tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14548193.post2276165726158994494..comments2023-12-05T20:56:10.496+08:00Comments on Wayne's Dhamma Blog 水月佛法博客: Huang Bo's instruction to the dying manWayne Woohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015240115654365801noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14548193.post-22878463221829079232010-07-06T08:49:04.929+08:002010-07-06T08:49:04.929+08:00Huangbo had this to say for instructions to a dyin...Huangbo had this to say for instructions to a dying person:<br /><br />"If an ordinary man, when he is about to die, could only see that -<br />The 5 aggregates & the 4 elements as void and not Self; <br />The True Mind as formless and neither coming nor going; <br />His nature as something neither beginning at his birth nor ceasing at his death, but as perfect and unmoving in its very core; <br />His mind and its projections as One -- <br />If he could thus enter straight into sudden enlightenment, he would no longer be entangled by the 3 Realms and become a World Transcender. <br />One should not even have the faintest tendency towards rebirth. <br />If you should behold the glorious vision of all the Buddhas coming to receive you, surrounded by every kind of auspicious manifestations, you should feel no desire to follow them. <br />If you should behold all sorts of horrific forms surrounding you, you should also experience no fear. Simply forget your own mind and become one with the Dharmakaya, gaining absolute freedom. <br />This is the essential principle."<br /><br />I pay homage to this teaching of Ven. Master Huangpo.<br /><br />One can recite this instruction to one own relative who is on his/her death bed. It is very benificial for dying person.hoangkybactiennoreply@blogger.com