ICHIJO / Fuji (oneness)
The truth what Buddha taught was, there is no barrier or separation between
the self and other existences.
Because the both are the part of one Dharma.
And everybody born, has the Dharma within.
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The teachings of the Brahmanism defines the one’s soul / Atman and
the universal supreme soul / Brahman as a separate entity. And says
the goal of the life is to make one’s Atman to reach or fuse with Brahman.
In contrast, Buddha said, there is no such separation of two from the
beginning though, one has to find this only one Dharma within, which
is invisible.
Anyone who believes the separate entity of self is having misunderstanding
caused by the delusion of ego.
—— From this simple, clear teachings, big debate started after the
Buddha’s death, whether the self is not really exist or what is the self,what are
the definition of the existences. Because, most of followers grown up with
the popular belief of the Atman, it was rather hard to change.
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This is the reason why in the Zen books, they are filled with the explanation of
such as ” Ichijo “(oneness) or ” Fuji ” (non two) from the top to bottom.
Or such as the stories of how sward master achieved the ultimate skill by
fusing himself to the sward,
———It took more than 10 years for me to realize that the Key behind of those
stories is the matter of subconsciousness.
So that, the practice adopted by each Buddhist schools are, to carry the
teachings deep into the one’s subconsciousness.
———( Following 10 years or so, I tested all sorts of practices and
tried to find the effect to the body and the brain, as I thought if I could
open the door of subconscious, I may able to see the Holy secret of
the Anuttara Samyk-Sanbodi )
(I’ll talk about those try later)
all is one. it’s quite simple isn’t it?
a profound realisation.
On the face, it was a bit of puzzle to hear a comment from BACH though, he might
be the composer who practiced the music as close as possible to the Zen.
While complying one of the most tight rules of the Fugue, still able to create
such deep emotional music is almost phenomenal in the human history.
J. S. BACH was the one who reached to the state, to fuse his existence to the
rule of music or Dharma thus able to show the whole universe to us.
(in my profile, I mentioned, I came to Europe for a pilgrimage of the pipe-organ
where German Archive record of J.S.BACH musics was recorded)