“I know that everything you have learnt up to now about the non-eternal and suffering is not true. In the spring, for example, people go bathe in a big pond. They are enjoying themselves, sailing in a boat, when they drop a gem of aquamarine into the depths of water, after which it can no longer be seen. Then they all jumped into the water in search of this gem. They, competitively, scoop up all sorts of rubbish such as tiles, stones, pieces of wood, gravel, and thought that had the aquamarine. They were happy and, taking all these things out (of water), saw that what they held in their hands was not true. The gem was still in the water. Through the power of the gem itself the water became clear and transparent. As a result, the people saw that the gem was still in the water, as clearly as when they look up and see the shape of the moon in the sky. At that time, there was a wise man who, exercising a power, slowly entered the water and obtained the gem. Oh you Bhiksus! Do not abide in the thought about the non-Eternal, Suffering, non-Self, and the non-Pure; getting in the situation of those people who picked up stones, pieces of wood and gravel as true gem. You must deeply study the Way, how to act, wherever you go, and 'meditate on the Self, the Eternal, Bliss, and the Pure’. I know that the aspects of the four items which you have learnt up to now are inversions and that anyone who wishes to practice the Way should act like the wise man who cleverly got the gem.”
Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 3 - On Grief.
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