One part I love about Buddhist philosophy is how quickly it can dismantle bad connections. And then replace it without a bright, open space to see life again.
One wisdom I love is called "The Wisdom of True Pureness." from Pure Name Buddha.
Our Essence is Pure
It says when our hearts are at rest, everything becomes calm again, like the quiet surface of the still water.
Even all the relationships with all the things we hold onto and connect to, in our deep calmness and resting without any connection, will become just pure illusion.
There is no relationship between our true life and the illusion world.
This relationship is a trick for us to learn that there is nothing to get.
Just to learn that it is a trick and become wise and pure.
Through learning life, we become wise and pure.
Nature is Pure
A piece of wood or grass is in that deep pureness, has no ego-I.
In fact, the whole universe is in that deep pureness and calmness.
If we can connect to that pureness, we finally feel free.
Then the next step, you can then connect to the whole universe.
There is no dream of searching anymore. The dream represents the illusion of life, so no more dreams of searching. There is no more of our ‘I’ in that illusion world.
Nothing holding any of us and no boundary means pure joy.
Pure intention creates joy.
It purifies all illusions. If our intention is not pure, we will never be joyful.
Spiritual philosophy can take our hearts back to contentment.
Then, beautiful spiritual lights can appear.
The ‘I’ we have in this world is not even here.
Once we observe this, we can go back to our essence and understand pureness.
Grass blowing in the wind is free to move. Not enough water today, they don’t care, whatever it is – it is.
Either way is fine, never have a personal-I involved. There is no consciousness there to judge.
Our body is part of nature's changing, so we should not worry about it. Let it be free to change and follow the natural flow. No worry, no judgement, just to do our best.
The body always changes, but I am always myself. The world is always changing, but my essence is not changing.
The ability behind the tool is never changing.
Buddha says: "It’s amazing, even the grass and the wood all have Buddha’s amazing character and appearing form in it.
This is how the energy can appear as Buddha.
If consciousness is perfect, all the appearing forms will become perfect.
But our consciousness has a lot of pollution, which is why we see many things as imperfect.
So we learn to clean out pollution, back to perfect pureness. From there, we can practice four eternal hearts to reach complete, unlimited perfection.
Essence is perfect and pure, never born, never die.
Essence also has another perfect, perfect to create blindness. Through that blindness, we learn to be awakened, and then we learn wisdom. Through learning that wisdom, we learn four eternal hearts.
So it looks like blindness is not perfect, but truly blindness is perfect. It is the teacher of Buddha.
At one time, Dragon Buddha asks Pure Name Buddha, What is blindness?
"Blindness is the teacher of Buddha, consciousness has the power to purify, but consciousness has the power to create blindness.
When this pureness is lost by blindness and awakened again, it becomes Buddha. So blindness is the necessary teacher. Teacher to help you learn, so you don’t hold the teacher, you don’t hold your blindness. "
See through it, then let all the blindness go.
It’s like you learn what the teacher teaches. You don’t need to keep learning that same thing, and you let it go. It has become your nature already.
So let all the bad things go.
Summary of The Wisdom of True Pureness
We discussed the concept of "True Pureness", achieved by letting go of all connections and attachments to the illusionary world.
By recognizing that these connections are tricks, one can learn to become wise and pure.
This is compared to nature, such as a piece of wood or grass, which exist in deep pureness and calmness, free from ego and judgement.
Pure intention creates joy, and that spiritual philosophy can bring contentment to the heart.
The physical body is constantly changing, but the essence or consciousness behind it remains unchanged and pure.
Blindness is necessary as a teacher to help us learn and reach true pureness.
