Evolution of love

Three Pillars of Zen

"For Enlightenment you must have Deep Faith.

You must profoundly believe what the Buddha and the Patriarchs from their own first-hand

experience declared to be true,namely, that everything, ourselves included, intrinsically is

Buddhanature;

that like a circle, which can't be added to or subtracted from,

this Self-nature lacks nothing, it is complete, perfect .
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Now, why if we have the flawless Buddha-nature are we not aware of it? Why if everything in

essence is Wisdom and Purity itself is there so much ignorance and suffering in the world? .
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This is the 'doubt-mass' which must be dispersed. . . . Only if you deeply believe that the Buddha

was neither a fool nor a liar when he affirmed that we are all inherently Whole and Self-sufficient,

can you tirelessly probe your heart and and for the solution to this paradox." .