Hermits Quote
Hermit Master: Translation can only serve as a guide. Only through actual practice can one find enlightment. The written materials have to be abandoned. Abandon the words. Words are an aid.
Bill Porter: Yes. In the beginning, the aid makes the Dharma easy to understand. People depend on words. They are used to them.
Hermit Master: Words and languages are merely ways of communication. According to the Mahayana point of view, only by means of practice can one realize one's own nature. The Dharma consists in the enlightenment of one's own mind, not someone else's. Someone else's enlightenment is for reference only. We have to look for enlightenment deep in our own minds. That's something that's real. It doesn't involve outside help, because all outside help is conditional. They are aids.
Bill Porter: Yes. In the beginning, the aid makes the Dharma easy to understand. People depend on words. They are used to them.
Hermit Master: Words and languages are merely ways of communication. According to the Mahayana point of view, only by means of practice can one realize one's own nature. The Dharma consists in the enlightenment of one's own mind, not someone else's. Someone else's enlightenment is for reference only. We have to look for enlightenment deep in our own minds. That's something that's real. It doesn't involve outside help, because all outside help is conditional. They are aids.
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