Question
Reading Aldo's question of April 10, 2005, beyond a certain impression of strangeness, brought this question to mind:
If bodhisattva practice, the authentic Way, consists of "abandoning the ego and immersing oneself in practice, harmonizing with Buddha, the teaching, and the sangha," who is it that perseveres? Where does this tenacious impulse come from, if not the ego? We could ask figuratively: "If not the ego, what lowers the level of a particular chemical messenger in the blood?" "If not the ego, what lowers atmospheric pressure in a particular weather situation?" Or "If not the ego, what makes a person do zazen?" Your opinion? Thank you.
machin
Master Kosen’s answer
What is specific to the ego is its universality. The ego has no noumenon.
Kosen