Great Wisdom Beyond Wisdom Heart Sutra
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, when practicing deeply the Prajna Paramita,
perceived that all five skandhas in their own being are empty and was saved
from all suffering.
O Shariputra, form does not differ from emptiness; emptiness does not
differ from form. That which is form is emptiness; that which is emptiness
form. The same is true of feelings, perceptions, formations, consciousness.
O Shariputra, all dharmas are marked with emptiness. they do not appear nor
disappear, are not tainted nor pure, do not increase nor decrease.
Therefore in emptiness: no form, no feelings, no perceptions, no
formations, no consciousness; no eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue, no
body, no mind; no color, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, no object
of mind; no realm of eyes...until no realm of mind-consciousness; no
ignorance and also no extinction of it...until no old-age and death and
also no extinction of it; no suffering, no origination, no stopping, no
path, no cognition, also no attainment with nothing to attain.
A bodhisattva depends on Prajna Paramita and the mind is no hindrance.
Without any hindrance no fears exist. Far apart from every perverted view
one dwells in nirvana. In the three worlds all buddhas depend on Prajna
Paramita and attain unsurpassed complete perfect enlightenment. Therefore,
know the Prajna Paramita is the great transcendent mantra, is the great
bright mantra, is the utmost mantra, is the supreme mantra which is able to
relieve all suffering and is true not false; so proclaim the Prajna
Paramita mantra, proclaim the mantra that says:
Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha
All buddhas ten directions three times
All beings bodhisattvas mahasattvas
Wisdom beyond wisdom Maha Prajna Paramita
- http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/heart3.txt
- wong chee tat :)
Saturday, June 28, 2008
THE SUTRA OF FORTY-TWO SECTIONS SPOKEN BY THE BUDDHA
1. The Buddha said: "Those who, taking leave of their
families and adopting the homeless life, know the nature
of their minds and reach to what is fundamental, thus
breaking away (from the phenomenal and attaining to)
the unphenomenal, are called Sramanas. They constantly
observe the two hundred and fifty precepts, entering into
and abiding in perfect quietude. By working their way
through the four stages of progress, they become Arhans, who
possess the powers of levitation and transformation, as
well as the ability to prolong their lives for many aeons
and to reside or move about anywhere in heaven or earth.
Below them come the Anagamins, who at the end of a long life,
ascend in spirit to the nineteen heavens and become Arhats.
Then come the Sakridagamins who must ascend one step and be
reborn once more before becoming Arhans. There are also the
Srota-apanas who cannot become Arhans until they have passed
through nine more rounds of birth and death [original Chinese
text states seven, not nine]. One who has put an end to his
longings and desires is like a man who, having no further
use for his limbs (literal: having cut off his limbs), never
uses them again."
- http://www4.bayarea.net/~mtlee/42.txt
- wong chee tat :)
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