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I won’t quote the scriptures at the end of this chapter, but I’m just asking you to think straight:

First of all, there is a big question: Do you recognize reincarnation?

This is also recognized by heretics before the birth of the Buddha, because many heretics have supernatural powers and can see someone's rebirth after death or fall into the evil realm. This is the condition for Buddhism to be born. The Buddha was born "when the causes and conditions of life are mature". "Many people can verify that reincarnation is a fact" and "the mainstream thinking in the world recognizes reincarnation" are very important signs that "all sentient beings are mature in their causes and conditions". If reincarnation is not recognized, there will be no believers in Buddhism, and there will be no need for the Buddha to be born to spread the Dharma.

If reincarnation is a fact, then there must be something in the previous life, and there will be something in the previous life... In this case, there must be "something" that has existed since beginningless kalpas , and never ceased for a moment. The same goes for reverse reasoning: there will be something in the next life, and there will be something in the next life after the next life... In this case, there will definitely be "something" that will always exist in the endless future.

This "thing" can be called the "subject of reincarnation." As long as reincarnation is recognized, it is impossible for him to end it. Since it ceases to cease, it is a permanent law. Since it is a permanent law, it is "real".

Conclusion: If there is reincarnation, there must be permanent Dharma.

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Next, we need a little "quoting from scriptures": look at "Buddhist buzzwords".

The reason why it is called "buzzwords" is because these words are familiar to all four disciples. For example: "Namo is the permanent resident Buddha in the ten directions." If you have a little bit of knowledge, you must have heard what the "Heart Sutra" says: "It is neither born nor destroyed, it is neither dirty nor pure, it neither increases nor decreases". Another example is the "Tan Sutra": "How can one's own nature never arise or cease?"

If you deny the Dharma of Eternal Residence, you should not chant: "Namo Eternally Resides in the Ten Directions Buddha", but chant: "Namo Illusive Buddha in the Ten Directions".

Let’s talk about “neither birth nor death”: if something wants to be immortal forever, there is only one possibility: it was never born at all.

If it is born, it is "something that has never existed before and now." Since there is nothing before and now, it proves its changeability and its ability to do something. Since there is variation and achievement, it cannot grow forever. Since it cannot grow forever, it must gradually diminish until it is destroyed. ,

The above-mentioned process is what both heretics and Buddhist disciples agree on: "formation, residence, destruction and emptiness" and "birth, residence and easy destruction". Even Marxism admits it. It can not only be deduced by thinking rationally (logical proof); it can also be confirmed in real-life examples: there is no exception for all things in the world (factual proof); it can also be seen in the scriptures: "All things are impermanent." (teaching evidence). With the three certificates in place, we can draw the conclusion: "Everything that is born must be destroyed." Therefore, it is impossible for heretics to imagine an eternal "god" unless this "god" was never born at all.

The Tathagatagarbha is like this: it has never been born, so it will never perish. This is "neither birth nor death".

If you are not born, you do not exist! How can you say that Tathagatagarbha exists?

This is the inconceivable and indisputable place where the Tathagata hides; it is also the place that is difficult for all heretics and those who are not familiar with the cause and condition to understand. To truly understand this matter, only the "enlightened mind" of Zen Buddhism can be observed: Now we observe this Tathagatagarbha: He is indeed "neither born nor destroyed."

The reason why he is not born is because he is not in the Three Realms, but outside the Three Realms. Of all the things in the Three Realms, none is the same as him, or even similar to him. Here are some "Buddhist buzzwords" to be quoted again. For example: "Don't be a companion of all things", "If you say it is one thing, you will miss it", "I am the only one in heaven and under heaven".

Tathagatagarbha is not "existing in the three realms", so it is not "Dharma". All dharmas arise and die impermanently, and the Tathagata Store truly abides and never perishes. Although they are not dharma, all dharma are born from Tathagatagarbha ("How can one's own nature give birth to all dharma"---"Tatan Sutra"). The Tathagata is colorless and formless, just like space. It has no body and uses Dharma as its body. The person who dies with Dharma as his body is called "Dharma body".

The "Diamond Sutra" says it very accurately: "What is illegal is not illegal."

Conclusion: All true Buddhist disciples must admit that "the Tathagata abides forever", otherwise it is called "the heretic"

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Having said this, let’s summarize a little bit: "All Dharmas", so I quote a little bit from the sutra:

Tathagatagarbha is the "Dharma" that gave birth to all Dharmas. How can he be included in "all Dharmas"? If you do this, it is equivalent to putting mother and children together and becoming brothers and sisters. The Tathagata is not covered by all dharmas. There is a clear statement in the scriptures:

The "Golden Light Sutra": "The Dharma body contains all dharmas, and all dharmas do not capture the Dharma body."

Another way of saying it: All dharmas are nothing more than the dharmas of birth and death, and they appear only when they are dependent on Tathagatagarbha. Therefore, there is no "all dharma" at all, only the real dharma of Tathagatagarbha. Therefore, the meaning of "all dharmas" is to omit the false dharma born from him: directly pointing to Tathagatagarbha itself: "Tathagatagarbha is all dharma."

This point, the "syllogism" of the "Diamond Sutra" is very illustrative of the problem: "The Tathagata says that all dharmas (all laws of birth and death) are not all dharmas (but Tathagatagarbha), and they are called all dharmas. (It is not the Tathagatagarbha that is the law of birth and death, but the real all dharma.)"

The confused people precisely include the "illegal and non-illegal" Tathagatagarbha within the scope of "all dharma". Seeing that all dharmas are impermanent, he believes that Tathagatagarbha is also impermanent. This misunderstanding is the misunderstanding of including the mother in the child.

If you are a wise and profound person, you will distinguish between "heart" and "everything" when you see the sentence: "Everything is created only by the mind" ("The Avatamsaka Sutra"): everything Dharma arises and ceases, but the mind that gives birth to all dharmas cannot be "all dharmas".

This point is clearly stated in the scriptures:

“Unreal laws arise from conditions, real laws do not arise from conditions, and the body of the Tathagata Dharmakaya is real, and its name is "For Nirvana"

The above verse contains a lot of information and needs to be understood sentence by sentence. Due to space limitations, it is impossible to learn at the end of the study. According to this explanation: "The Tathagata Dharmakaya is not a method of dependent origination, nor birth and death." Dharma, but the real Dharma that abides and is immortal"; "No Dharma can be the origin of Tathagatagarbha"; "Tathagatagarbha has a different name: Nirvana".

In summary, we know that Tathagatagarbha is the permanent Dharma. If we talk about all Dharma without Tathagatagarbha, it will become a drama.

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Final statement:

The Agama Sutra of the so-called "original Buddhism" clearly states the existence of "Nirvana" everywhere. The so-called "Nirvana". It can be defined as: "The annihilation of all dharma, only the remaining truth remains." Agama's "Three Dharma Seals": "All actions are impermanent, all dharmas have no self, Nirvana is silent", which hides the "permanent Dharma that is not all actions", "the permanent self that is not all dharmas", and "the permanent Dharma that is silent but not annihilated": Nirvana".

To presuppose the permanent "Nirvana" and "I" into "all dharmas" and think that "all dharmas are empty" is not the Hinayana dharma, and is called a heretic.

The focus of original Buddhism is: the present view and realization of the impermanence of all dharma (five aggregates, eighteen realms) born in Tathagatagarbha. ,

The Mahayana Prajna classics focus on: how to realize Tathagatagarbha (clear mind) and initiate Prajna wisdom.

Consciousness-only Sutra: Practice after Enlightenment: Learn the Dharma to perfect all the seeds contained in the Tathagata Store one by one, and eliminate the defilement of all the seeds in the Tathagata Store one by one. Become a Buddha in ultimate purity and perfection.

The teachings of the three classics are the Buddha's "Three Transformations@@": destroying all dharmas in three stages, leaving only the indestructible Tathagatagarbha, thereby achieving the goal of no longer being reborn: The path to liberation (nirvana without residue); then it talks about the realization of Tathagatagarbha and the initiation of prajna wisdom; finally it talks about practicing cultivation after enlightenment and completing the path to Buddhahood (ultimate nirvana).

Therefore, the three types of sutras, Agama, Prajna, and Consciousness-only, are "the same flavor of Buddhism" and there is no contradiction or confusion. Which one? The taste of Tathagata. Why? Because Tathagatagarbha is "the first meaning of Buddhism". There are sutras to prove it:

"The Sutra of Buddha Saying No Increase or Decrease (Volume 1)" (Translated by Bodhiliuchi of Yuanwei Dynasty)

"Shariputra. This is the one with profound meaning. The first meaning is the world of living beings. The Tathagata is the dharma body. As I said, the body is inseparable. different.

The merits and wisdom of the Tathagata cannot be imagined. ”

Those who do not see the “identity of Buddhism” and only recognize the “original Buddhism” that they have misunderstood are completely outsiders. This type of people openly deny the Mahayana and believe that “the Mahayana is not a Buddha.” Said "The Pure Land of the West is the expression of the worship of the Sun God". This is the person who has committed the serious crime of "slandering the Dharma". To deny the permanent nature of Tathagatagarbha is to deny the "first meaning of Buddhism". If you do not repent of this serious crime, you can only There is a way to hell.

Everyone who sees and hears it, be careful! Permanently resident monks in ten directions

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Supplementary information of the original poster Question:

"Impermanence, suffering, emptiness, and selflessness" are the conventional truth: all laws of birth and death are like this, and no law can surpass this truth, so it is "conventional". "Truth".

"Eternal, Bliss, Self, and Purity" are called the "Four Virtues of Nirvana": the four representative qualities of Tathagatagarbha's original body. It is also the state after ultimate attainment of Buddhahood.

There are two ways to say it, one is to talk about the worldly dharma (the five skandhas and the eighteen realms), and the other is to talk about the mundane dharma (the Tathāgatagarbha that is not the five skandhas and the eighteen realms). The two cannot be confused with the current Dharma and all kinds of evil. Seeing is like the sand of the Ganges, there are many "masters" who preach wrong views. Right knowledge and right views are difficult to be accepted by sentient beings.

May the poster and all who see and hear not be enveloped by wrong views and go deep into the scriptures. Tibetan, learn the right knowledge and views of Buddhism