Buddhismi lyhyesti

Koska taalla silloin talloin keskustellaan aiheesta, miten ilmaista lyhyesti, mika on buddhalaisuuden ydin, niin luettuani kirjan Buddhadasa: Heart-wood from the Bo Tree, kerron, mita Buddhadasa kirjoittaa:

There emerged the key sentence that mind, Buddha, Dhamma, and the Way and emptiness are just one thing. The sentence is enough, there is no need to say anything more. It is equivalent to all the scriptures.

Just be still. There's no need to do anything.

By being still the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha, purity, clarity, peace, Nibbana - everything will be present in that immutatable state.

Buddhalta kysyttiin, miten han sanoisi oppinsa yhdella lauseella. Han vastasi:

Sabbe dhamma nalam abhinivesaya = mihinkaan ei pida kiintya (nothing whatsoever should be clung to). Tama esitetaan Majjhima Nikaya -nimisessa tekstissa. En tieda mika se on.

Ja hammastyin kun luin sen jalkeen Krishnamurtin kirjasta Freedom From the Known aivan samankaltaista:

But you don't know how to come to this extraordinary fount - so what to do? If you don't know what to do, you do nothing, don't you? Absolutely nothing. Then inwardly you are completely silent. Do you understand what it means? It means you are not seeking, not wanting, not pusuing, there is no centre at all. Then there is love.