(Soh: here's ChatGPT translation, I have not verified its accuracy:
Before parents are born
Alright, let's talk a bit more. Those who usually work hard, listen carefully, and you will understand this: there is a bit of a shadow. You meditate on your own, feeling very comfortable. There are sounds, like the sound of a car outside now. The sound comes in, resonating steadily. Whether you want to hear it or not, it appears when present and disappears when it's gone. It's so peaceful, right? If you have a thought like "Ah, sound." This is your recognition function, right? Before this recognition function arises, is there a sound? I say "yes"! It's not about whether you recognize it or hear it. Is there a presence of sound first? You recognize it, then say I hear, I heard. You can only speak when you recognize it. Before you recognize the sound, does it move together with the realm? The sound you can hear and the sound heard are originally indistinguishable! (Soh: should be this instead - the hearer and the sound being heard are originally indistinguishable) The entire Dharma realm moves like that! The movement of the Dharma realm! The function of Dharma nature itself, acting according to the function of Dharma nature, does it rely on your recognition? Sometimes when meditating, you will temporarily enter this realm, temporarily leaving the realm of humans and gods. Do you understand? It's very subtle. If you don't usually work hard, then just listen to the theory; it's useless! Just grasp the principle and think hard. Because you don't usually meditate, listening to these words is basically useless.
Alright, before recognition arises, there is the function of Dharma nature, moving according to the function of Dharma nature, right? But you haven't recognized it yet. In that instant, when you haven't recognized it, you are temporarily taken to a realm beyond humans and gods. It's such a pity that at this time, although you have personally experienced this realm, you are utterly baffled and have no idea what's going on. Ah... it's right here, but you have no idea what's going on. So, in an instant, you fall back into the realm of "consciousness."
Those who truly understand the teachings of Master Yao Shan on non-thinking, the non-reliance and non-abiding taught by Manjusri, and the practice methods of the Buddha's orthodox teachings will always temporarily leave the world of humans and gods during meditation, entering other realms. Have you experienced it? Yes, everyone has, especially those who meditate often. Their experiences may be deeper than those of ordinary people. It's a pity that no one guides them; they just sit there blankly, only able to sit for a long time. Normally, when you encounter this, you still don't understand what's going on. What a pity! You don't know what's happening, and you have no idea what's going on. So in an instant, you return to the realm of "consciousness" once more.
So when you encounter a good teacher, whether they are monastic or lay, they have had this experience. When they speak of this level and the matters within, they understand more clearly than others. Ah, they will know! They will know!! But it's almost impossible to find such experienced teachers, and it's difficult to find diligent students who can understand. Everyone is just criticizing opinions, making a mess of things, like "ministerial views." I hope that one day, those in the audience will move beyond "ministerial views." A noisy teacher is a "minister." You are very clear about this; once you have it, you have it, very clear. Because it is your true face! You know yourself best! It's absolutely unshakable, where would it waver? This is the Dharma. No matter what others say, no matter what kind of reasoning they use, you won't be deceived. Because you have found your true, real self. Pay attention, this self. You want to cleanse this body and mind, sweep away afflictions, and become the real self. Ah, if you misunderstand again, my words would have been in vain.
The metaphor of burning
To make this real self... Let me use a metaphor, be careful, I'm using a metaphor! When you see a red rose in front of you, your real self, the whole, burns into that red rose, understand? When you see the red rose across from you, that's your true self burning into that red rose! Is there any ash? Is it burnt to ash? No! When you shift your eyes elsewhere and see a piece of bread, your real self, true nature, and true self are formless and have no fixed appearance! It instantly burns into a white piece of bread. The entire white piece of bread is your real self, burned into that form. What about the red rose just now? There's no trace of it, vanished without a trace. Now, when you see the white piece of bread, the bread is the result of your true nature burning, your entire body and mind burning into that white piece of bread. Look up at the stars in the night sky, where is the bread now? It's burned and vanished without a trace. A star in the distant sky becomes your true nature burning into that star. An ordinary Zen master would say, "You're talking nonsense, that star was already hanging in the sky when you weren't looking! How come when you turned to look, you burned into it? If you don't look, would that star not exist?" Isn't that what people usually say? This is human thinking, this is delusion and confusion. If that star doesn't manifest in your body and mind, what significance does it have to you? So, no matter what conditions you encounter, what you see, hear, touch, or think, as soon as you make contact, conditions arise, and that condition becomes your true nature, which is itself that condition. So our existence is an absolute existence, not subject to the constraints of time and space, without limits. Understand? How to prove it? That state is "just sitting," and there's no reasoning behind it!
Dr. Luo is compassionate, asking me to talk about some tips for sitting. I said that my old friends have heard it several times before, and their ears are worn out, but their buttocks haven't sat well. I said, fine, for the sake of new friends, let's talk more about these. Don't hold on, don't remember, please remember this principle. Always pay attention to your body and mind, like a ball of fire, burning, emitting light, emitting heat, encountering any condition, that condition becomes your true nature burning into it, boom, boom, boom, without interruption. That's all.
I often say that the awakened nature is the formless body of perfect illumination, so people think of it as something spiritual. This is completely wrong, a misunderstanding. The meaning of perfect illumination is that it can become clouds, and it can become stones.
It can also become love, and it can become hate. It can become emptiness, and it can become time. So, it is called the awakened nature of perfect illumination. It has no fixed form or appearance. The so-called spiritual and material are distinctions made by humans themselves, which is a realm of illusion, a concept. The concepts of having life or not having life are also something we don't know. So when someone dies, people think there is no life left, and they are terrified. Why?
You always use our cognitive spirit, which we call alaya consciousness, to understand Buddhism and life and death. So, of course, you are afraid of life and death. Some people are so afraid of life that they commit suicide, which is also inexplicable.)
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