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18th November 2010
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The moment of the enlightenment
CHAN Master Kue Shan Ling Yu, when he was fifteen, he left his parents and become a monk in the Chien Shan Monastery in his town, he studied under the Vinaya Master Fa chang. later he was ordained at Lung Shing Monastery in Hang Chou.
He devoted himself to study the sutras and vinayas of both Mahayana and Hinayana-vippasana. At the age of twenty-three he traveled to Kang-Si, where he visited Master Po-Chang Huai Hai. One day, Kue Shan was attending Master Po-Chang, who asked him : " Who are you ?" Asked the master " I am Ling Yu " said Kui Shan " Will you poke the fire pot and find out whether there is some burning charcoal in it ? said po-chang. Kue-shan did so, and then said , " there is no burning charcoal " Master Po-chang rose from his seat. Poking deep into the fire pot, he axtracted a small glowing piece of charcoal which he showed to Kue-Shan , saying, " Is this not a burning piece ? At this , Kuei-Shan was awakened. Thereupon he made a profound bow and told Po-Chang what had happened. Then Master Po-Chang explained : " The method that I used just now was only for this occasion. It is not the usual approach. The Sutra said, " to behold the Buddha-nature, one must wait for the right moment and the right conditions. When the time comes, one is awakened as from a dream. It is as if one's memory recalls something long forgotten. One realizes that what is obtained is one' own nature and not the other from outside one' self. " After enlightenment one is still the same as one was before. Only for the enlightenment , there is no mind and no dharma. One is simply free from unreality and delusion. The Mind of the ordinary man is the same as the the sage because the Original Mind is perfect and complete in itself. 
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