Gotama Buddha
proclaimed the Law for fifty years, and when his disciple Kasyapa asked him for
the key to his teaching, the Buddha said, “From beginning to end I have not
proclaimed a single word,” and held up a flower.
Ikkyu Sojun, Gaikotsu (Skeletons)
We
don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no
one can take for us or spare us.
Marcel Proust
No physical, mental
or verbal terms: no sutras, no chants, no prostrations, no special clothes or
foods, no rules, no Buddhism—all empty.
So empty, then flower.
Mahakasyapa smiles.
Flower smiles.
What does Mahakasyapa
see?
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