The Buddha Way Is Unsurpassable

Well, that sounds pretty parochial and self-assured, doesn't it?  Doesn't every religion make a similar claim?  Before you agree, you may want to reconsider what is meant by the term "unsurpassable," much less "buddha way."

The unsurpassable buddha way that we vow to realize is not a faith that self-assuredly proclaims itself to be better or greater than any other faith, but is a practice that by definition transcends all philosophical, theological, and metaphysical concepts.  It does not concern itself with concepts of "this" or "that," regardless of whether the "this" or "that" are good and evil, the sacred and the profane, the temporary and the eternal, or the phenomenal and the metaphysical.  The buddha way considers all of these as formations or projections of the mind, and contemplates instead that which goes above and beyond  mental formations and conceptual creations.  It transcends all dualistic distinctions, even of itself and its own teachings, and therefore cannot be "surpassed" because it goes beyond  concepts of "surpassable" and "unsurpassable" (I realize that "unsurpassable" is itself part of a duality, but that is the problem with language, not with the universe).

The "buddha way" actually has two meanings, dao, or the way of a buddha, and marga, or the path toward buddhahood.  It turns out these two things are the same and not different.  The way of a buddha is to pursue the path toward buddhahood, and to pursue the path toward buddhahood is to be a buddha.  It is not a path and a destination -  the destination is to be on the path, and to be on the path is the very goal.

So, this "buddha way" does not proclaim itself to be better than any other faith-based teaching or belief system.  It is instead a practice that aims to transcend all dualistic distinctions, including surpassable and unsurpassable.

This may or may not make any sense to you (I can never tell when I'm writing these things, much less can I tell who's reading it), but give it time and the meaning will become apparent.