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More practically, this may be viewed in terms of our own Buddhist class. Each one of us has our own level of understanding, so each one of us understands differently according to our root capacity, our education, intellectual capacity, and exposure to true Buddhist doctrine. This raises the second point I would make and this is that we can only be taught Dharma when the right causes and conditions are in place for those teachings. A simply example is this: Rahula was in his mother's womb for 6 years before he was born. This cannot be explained in terms of the normal scientific understanding of today. For most people this claim would appear as extraordinary and unbelievable. This is of course an example of root capacities. It is an example of our ability to believe the miraculous, and is indicative of how open our minds are to different truths that lie outside of our cultural and scientific framework, but in a more general sense, it points to the dilemma that our Holy Master has: he has so much to teach us but we are not always open yet to those teachings. I think one of the big problems that our Holy Master has in disseminating Dharma is that true Dharma may not conform to our expectations of what we think Dharma should be, or seem fabulous or unbelievable viewed in the context of our modern world, or when related back to published accounts of English translations with which we may have some familiarity. Therefore to teach us before we are ready would not only be pointless, but harmful as well. It follows to simply handout information at this time [given this can change at any time depending on our own practice, and our Holy Master] as if 'one size fit all,' would not be disseminating Dharma according to the laws of the universe that govern Dharma dissemination. |
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