This statement certainly exhibits Ray's adherence to the principle of not possessing a distinctive identity. Here, he is comparing himself to a complete non-entity, emptiness. Oftentimes, emptiness is equated with nothingness, so he is humbling himself as well.
" in the practice of charity a Bodhisattva should be detached. That is to say, he should practice charity without regard to appearances: without regard to sound, odor, touch, flavor or any quality."" Japhy performed many acts of charity that embodied this principle. He constantly gave to others, most notably Ray, and did so without even thinking about it. It did not matter how big or small, simple or ornate, old or new something was "Japhy freely gave or shared, but did not give for mindless reasons. "Smith, you don't realize that it's a privilege to practice giving gifts to others. The way he did it was charming; there was nothing glittery or Christmasy about it, but almost sad, and sometimes his gifts were beat up old things but they had the charm of usefulness and the sadness of his giving-(76).
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" not allowing the mind to depend upon notions evoked by the sensible world "by not allowing the mind to depend upon notions evoked by sounds, odors, flavors, touch contacts, or any qualities."" Ray understands and respects this principle, .
which is made evident when he goes home for Christmas and he attempts to explain Enlightenment to his brother-in-law. .
"Your mind makes out the orange by seeing it, hearing it, touching it, smelling it, tasting it and thinking about it but without this mind, you call it, the orange would not be seen or heard or smelled or tasted or even mentally noticed, it's actually, that orange, depending on your mind to exist! Don't you see that? By itself it's a no-thing, it's really mental, it's seen only of your mind. In other words it's empty and awake-(145).
Because Ray has realized this phenomenon, he is closer to Enlightenment, at least according to the Sutra.
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