Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

Suppose one completely destroys the twofold self idea
and gains the realization of the Dharmakaya. Really one
gives a false name to that experience of truth or reality.
How is this? Whatever one calls this realization it is a
false name, since by the nature of our language and our
minds which govern its use, all names are false. There is
not a single name for reality, not a single one is true.
Even anuttara-samyak-sambodhi (the Unexcelled
Perfect Enlightenment of a Buddha) is a false name. Of
course, the name "great self" is not excluded from this.
It is just a mundane term attempting to describe
something of spiritual truth.
This description, great self, is in the position of
consequence and is never used in the positions of cause
or course. It is very important to understand this. In the
yanas of cause and course, it is said that there is no self
and one always trains to destroy self-ideas and to realize
this.
In Hinduism, there are self-ideas of varying subtlety in
all three positions. For instance, in the cause position
there are the individual souls (the higher self), in course
one practiced yoga to unite with Brahman, while
Brahman is in the position of consequence and towards
this end all efforts are made with the higher self.
In Buddhism, one never practices with the "great self';
one never seeks it, though it may be used as a relative
name for nirvana, as the Buddha skilfully used it.
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