ABSTRACT

The Buddha's have a very excellent means by which they may transmit the truth; when transmitted from one Buddha to another it is the embodiment of meditation which is, of itself, utterly joyful. Every living being has a great store of Buddha nature but it can never be seen unless practice is undertaken nor can it be evinced in daily life unless one becomes enlightened. Myozen was the chief disciple of Eisai and transmitted the highest Buddhism available. There are no life and death when the Buddha is within them; when there is no Buddha within life and death people are not deluded by them. These sayings are those of two great Zen teachers, Gasan and Tozan respectively. The golden body of the Buddha is time. The body of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is exhibited through the aegis of time. Delusion, enlightenment, training, life, death, Buddha's and all living things are in existence when there is Buddhism.