1. Human development
  2. Honrai-no-memmoku (Zen, Japanese)

Honrai-no-memmoku (Zen, Japanese)

  • Original countenance

Description

In this awareness the enlightened person shows the true face of the human being in the original or primordial state as manifest by the person who has achieved buddha nature - [bussho]

. It is attained on realizing the state of [mosshoseki]

, the "second naturalness", that of leaving no traces. Then one has the face that preceded even the "first naturalness" of the child, [rosho-no-memmoku]

, but of which one was previously unaware.

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Human development
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(M) Modes of awareness
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Dec 3, 2024