"When people are firmly convinced that the Buddha-mind is unborn and wonderfully illuminating and live in it, they're living Buddhas and living Tathagatas from then on. 'Buddha,' too, is just a name, arising after the fact. It's only the skin and shell. When you say 'Buddha,' you're already two or more removes from the place of the Unborn. A man of the unborn is one who dwells at the source of all the Buddhas. The Unborn is the origin of all and the beginning of all. There is no source apart from the Unborn and no beginning that is before the Unborn. So being unborn means dwelling at the very source of all Buddhas."
The Unborn: The Life And Teachings Of Zen Master Bankei
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