“The purpose of Tathata is to nourish the world.” A question was raised: what does this mean?

“The purpose of Tathata is to nourish the world.” A question was raised: what does this mean?“The purpose of Tathata is to nourish the world.” A question was raised: what does this mean?
Answer
admin Staff answered 7 days ago

:Tathata is Shunyata, the existence, the NOW, the awareness.
If you can grasp the fact that Shunyata is not empty; it is full, full with nothingness.
Nothingness is its nature, and from this nothingness arises everything.
Similarly, silence has a definite existence; it is always there, and words arise from and disappear back into it.
In the same way, the formless shunya state, Tathata, is the soil from which all the forms arise.
Just as soil nurtures all the plants and trees, in the same way Tathata (shunyata) nurtures the whole world (the universe, or even the universes).
The soil and a tree look so different that we cannot fathom their connection, yet one exists.
A tree cannot exist without soil, but soil can exist without a tree.
So, the soil is the ultimate truth, and a tree is a relative truth, just like gold is an absolute truth and a bangle is a relative truth.
Inner silence, shunyata, awareness, can exist without the thoughts, but thoughts cannot exist without it, as they arise from it.
Realizing this, understand the limited value of thinking.
Be patient.
With practice, stop supporting the mind, let it calm down.
When the mind stops, inner silence will prevail, and you will still exist – as silence itself, because silence and existence are one.

The form is formless, and the formless has a form.

– Buddha.
In silence, you are not you (because “You” is also a thought), you are the silence.
What we don’t understand is the profound implications of this.
You are in silence, and a thought arises in your mind from that silence, from that nothingness, and disappears back into the same nothingness in due time.
But what thoughts arise is up to us.
Some thoughts become like a twister and take you for a wild ride, and some build up a monument of peace, tranquility, and wisdom in your life and for people around you.
It’s your choice; that is the POWER OF NOW.
Na Vichar (No thought)
Na vasana (No desire)
Na smruti (No memories (past))
Na kalpana (No fantasies (future))
Na bhavana (No emotions).
= Samadhi – being in the NOW.