The following are brief excerpts selected from The Dhammapada in Light of
the Unborn...the complete chapter heads are as follows:
1.Thought
2.Vigilance
3.The Unborn Mind
4.The Lotus
5.The Worldlings
6.The Shining Ones
7.The Suchchild
8.The Word
9.The Unwholesome
10.Turbulence
11.Decay
12.IT
13.Purification
14.The Black Dragon
15.Look Beyond
16.The Way Home
17.Wrath
18.Wastefulness
19.Discernment
20.The Bifrost
21.The Shadow Slayer
22.Darkness
23.Fortitude
24.Yearnings
25.Carpe Diem
26.Consummation
1. Thought...excerpts
What the mind focuses on determines its reality...
When the mind is quiet and serene after Recollecting
ITs True Nature, thoughts of clarity will result as
revealed through that self same Essence; hence
blissfulness will follow you like a deathless shadow...
If you remain wrapped up in defeat it will be your
downfall; hate is not pure but draining, indeed it is
Mind turned against itself...
Being free from hate and all abusive thoughts is the
beginning of purification and the embrace of sweet
peacefulness...
3. The Unborn Mind...excerpts
Left unwatched, thoughts churn within the mind like a
land bound fish whose dried up gills suffocate for lack
of water; clamoring for life, they drain the Life Essence
of ITs energy...but once brought under control through
the Recollective Resolve they cease to do harm and are
blown away like rotting dust in the wind...
A mind darkened with the incessant chatter of troubled
thoughts will never know the sweet ecstasy that is won
through the self realization of Noble Wisdom, the Way
that celebrates the Illumined Power of the Unborn Mind...
15. Look Beyond...excerpts
Look beyond the melodramatic babble of love and hate
which generates Mind Parasites that continually feed on
the unwary...
Look beyond conventional conceit that claims expertise in
the way to proper health while remaining bound to sensory
addicted solutions...
Transcend the triumph of victory and the agony of defeat
and know the splendor of Buddhadharma...
17. Wrath...excerpts
Belief in personal suffering gives birth to the insolence of
anger...
Entertaining anger is like accompanying Icarus on his fateful
flight round the Sun...
Fear not the anguish of the body with its tired mind and
troubled thoughts and useless words; instead rejoice in
the silent splendor of self mastery...
18. Wastefulness...excerpts
Drop by drop does the spicket drain, likewise does the
accumulated habit energy of the composed trickle down
like slow tears on the face of the Unborn Essence...
As moths are drawn to their all consuming flame, just so
will that endless array of unwholesome and volatile thoughts
ignite the weeds of your wanton desires...
Refrain from studying the meritorious deeds of another and
your peaceful and hard won repose in quietude will not be
disturbed...
20. The Bifrost...excerpts
The shimmering rainbow bridge named Bifrost extends
between the "created" heaven and earth, and gods and
giants and hungry ghosts and sundry sentient beings cross
to and fro as they participate in the great "drama" called
Dukkha...
At the end of "this" kalpa, the Bifrost will collapse again...
as it has always done...again and again...down into the Icy
Vortex Stew, until its stirred and conjured up by a Mind
that once again becomes enraptured with ITs own colorful
creative prowess...
Crush the ice...break the link, that synthetic nexus of weary
rebecoming and turn instead to the one useful Word that
brings peace as taught by the Tathagatas...
Stop...
Reflect...
Turn About...
Recollect...
Nothing binds you...you are a child of the Unborn and the
freedom of the Other Shore is at hand...
Copyright 2004 Púsan
