What Is Vast?
Q: Comments: In the Verse of the Kesa, we chant "Vast is the robe of liberation, A formless field of benefaction. I wear the Tathagata's teachings, freeing all creations."
What is vast?
M_______
Zen Monk
A: Compasion/Wisdom,
Form/Emptiness,
Sky-vast/sand grain-small,
"Namo Amitabha Buddha,"
All-embracing.
No "this" or "that" here,
No "vast" or "small."
Just this.........just this..........
Ying-Fa
Human Being