Part 26-3
At that point the World Honoured One said in verse, “Anyone who sees me in form, or who seeks me through sound, is travelling a heretical path and cannot see the Realised One.”
Commentary:
We can recognise spring by seeing young leaves and flowers although they are not spring that is formless, since we know that they are the function of spring. In the same way, we should know that all forms are the functions of the Realised One.
Anyone who tries to avoid, or discard forms
Also can’t see the Realised One.
Trying to see the Realised One by avoiding forms
Is trying to make bread by avoiding flour.
Student: “How can I see the Realised One without avoiding forms?”
Master: “You can see spring through flowers and buds.”
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