Half 14-3
“World Honoured One, it isn’t troublesome for me to listen to this Sutra, imagine in it, perceive it, and settle for and maintain it now.”
Commentary:
We should always perceive what Subhuti meant by saying, “It’s not troublesome for me to listen to this sutra, imagine in it, perceive it, and settle for and maintain it.” It was not the Sutra composed of phrases however the true-Self that he meant by ‘this Sutra’. To Subhuti every thing is the Sutra, and each sound is a four-line verse. Even Subhuti himself is the Sutra, and all sounds he makes are a four-line verse. Because of this it was not troublesome for him to listen to and carry it.
Though Subhuti stated that it was not troublesome, there are few, if any, who can really feel the identical means as Subhuti did. Actually, to those that can not cease dwelling on issues and phrases, it’s harder than lifting an enormous mountain, while to those that can see issues as they’re with out dwelling on them, it’s simpler than lifting a feather.
As soon as we’ve realised what the sutra is, though we attempt to put the Sutra down, we will’t, and we additionally can not cease listening to and studying it even for a second, as a result of every thing, together with ourselves, is the Sutra, which is open on a regular basis. Each sound we make isn’t any aside from a dharma discuss and a four-line verse.
Pupil: “Why is it so troublesome to listen to this Sutra, imagine in it, perceive it, and settle for and maintain it?”
Grasp: “Since you attempt to hear, imagine in, perceive, and settle for and maintain what just isn’t the Sutra because the Sutra.”
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