1. The wordless transmission of Mahabodhisattva Devaraja
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Thus have I discerned, abiding in the blissful light of the Blessed One. The
Tathagata once appeared in the great spiritual hall of sambhogakaya as Nisyanda
Buddha to convey the buddhadharma to those present by inviting them to expound
the great principle of the wordless dharma transmission that would rekindle great
faith and determined diligence among the virtuous, who imprisoned within the
vibrating dream worlds of Mara the Evil One, sought liberation from these
unwholesome attachments, by recollecting the way to right knowledge and right
release from all suffering.
Miraculously assembled there from limitless buddha-lands was a great multitude
of mahabodhisattvas, bodhisattvas and arhats, each perfectly and spiritually
radiating the flawless gestation of their manomakaya bodies and profoundly
engaged in deep samadhis that self-evidently revealed their steadfast resolve and
spiritual refuge in the dark and luminous body of the Blessed One.
From Part Two (commentary):
4. The wordless transmission of Mahabodhisattva Maitrya
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[Dwelling within the Tushita Heaven, that wondrous celestial realm wherein
Bodhisattvas discern the enlightened divine moment to liberate all sentient beings
from their samsaric confinement, Mahabodhisattva Maitrya contemplated with
perfect clarity the present proceedings of the assembly gathered in the great
spiritual hall of sambhogakaya… ]
Traditionally, it is stated that *Maitrya* presently is a Bodhisattva in the *Tushita
heavens*…a place of complete contentment and joy…and there he continually
contemplates the skillful means that will one day liberate all sentient beings. It is
further stated that one day he will leave these heavens and become “reborn” in the
womb of a woman, who, for ten months, will care for his developing and radiating
body. Afterwards, within a sacred grove of beautiful trees she will grab hold of a
sacred branch, and, standing up she will give birth to Maitrya. He will then emerge
from the “right side” and raising his eyes to the ten directions will speak the
following words: “This is my last birth and there will be no more rebirth after this
one; hence, now all pure, I shall win Nirvana!”
In the context of the Dharmakaya Sutra, Maitrya will reveal that the awakened who
discern the true nature of the unborn will come to freely possess the *nirvanic body
of a bodhisattva*; thus, Maitrya will descend from the Tushita heavens in order to
reveal to the assembly how to become immersed in undivided awareness power,
and hence come to fully embody the essence of “bodhi” with the illumination that
the “real looks at the real and nothing else.” In a sense, Maitrya takes root within
the “womb of suchness”, thereby becoming (in the context of the sutra) the
mouthpiece of the garbhachild, expounding the way to “freely possess the nirvanic
body of a bodhisattva of light”. Indeed, is this not the final revelation in this dharma
ending age…to awaken to and fully recollect the undivided awareness power of
the Unborn Mind, thus ending the long reign of separation (and hence, death) from
this deathless Noble Self-Realization? Thus, Maitrya is a spiritual redeemer
whose final revelation of noble self-realization is the Way to Salvific Union with
Unborn Light.
From Part Three (Choosing between the Body of Wisdom and
Ignorance):
The only reason and way to enter the permanent principle [the deathless body] of
the Buddhadharma, for any sincere and diligent student, is to defeat the perpetual
illusion of birth and death. Unless there is a sincere desire to defeat this illusion of
ignorance and suffering, there is essentially no genuine desire to enter this
permanent principle of the deathless.
This principle is as itself impervious to the karmic winds stirred up by acts of
desire, ignorance and pain. Beside this body of truth nothing else in this world, or
any other, can offer the sincere student of the way complete shelter in such an
omniscient light of noble wisdom. Compared to this primordial light of the Unborn
Buddha Mind, all forms of samsara remain as mere obsidian paragons of sheer
lies and half-truths.
Defeating and transcending the limiting parameters of the body consciousness in
all its seductive forms, is a great act of genuine spirituality second to no other
endeavor in this universe.
The only reason the body consciousness in a student of the way obstructs such a
path, is the desired perpetuation of its own artificial existence by confusing the
student in terms of true self-identity. Without an illustrious architect to build another
house of great desire and self-ignorance there is nothing left but the Undivided
Mind of the Awakened One—the Buddha.
The wordless teaching of the buddhadharma is impossible to describe in words
or symbols and yet words and symbols can serve the student of the way as
guidelines as to where to look for this hidden treasure of the Mind. The problem
though is that once the founder of such words and symbols has left this world,
their effigies tend to be carved in stone and revered as holy and unquestionable by
some whom, unable to see beyond their own body consciousness, utilizes these
words to hide their own spiritual shortcomings. Nothing beside the divine spirit of
the Unborn Buddha Mind is holy and worthy of any form of reverence.
