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The Diamond Sutra (103)

Part 32-2

“How does he expound it for others? Not grasping forms, he is unmoving.”

Commentary:

He who accepts and holds it, reads and recites it, expounds it for others, is never deluded by forms and words, no matter what he may do. So, when he expounds this Sutra, or a four-line verse for others, they are free to use it as expedient means to reveal the true-Self without being swayed by forms and words. He is aware that he is in fact doing nothing while doing his best to lead sentient beings to enlightenment, because he knows that everything is empty.

Student: “How is it when one is unmoving?”

Master: “One knows that movement is a dream.”

©Boo Ahm

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