The Ancient Immortals’ Way

In verse 9, 3rd paragraph “The Ancient Immortals’ Way is mentioned in the Āgama Sūtra, the Lankāvatāra Sūtra, and elsewhere.”

Q: What is the “ancient immortals’ way” mentioned in the Agama sutra, the Lankavatara Sutra, and elsewhere to attain Nirvana?

Reply: 

The phrase “Ancient Immortals’ Way” is actually translated from “古仙人道“.

“古” means ancient, old, aged, and could be also means venerable.

“仙人” normally means deity, who usually has a long duration of individual life, when compare to human, it says that these devine beings are “immortal”. In Buddhist Scripture,  it will also use to portray a sage or a practitioner who cut off the samsara and become “deathless”.

“道” means the path, the way of practice, and. here it is absolutely refer to the Noble Eightfold Path.

Hence, the “Ancient Immortal” is the Buddha(s), who had cut off the cycle of birth and death; and the “Way” that followed by the Buddha(s) is the Noble Eightfold Path.

Regarding the “Way”, the author also concluded: “It is the normal way of the ancient buddhas and therefore is called the Way of the Ancients.

The Way to Buddhahood : https://wisdomexperience.org/product/way-buddhahood/

The author Master Yin Shun : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_Shun