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Part 14-9
“Subhuti, when I also recall the past when I was an ascetic of patience for five hundred lives, I had no image of self, no image of person, no image of sentient being, no image of a liver of life during all that time as well.”
Commentary:
In the preceding part14-8, the Buddha said: “When my body was being cut piece by piece by King Kali...
You are already one not only with animals but also even with all inanimate objects. No matter how hard you try, you can’t separate yourself from them. It is because you are confused into thinking that you are separate from them that you are not one with them.
A monk asked Dongshan, “When cold and heat come upon us, how can we avoid them?” Dongshan said, “Why don’t you to a place without cold and heat?” The monk asked again, “Where is the place free from cold and heat?” Dongshan answered, “When it is cold, it makes you very cold; when it is hot, it makes you very hot.”
Part 14-8
“Subhuti, the practice of patience, the Realised One says, is not practice of patience but it is just called the practice of patience.”
“Why? Subhuti, it is like when I was dismembered by King Kali long ago. At that time, I had no image of self, no image of person, no image of sentient being, and no image of a liver of life. Why? When I was being...
The former applies to sentient beings’ lives, and the latter applies to the enlightened. When we can’t see things as they are, we are deluded by words and images. The continuing process of being deluded by and attached to them is referred to as no other than reincarnation.