First you get a description of where the discourse was given, what was going on, and who was present. That is followed by the main body of the text, which usually consists of a teaching of the Dharma, the real truth, by the Buddha himself. The sutra then ends with an account of the effect of the Buddhas teaching on the people listening. It is important to understand that whatever is said in the body of a sutra is not just issuing from the ordinary level of consciousness. It isnt something that has been worked out intellectually. It isnt a proof or an explanation of something in the mundane sense. It is a truth, a message, even a revelation, issuing from the depths of the Enlightened consciousness, the depths of the Buddha nature. This is the essential content of any Buddhist scripture, and this is its purpose: to communicate the nature of Enlightenment and show the way leading to its realization
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:02:05 +0000
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