Monday, September 3, 2012
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:
Tricycle Daily Dharma September 3, 2012
No-working is True Working
The
idea of naturalness is that no-working is true working. It’s the
understanding that things don’t happen due to your own calculation and
effort. You don’t sit there thinking, 'All right now, if I’m able to
follow the eightfold path and do everything the right way, then I will
attain awakening.' That’s your own deluded, ego-based effort. I did this, I am able to do that—the
moment you start thinking that way, your ego mind comes into play. Yet
when the karmic conditions are right, when your causes and conditions
come together, you can progress along the path.
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- Reverend Patricia Kanaya Usuki, "The Great Compassion"
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