‘Observing these changes — these never- ceasing transformations — you know that you must perish. But do you also know that when you perish, something in you does not perish with you?’
Surangama Sutra
‘Observing these changes — these never- ceasing transformations — you know that you must perish. But do you also know that when you perish, something in you does not perish with you?’
Surangama Sutra
‘Perceptions employed as a base for building up positive concepts are the origin of all ignorance.’
Surangama Sutra
The Buddha said, ‘Your Majesty, you have not perished yet. How is it that you know you will perish?’
By considering this example of the visitor, the one who comes and goes, and the innkeeper, the one who remains, I understood what the visitor signifies.