Noise And Sound Assault Us All The Time : Revered Dada JP Vaswani
Several disciples had gathered around the Buddha one day, eager to hear his sermon. But the Buddha chose to remain utterly silent, only holding out a lotus flower. What did this silence mean?
Only Mahakashyapa, gazed intently at the flower, and realised the inexpressible meaning of the Buddha’s gesture. He had obtained inspiration directly from the Buddha’s gaze, and the flower that the Master had held. He smiled at the Buddha in gratitude, and the Buddha smiled back in recognition of his disciple’s subtle sense of insight. Thus was born a new school of Buddhism, Zen, in which experiential wisdom took precedence over sermons and scriptures; and in which revealed transmission bypassed the need for words and rituals.
To this day, Zen Masters do not use words to transmit their wisdom, relying instead, on intuitive thought processes and the grasp of unspoken truths. It is believed that Bodhidharma, the South Indian Pallava prince-turned-monk, first brought Zen to China; he was perhaps in the direct lineage of the disciples of Mahakashyapa. The essence of Zen philosophy is expressed in the Bloodstream Sermon attributed to him.
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“Buddhas don’t save Buddhas. As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you will never see that your own mind is the Buddha. Don’t use a Buddha to worship a Buddha. And don’t use the mind to invoke a Buddha. Buddhas don’t recite sutras. Buddhas don’t keep precepts. And Buddhas don’t break precepts. Buddhas don’t do good or evil. To find a Buddha, you have to see your nature.”
Silence is looking within to find out your true nature. Our workaday world has the tendency to drown us in a tsunami of noise! Incessant (and often mindless) chatter, blaring music, non-stop TV, constant telephone calls, endless meetings and lengthy presentations, and at times, heated arguments, hurt our eardrums and our hearts: noise and sounds assault us all the time.
The demands and distractions of modern life only take us away from ourselves. This is why Indic philosophy and culture insist on silence, withdrawal, stillness and meditation whereby you can discover the Divine within yourself.
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“The more a man finds his sources of pleasure in himself, the happier he will be,” writes the philosopher Schopenhauer. “… The highest, the most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind…”
Truly, if we cannot find our sense of self-worth, our true happiness and contentment within, it is useless to seek it elsewhere! This is exactly what silence helps us to do!
The best part of silence is that the ego is switched off at least for a while, and we are focusing our attention inwards. If any of you have voluntarily or compulsorily sat in silence even for a few minutes, you will know that the mind is energised, recharged by this experience.
Not only Zen; most other ancient faiths set great store by the sadhana of silence. Dhyana and yoga are based on silencing the mind and emotions as well as speech. Of Shiva, who is worshipped as the ultimate guru, Dakshinamurthy, scriptures say this: “Thou art He who imparts instruction in utter silence. Thou art He that observes the vow of taciturnity, for Thou instructest in silence.” For it is said that He brought the four learned Sanakati Munis — Brahma’s intellectual offspring — to the state of Self-realisation by the power of His silence.
Several disciples had gathered around the Buddha one day, eager to hear his sermon. But the Buddha chose to remain utterly silent, only holding out a lotus flower. What did this silence mean?
Only Mahakashyapa, gazed intently at the flower, and realised the inexpressible meaning of the Buddha’s gesture. He had obtained inspiration directly from the Buddha’s gaze, and the flower that the Master had held. He smiled at the Buddha in gratitude, and the Buddha smiled back in recognition of his disciple’s subtle sense of insight. Thus was born a new school of Buddhism, Zen, in which experiential wisdom took precedence over sermons and scriptures; and in which revealed transmission bypassed the need for words and rituals.
Related – पटाखों के धुंए में खोता रोशनी का त्यौहार : देश के कई शहरों से खास रिपोर्ट
To this day, Zen Masters do not use words to transmit their wisdom, relying instead, on intuitive thought processes and the grasp of unspoken truths. It is believed that Bodhidharma, the South Indian Pallava prince-turned-monk, first brought Zen to China; he was perhaps in the direct lineage of the disciples of Mahakashyapa. The essence of Zen philosophy is expressed in the Bloodstream Sermon attributed to him.
“Buddhas don’t save Buddhas. As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you will never see that your own mind is the Buddha. Don’t use a Buddha to worship a Buddha. And don’t use the mind to invoke a Buddha. Buddhas don’t recite sutras. Buddhas don’t keep precepts. And Buddhas don’t break precepts. Buddhas don’t do good or evil. To find a Buddha, you have to see your nature.”
Silence is looking within to find out your true nature. Our workaday world has the tendency to drown us in a tsunami of noise! Incessant (and often mindless) chatter, blaring music, non-stop TV, constant telephone calls, endless meetings and lengthy presentations, and at times, heated arguments, hurt our eardrums and our hearts: noise and sounds assault us all the time.
The demands and distractions of modern life only take us away from ourselves. This is why Indic philosophy and culture insist on silence, withdrawal, stillness and meditation whereby you can discover the Divine within yourself.
“The more a man finds his sources of pleasure in himself, the happier he will be,” writes the philosopher Schopenhauer. “… The highest, the most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind…”
Truly, if we cannot find our sense of self-worth, our true happiness and contentment within, it is useless to seek it elsewhere! This is exactly what silence helps us to do!
The best part of silence is that the ego is switched off at least for a while, and we are focusing our attention inwards. If any of you have voluntarily or compulsorily sat in silence even for a few minutes, you will know that the mind is energised, recharged by this experience.
Not only Zen; most other ancient faiths set great store by the sadhana of silence. Dhyana and yoga are based on silencing the mind and emotions as well as speech. Of Shiva, who is worshipped as the ultimate guru, Dakshinamurthy, scriptures say this: “Thou art He who imparts instruction in utter silence. Thou art He that observes the vow of taciturnity, for Thou instructest in silence.” For it is said that He brought the four learned Sanakati Munis — Brahma’s intellectual offspring — to the state of Self-realisation by the power of His silence.
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