A newborn baby...is it born with all six consciousnesses?
Sunday, March 29, 2026
A Newborn Baby
Koan:
A newborn baby...is it born with all six consciousnesses?
My first art teacher said, “A work of art is finished when none of the original idea remains.” I think it is the same when working with a koan. Initially I was thinking of a newborn, not realizing that was me, having been reborn over and over again. And then today I was hit over the head with “no consciousnesses” in the Heart Sutra. Finally I remembered a line in “Hsin Hsin Ming”: “Don't get tangled in the world, don't lose yourself in emptiness...”
A newborn baby...is it born with all six consciousnesses?
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