Part 21-2
“Subhuti, what is called Dharma talk means that there is no Dharma that is truly worth expounding; this is called Dharma talk.”
Commentary:
As stated previously, all things, including ourselves, are the Sutra; what is seen is the Sutra and what is heard is Dharma talk.
Dharma talk means talking about the true-Self, or the Buddha’s talk.
The true-Self that is formless, boundless, changeless and nameless, is perfection itself and eternity itself, which is the state free from discrimination. This is why it is said to be beyond words which are the products of discrimination. It contains everything, including ourselves, and there is nothing that doesn’t belong to it. In the non-dual state of the true-Self there is no one who delivers dharma talks and no one who listens to them. To be one with the perfect state is referred to as true Dharma talk.
Student: “How is it possible to deliver Dharma talks if there is no Dharma that is worth preaching?”
Master: “You can neither stop seeing nor stop hearing Dharma, nor can you stop showing or preaching Dharma even for a moment.”
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