Post by Neo on Oct 13, 2020 17:38:53 GMT -5
But Setcho didn't say Vimalakirti kept silent, nor did he say that he sat silently on his seat. He just asked: "What did Vimalakirti say?"
Anybody who is doing this koan knows that Vimalakirti was silent. Sometimes silence is very loud, reaching everywhere. Yet, at other times—and it happens here—silence doesn't reach it.
What is the difference between the silence of Vimalakirti and the silence of Shariputra in this very same sutra?
In Shariputra's case the Goddess wouldn't accept his silence. She called it an evasion of truth. In a sense we can say that silence is just one side of the duality of speech and silence.
So, how could silence be the entry of the nondual gate? What does non-dual mean, anyway? Is nondual the opposite of dual? That is just another duality. How do we transcend all dualities? ~ Dharma Discourse by John Daido Loori, Roshi
Note - as a metaphore, the "Lion's Roar" emanates from Vimalakirti' s profound silence due to his high realization
Source:
www.abuddhistlibrary.com/Buddhism/C%20-%20Zen/Modern%20Teachers/John%20Daido%20Loori%20-%20Dharma%20Talks/DISCOURSE%20Vimalakirti%27s%20Gate%20of%20Nonduality.htm
Anybody who is doing this koan knows that Vimalakirti was silent. Sometimes silence is very loud, reaching everywhere. Yet, at other times—and it happens here—silence doesn't reach it.
What is the difference between the silence of Vimalakirti and the silence of Shariputra in this very same sutra?
In Shariputra's case the Goddess wouldn't accept his silence. She called it an evasion of truth. In a sense we can say that silence is just one side of the duality of speech and silence.
So, how could silence be the entry of the nondual gate? What does non-dual mean, anyway? Is nondual the opposite of dual? That is just another duality. How do we transcend all dualities? ~ Dharma Discourse by John Daido Loori, Roshi
Note - as a metaphore, the "Lion's Roar" emanates from Vimalakirti' s profound silence due to his high realization
Source:
www.abuddhistlibrary.com/Buddhism/C%20-%20Zen/Modern%20Teachers/John%20Daido%20Loori%20-%20Dharma%20Talks/DISCOURSE%20Vimalakirti%27s%20Gate%20of%20Nonduality.htm