Soh replying someone on the  insight of Anatman and No Mind, quoting Jayson MPaul (now Juliette Paul):  “https://www.awakeningtoreality.com/2018/11/the-doctrine-of-no-mind-by-bodhidharma.html

On a summary of no mind, see Jayson MPaul :
"Jayson MPaul
none of these things are about nihilism, although that is a real danger for those who misunderstand emptiness. No Mind is what is always already true. It has no existence of its own. No mind apart from phenomena, no phenomena apart from mind. This is what Soh Wei Yu meant when he said there is no true existence of mind."”

Soh comments:

That is the anatta insight

I think dependent origination is a deeper penetration

I think Juliette took dependent origination seriously later and was clear about total exertion etc

Bodhidharma also points to it when he said this and also quoted buddha. 心不自心,因境故心;境不自境,因心故境。"The mind does not exist as mind on its own; it is mind due to conditions of phenomena. Phenomena do not exist as phenomena on their own; they are phenomena due to conditions of the mind."

I think that is not merely no mind or anatman but also points to dependent origination 




The myriad forms of the entire universe are the seal of the single Dharma. Whatever forms are seen are but the perception of mind. But mind is not independently existent. It is co-dependent with form.
- Zen Master Mazu

 

-- https://www.awakeningtoreality.com/2022/10/some-zen-masters-quotations-on-anatman.html

 

When we see consciousness, we see all the factors supporting consciousness, not just consciousness standing alone independent of conditions.

 

I just posted this sutra which i find nice to atr blog: https://www.84000.co/texts/toh210-the-rice-seedling

Excerpt:


“For instance, the eye consciousness arises by way of five principles. What five principles? Namely, the eye consciousness arises based on the eye on which it depends, form, light, space, and the appropriate attention. Here, the eye functions as the basis for the eye consciousness. Form functions as the object of perception for the eye consciousness. Light functions as visibility. Space functions by not obstructing. Appropriate attention functions as mental reflection. Without these conditions, the eye consciousness cannot arise. But when the inner sense source, the eye, is not deficient, and likewise, when form, light, space, and appropriate attention are not deficient, then from the coming together of all these factors, the eye consciousness arises.



1.­49

“The eye does not think, ‘I serve as the basis for the eye consciousness.’ Nor does form think, ‘I serve as the object of perception for the eye consciousness.’ Nor does light think, ‘I function as the visibility for the eye consciousness.’ Nor does space think, ‘I do not obstruct the eye consciousness.’ Nor does appropriate attention think, [F.122.a] ‘I provide mental reflection for the eye consciousness.’ Nor does the eye consciousness think, ‘I am produced by these conditions.’ Yet, the eye consciousness is born from the presence of these conditions. Similarly, a corresponding analysis should be applied to the rest of the faculties.



1.­50

“Here, there is nothing36 whatsoever that transmigrates from this existence to the next. And yet, because there is no deficiency of requisite causes and conditions, the result of karma nonetheless manifests. It is like the appearance of the reflection of a face on the surface of a well-polished mirror. The face has not shifted onto the surface of the mirror, but because there is no deficiency of requisite causes and conditions, the face nonetheless appears there.



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