A. The Buddha said that we sentient beings are suffering from the disease of being deluded by illusions that are forms and words. The disease here implies the habit, the addiction of being deluded by them, and remedies the Buddha’s and ancient masters’ dharma talks.
The core of the Buddha’s teaching, as mentioned previously, is to be free from being deluded by images and words. All the sutras and all dharma talks by ancient masters tell only two teachings: how to do away with, or escape from the addiction and how things appear and sound when we are freed from the habit. However, we tend to strengthen it rather than do away with it by being deluded by and attached to the words spoken by the Buddha and ancient masters. Then, it is said that remedies are worse than the disease itself.
©Boo Ahm
All writing ©Boo Ahm. All images ©Simon Hathaway
Zen Fools 