The Buddha indeed had no thoughts.

Dafang Guangfo Huayan Sutra (Volume 115) Singapore Buddhist Layman Lin File Name: 12-17-0115

The second sentence says "Always abide in the land of compassion and compassion" ”, this sentence refers to the Buddha’s great mercy. Where does great compassion come from? It is inherent in the self-nature. This is the wisdom and virtue of the self-nature. I see many sentient beings who are still confused and confused here, causing confusion and karma. All Buddhas will naturally help them. There is absolutely no desire to help all these sentient beings, and there is no separation or attachment in the decision. It is very natural. Some people may say, if there is no distinction, no attachment, no intention, no thoughts, how can it be possible to communicate with all living beings? How do you know that all sentient beings are suffering and in trouble? How is it possible to help sentient beings? Someone once had this doubt when the Buddha was alive. The Buddha gave an example: The Buddha's dojo is indispensable with a big chime and a drum. The Buddha pointed at the big chime and said, "Go and knock it. If you knock it, it will ring. Knock it hard." If you knock it a little, the sound will be louder, if you knock it a little, the sound will be quieter. When you knock it, is the chime differentiating or clinging to it? He knocks harder and I want to make the sound louder. Does it have this idea? No. All sentient beings have minds to feel, but Buddhas have no minds to respond. Only the mindlessness can respond to all sentient beings in the void Dharma Realm. If you have thoughts and thoughts, you won't be able to sense them. At best, the feeling of having a heart and a thought can only affect one person. People in the world often say that mother and child are connected. The mother has her son in her heart, and the son has his mother in his heart. They will have a feeling. This feeling is one-to-one. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have no intention, and their induction can affect all living beings in the empty Dharma Realm. If sentient beings have feelings, the Buddha will respond. This is called great kindness and compassion, showing compassion to all living beings.

The Buddha said in the sutra that when sentient beings are in trouble, the reactions are more obvious and there are more reactions. Now that our world is suffering, are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas still in our world? If you calm down your mind and have fewer delusions and distracting thoughts, you will realize that there is nothing wrong. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are indeed in our world, around us, and are always there. If you are careless and have many delusional thoughts, you will not notice it. If you don't notice that he is there, it doesn't mean that if you don't notice that he is not there, then how can you call it great compassion? Then why not save us from these sufferings? This karma was created by you, and you must suffer the consequences. The compassion of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas has both apparent and hidden responses. The hidden response is the hint we are talking about now. You must understand it yourself and be aware of it. After awakening, you must turn around and you will be safe. For example, as mentioned before, in the past we never had the idea of ??doing things and making offerings, and we never treated others with sincerity. Now we know that we were wrong. We treat others with sincerity and respect, and treat all sentient beings with filial piety and offering. You're going to turn around now. This time around, disaster can be averted. If you look back alone, you can eliminate disasters and avoid disasters, and if everyone looks back together, there will be no more natural or man-made disasters in this world. It is precisely what Budai monk said, "showing it to the world all the time," implying that "the world often doesn't know it." People in the world are very bad. If they don't understand, don't know, and don't know how to look back, then there is no way. Maybe if we say, if you imply that I don’t understand, then you can just say it clearly; if you expressly say that I don’t believe it, then you are spreading rumors! aggravate his sin of slander. That’s why you know that it is compassion for all the Buddhas to speak the Dharma, and it is also compassion not to speak it, so as not to cause you to have bad words and not be able to explain it clearly. When you say it clearly, you say that all the space and the whole Dharma Realm is yours, and people listen to you: you have a mental disorder, how can you treat others as yourself, there is something wrong with you; karma is created, it can only be hinted, not explained. In the hint, if you realize it and realize it, good; if you don’t understand it and cannot realize it, forget it and wait for the next opportunity. Let us think about the methods and means used by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to educate sentient beings. They are extremely clever and guard against all sentient beings. He has already committed sins, and we cannot bear to prevent them from committing more sins.

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