Summary letter Oretagama III talks about the meaning of the Wonderful Dharma Lotus.

 (Zen Master Hakuin)

            Letter writing for an elderly nun Nichiren sect (Nichiren).           Hakuin ambassador wrote that the Lotus Sutra is not external to the mind, and the mind is not in addition to the Lotus Sutra. All ten realms from Hell to Buddhahood are not outside the center area, and are not in addition to the Lotus Sutra. It is the supreme principle, absolute principle that all Buddhas have spoken in three generations. There are 84,000 Buddhist teachings to go to work, but it all just means. When Buddhist finality reached, will see all the possible measures are consistent with each other, there is no difference. Buddhist Tripitaka has more than five thousand volumes recorded countless wonderful things as Shakyamuni Buddha preaching to practice different ways, but all are acquired essence in 8 Wonderful Dharma Flower Sutra . And for more than sixty thousand letters in this business, its greatest significance is acquired in the title word: Wonderful Dharma Flower Sutra. In this text the word acquisition with Marvelous, Marvelous and two letters in a word recording of Mind.           "Business" means "often", as the meaning of the Buddha nature is always constant, without birth or kill. Experience teaches us that the Buddha nature is always the same, no change, no growth in the Buddha, nor where they are being reduced. As the sun, like the earth, nature was the general nature of things, and this is the essence of the French Enlightenment Center. The Lotus Sutra, the Buddha said to open the market for the purpose of living beings know themselves where they already have this magical mind of enlightenment, not unlike the mind of the Buddhas, so called Knowledge Buddha. Knowledge is the one with the Buddha Amitayus Buddha Amitabha, or resell Area Section of meditation courses, many different names but loyal only one single image only. Knowledge like Buddha lotus (Lotus), because the lotus that grows up from the muddy water, but not muddy dirt repellent, and when the flavor blooms radiate pure integrity. In lotus flowers and fruits at the same time (between showers flowers available in the lotus seed) represents causal and mental, when the petals fall off, the full lotus appeared, for example Knowledge Buddha is manifest when dispel ignorance. Sen in mud symbolizes our minds blinded by sensual pleasures, such as enlightenment, the lotus and rose flavor integrity. Sen already blooms in the mud of the lotus flavor integrity, both of the same nature that the lotus, of beings like Buddha mind already filled with the fullness of it.           because the Lotus Sutra only way ultimately drain to reach the kick, so economic life over the Lotus would be inconceivable merit. So how to maintain life? Depending capable beings that have different ways of life over, as the lower house, the recitation and understanding meaning, the base of the grill on the back of his interest, and the upper house, the contracting method used Throughout the experience, that experience like that your mind. But the most meaningful life over the business which has seen business drop, not the lecture method still hear the sound. It is doing very self, the truth of it. That is only achieved when all inferences stop, stop all the searching and realized his Lotus feet is always money. At that time all the economic sense of the flock will show clearly, without justification to infer location. Knowledge Buddha nowhere other than just his own mind. By the practice of true meditation, with a center of prayer and a consistent, letting go, no concept between inside and outside, left and right, and the self, no idea where to start, not seen before and then, diligent practice, someday will see Lotus Foot visible, and once saw the Lotus feet then, the herd Marvelous display everywhere, in all sentient beings as well as inadvertently, and in all the time, all that I can enter deeply attuned to the business. If life over without seeing the Lotus feet, what is not beneficial, as well as holding a bowl of water to drink water that though, but try to keep your evening full of water to relieve. Eventually bowl full of water to keep that person will die of thirst. Otherwise see Lotus Foot and economic life over this as well as bowls of water into rivers and lakes everywhere, and this water mixes with surface water, bring endless benefits for sentient beings. He suddenly entered into the customs of the Buddha Nirvana, France can enter a full body, concentration and wisdom, to break the dark chasm of a polynomial again, moving into Tri Thuc shining.           Otherwise know how to practice meditation or the other, you can use the Lotus samadhi as a means to enlightenment enter the Lotus feet. Lotus Samadhi is a state achieved when the mind arises most unflagging practice the concept: "Namo Wonderful Dharma Flower Sutra" . At all times go, standing, lying, sitting, sleeping and waking, as well as happy and unhappy time, are constantly recite this in mind, even with a strong desire to see the Lotus feet. In every breath, breath and concepts are constantly restless. If you continue to practice such persistence, attention will soon reach a state of perfect wisdom, motionless, as if Diamond solidly throughout, without any blemish a little ripple of delusions and feelings exposure. That is the state of Chan meditation, the state of the Lotus feet, Buddha's Knowledge is money, there is no doubt clear. It is also a state of the Western Pure Land Pure Land vows with the birth of Buddha Amitabha.           Tho over the Lotus Sutra literally enlightened Buddha Active Knowledge is indeed difficult to say who should be in the just life over in a moment was enough to get the Buddhas praise praise. However, do not be discouraged that think they can not afford to do that, because Marvelous is available in the mind; nothing close to it in his mind, and do not need to go looking for Where remote that just rotate reruns self interest is to see the Path. Buddhas and Patriarchs in the ten years that have passed since he did not see who did not bother, its nature. There is the notion that in this degenerate human decadence should not be too self-enlightenment, but to the place of the Buddhas ruling out for salvation. Master Hakuin rejected that possibility and that enlightenment is always available where people, not up not down, Marvelous degenerate but not because of the deterioration, but only because the human mind is very smart cover should not know ourselves. If you think you can not afford poor enlightenment, it is like the same guy in the Lotus death; here Hakuin master storyteller who inherited the riches of the lands for parents to leave but refused abandoned mining fortune to be there for her inability to eat and wander through there Elsewhere, lowly life of poverty, such as people who do not know the French Dieu available only in themselves but where to go next ruling, then continued ignorance of suffering in samsara. A true practitioner of the Wonderful Dharma Flower, the master Hakuin, not to where the Buddha, organize, search no Nirvana, Pure Land, and not for the French Dieu outside or inside, but always bearing a mind to do to be enlightened Buddha Knowledge, regardless of day and night, regardless of time or sleep time, sit stand or lie. Such practice in a consistent mind, letting go, persistent effort, will soon feel the Wonderful Dharma Flower at where the money wisely, vastness and mystery.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.17/9/2013.NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).