apart from it and yet it is part of ourselves. And when we do not use it or get in its way we are then the witness of its use by our higher selves. Then the flowers shower. The energy of the higher self rains down upon our crown chakras, and we are deafened by the lightning bolt of energy which energizes us from on high. Commentary, Satchidanand.
When Hyakujo first arrived at Chiang-si to pay his respects to Ma Tzu, Ma Tzu inquired, “from where have you come?”
“From the great cloud monastery at Yueh Chou,” answered Hyakujo.
“and what do you hope to gain by coming here?” asked Ma Tzu.
Hyakujo replied, “I have come seeking the Buddha-dharma.”
To this Ma Tzu replied, “instead of looking to the treasure house which is your very own, you have left home and gone wandering far away. What for? I have absolutely nothing here at all. (Nothing, or anatta, nirvana, is the higher self, so really he is saying, “Here I have God!!” commentary Satchidanand) what is this Buddha-dharma that you seek?”
Whereupon Hyakujo prostrated himself and asked, “please tell me to what you alluded when you spoke of a treasure house of my very own.”
Ma Tzu replied, “that which asked the question is your treasure house. It contains absolutely everything you need and lacks nothing at all. It is there for you to use freely, so why this vain search for something outside yourself?”
No sooner were these words spoken than Hyakujo received a great illumination and recognized his own no-mind. Beside himself with joy, he bowed in deep gratitude.
(the treasure house is the higher self, the soul, the monad, the logos and higher, commentary by Satchidanand)
Hyakujo spent the next six years in attendance upon Ma Tzu.