids describes Nirvana as a "moral condition, to be reached here, in this world, and in this life."