Monday, September 3, 2012

Tricycle Daily Dharma September 3, 2012 ~ No-working is True Working


Tricycle Daily Dharma September 3, 2012

No-working is True Working



The idea of naturalness is that no-working is true working. It’s the understanding that things don’t happen due to your own calculation and effort. You don’t sit there thinking, 'All right now, if I’m able to follow the eightfold path and do everything the right way, then I will attain awakening.' That’s your own deluded, ego-based effort. I did this, I am able to do that—the moment you start thinking that way, your ego mind comes into play. Yet when the karmic conditions are right, when your causes and conditions come together, you can progress along the path.
 

- Reverend Patricia Kanaya Usuki, "The Great Compassion"



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