These words are pointing to the fact that all life is empty space, or if you will, that we are free and have always been free but for our attachment to the illusion of reality a personal self. In the words of the 17th century Zen master, Bankei, ‘Our original nature is truly unborn and without substance. Resting naturally as the Unborn (emptiness), you are a living Buddha.’
I dont get it. Pretty pessimistic.
These words are pointing to the fact that all life is empty space, or if you will, that we are free and have always been free but for our attachment to the illusion of reality a personal self. In the words of the 17th century Zen master, Bankei, ‘Our original nature is truly unborn and without substance. Resting naturally as the Unborn (emptiness), you are a living Buddha.’