Day 3 Awakening From the Dream of Existence.

With sudden enlightenment to Tathagata Ch'an,
The six paramitas and myriad means are complete within that essence.
In dreams there are clearly six paths of sentient beings;
Upon awakening the great chiliocosm is completely empty.


We do not understand ourselves or the world around us; we do not know where we come from; we do not know where we are going. We live in a dream. Our dreams may be blissful or nightmarish, but they are still dreams. You have come to this retreat because you have already realized that you are dreaming, that your lives are illusory and transient. The goal of practice is to awaken from the dream of life and to discover your self-nature ─ Buddha-nature ─ the fundamental reality that underlies transient existence.