On the time of Buddha, Buddha’s life style was the practice to follow and copy.
To copy how to handle the things, what to do, from Buddha’s own style was of cause, imperative.
In Buddha’s time there was no Mantra of cause. Therefore, other than listening his fascinating talking,
anything else was just repeating same practice = Daily Life / without questioning or talking.
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This was the reason how the tradition of pilgrimage started.
Since Buddha was no longer with them, they wanted to feel real environment or back ground of the act, where
Buddha has found the truth or taught truth, as the truth comes through act, not from the knowledge alone.
———- And those traditions are still alive, such as in a Zen Temple, everything carried out
without a word or explanation but just copying senior monk’s doing. —— Do the Same.
And all the Zen originated Japanese art practice, include Martial Art has been taught by just copying
and perfecting exactly the same movement of the Master, which was regarded to be
the way (Path way, Road = Dou) to reach Enlightenment (Satori).
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And this was how Buddha’s Teaching was kept 200 years after his Nirvana, without written Mantra.
( Hence, to believe the power of Mantra itself, such as Dharani of Tantrism is not Buddhism )
Just carrying out same simple daily life without talking, lead to attain the practice
without thinking = Mushin ( and naturally without SELF), hence it would lead to attain
Life ( in general ) in Mushin ——— hence to attain Enlightenment and Nirvana.
( You see Buddhism is not complicated at all )
Complication only started to appear when professional monk try to theorize and glorifying the
Buddhism. Though, to explain invisible subconsciousness and the Dharma was almost impossible task.
And end up 3000 Mantras. As ancient Buddhists didn’t have single Mantra, yet managed to attain
Enlightenment was, just by those simple practices ——- not by word or thinking.
In deed, thinking is completely opposite of MUSHIN. MUSHIN.is Just Do It.
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