This is taken from the Anguttara Nikâya
“It is said, Master Gotama, ‘The Dhamma is directly visible.’ In what way, Master Gotama, is the Dhamma directly visible, immediate, inviting one to come and see, worthy of application, to be personally experienced by the wise?”
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My cat is an illusion. There is no cat, no I and certainly no my, and for that matter no illusion. There is a form, only perceived by my mind. The cat is nothing more than blood, bones, flesh, organs, a brain all of which perish in a heart beat, each heart beat. Yet some sentient being is asleep there on the conceived couch. Something which I don’t know, yet there that being is. Cat mind. This mind. Body experiences cold and suggests it needs sleep.
The Method of No-Method: The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination