07-16-2012, 12:00 AM
Now i will correct uncle Lex, or rather point the missing link on the Zen/Dzogchen.
This correction is directly in the transmission, e.g. Buddha-Mahakassapa
Mahakassapa-Ananda
i.e. Buddha Sakyamuni to Mahakassapa - Mahakassapa got transmission directly from Buddha, when Buddha said nothing and raised a flower
these transmissions are recorded in the Denkoroku (The transmission of Light) by Master Keizan 13th century, this is collection of the previous transmission records literature from China and India
e.g. Hanyatara-Boddhidharma
Boddhidharma-Eka - i.e. Eka got transmission from Boddhidharma when Eka cut away his arm in the snow next to the Shao-lin caves
In the case of Nagaryuna, and also other great masters or boddhisattvas, it is possible Nagaryuna got the trasmission from a (Atiyoga) master, what can be a human or celestial boddhisattva
same like Mahakassapa got transmission directly from Buddha Sakyamuni.
Now this is clear.
It means that transmission from Buddha to Mahakassapa is ZEN, or Atiyoga/Dzogchen if you want... something like Garab Dorye transmission. It depends.
But this ZEN - the Buddha is the same.
Its not a limited Zen.
This Zen must be the same like the Zen of Dzogchen, as this Zen is the Dharmakaya itself, as the Zen means the Buddhas mind.
Do not forget. Zen is the Buddhas mind itself. And Buddhas mind is unlimited.
Hence the Zen is unlimited.
This correction is directly in the transmission, e.g. Buddha-Mahakassapa
Mahakassapa-Ananda
i.e. Buddha Sakyamuni to Mahakassapa - Mahakassapa got transmission directly from Buddha, when Buddha said nothing and raised a flower
these transmissions are recorded in the Denkoroku (The transmission of Light) by Master Keizan 13th century, this is collection of the previous transmission records literature from China and India
e.g. Hanyatara-Boddhidharma
Boddhidharma-Eka - i.e. Eka got transmission from Boddhidharma when Eka cut away his arm in the snow next to the Shao-lin caves
In the case of Nagaryuna, and also other great masters or boddhisattvas, it is possible Nagaryuna got the trasmission from a (Atiyoga) master, what can be a human or celestial boddhisattva
same like Mahakassapa got transmission directly from Buddha Sakyamuni.
Now this is clear.
It means that transmission from Buddha to Mahakassapa is ZEN, or Atiyoga/Dzogchen if you want... something like Garab Dorye transmission. It depends.
But this ZEN - the Buddha is the same.
Its not a limited Zen.
This Zen must be the same like the Zen of Dzogchen, as this Zen is the Dharmakaya itself, as the Zen means the Buddhas mind.
Do not forget. Zen is the Buddhas mind itself. And Buddhas mind is unlimited.
Hence the Zen is unlimited.

