A. Brightness in Zen meditation means the state free of discrimination. This is also called the wisdom to see things as they are. In the state without any discrimination, there cannot be any difference between brightness and darkness, far and near, right and wrong, large and small, alive and dead, and things like that.
This is why ancient masters would say that true brightness is as dark as midnight, when they were asked what true brightness is. So, it is said that the wise can see what is thousands of miles away as easily as they can see what is just before their eyes.
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