All is Buddha

Each form, each particle, is a Buddha. One form is all Buddhas. All forms, all particles, are all Buddhas. All forms, sounds, scents, feelings, and phenomena are also like this, each filling all fields.

-Pai-chang

James: This quote reminds me of one of my favorite poems by the Venerable Lama Gendun Rinpoche

Happiness cannot be found

through great effort and willpower,

but is already present,

in open relaxation and letting go.

Don't strain yourself,there is nothing to do or undo.

Whatever momentarily arises in the body-mind

has no real importance at all,

has little reality whatsoever.

Why identify with, and become attached to it,

passing judgment upon it and ourselves?

Far better to simply

let the entire game happen on its own,

springing up and falling back like waves --

without changing or manipulating anything --

and notice how everything vanishes and reappears, magically,

again and again,time without end.

Only our searching for happiness

prevents us from seeing it.

It's like a vivid rainbow which we you
pursue without ever catching,

or a dog chasing its own tail.

Although peace and happiness do not exist
as an actual thing or place,

it is always available

and accompanies you every instant.

Don't believe in the reality

of good and bad experiences;

they are like today's ephemeral weather,

like rainbows in the sky.

Wanting to grasp the ungraspable,

you exhaust yourself in vain.

As soon as you open and relax

this tight fist of grasping,

infinite space is there --

open, inviting and comfortable.

Make use of this spaciousness, this

freedom and natural ease.

Don't search any further.

looking for the great awakened elephant,

who is already resting quietly at home

in front of your own hearth.

Nothing to do or undo,

nothing to force,

nothing to want,

and nothing missing --

Emaho! Marvelous!

Everything happens by itself.

PHOTO: The Venerable Lama Gendun Rinpoche.