The Zen of Advaita - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

First Noble Truth:Life is suffering,(an existential fact)A Zen student asked, “What abouthatred, and ignorance?” The ZenMaster replied, “Greed, hatred andignorance are themselves Buddhanature.”This statement sets the recordstraight. Why or how could therebe such intolerance for all states(and this, and this), as all andeverything is the Buddha Nature?As mountains and the sky are allinterdependent, so too are allstates and stations (foam-waveocean).The intense desire for changecould be viewed as a spiritualabstraction process addingjudgment, evaluation, andsignificance to a person, place,thing, or event. Once judgment,evaluation and significance areremoved, mountains are mountains,hate is just hate, love is justlove. Even “spiritual” realizationis neutralized.80