Part 6 -2
“Subhuti, I, the Realised One know and see all. All these sentient beings will attain infinite blessing this way.”
Commentary:
The infinite blessing is not given by the Buddha nor can it be taken away by someone else. We are already the infinite blessing itself and are surrounded by it at the same time. What matters is whether we can recognise it or not. So, attaining infinite blessing this way refers to discerning infinite blessing on reading, or hearing the Buddha’s words and not getting it anew from outside. The Buddha’s teaching is that everything seen and heard is nothing but infinite blessing and that anyone can enjoy it only if we can recognise it by seeing all things as they are in the same way the Buddha sees all things.
What should be engraved on our hearts is that ‘all things’, without exception, includes not only these words we are reading now but also ourselves.
Student: “What is the infinite blessing?”
Master: “It is not infinite blessing.”
Student: “What is it then?”
Master: “Infinite blessing.”
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