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Posts tagged with "emptiness"
Dec. 29 |
Question: What is the meaning of ‘form is emptiness’ (色即是空)?
Answer: ‘Form’ (色) refers to matter, (which is what has mass); the material, as summed by the Four Elements (四大) of earth, water, fire and wind...
Jun. 18 |
[1] 参禅之初,看山是山,看水是水。[2] 禅有悟时,看山不是山,看水不是水。[3] 禅中彻悟,看山仍然山,看水仍然是水。— 青原惟信禅师 (意译)
As above, it was proposed by Chán Master Qīngyuán...
Feb. 5 |
Trying to suppress delusion is delusion too. Delusions have no original existence; they’re only things you create yourself by indulging in discrimination.— Bankei
It’s said that Bakei’s (Yotaku) (1622-93) quest for enlightenment...
Jan. 24 |
境缘无好坏,好坏起于心。愚人除境不除心,至人除心不除境。既除矣,境岂实有?
达境本空,便能素位而行。 不愿乎外,以所历位,无非无外之法界也。知皆即法界,自无入而不自得。
—...
Sep. 18 | Be with yourself as you are,
but without haste,
without impatience.
– Shunmyo Masuno
In our everyday lives, do any of us have time to think about nothing? I imagine most people would say, ‘I don’t have a moment to spare for that.’...
May. 16 |
古人云:「何以息谤?」
曰:「无辩。」
又云:「吃得小亏,则不至于吃大亏。」
余三十年来屡次经验,深信此数语真实不虚。
弘一大师
《弘一大师全集》
Ancient ones say, ‘With...
Mar. 20 |
极圆极顿,
难议难思,
唯有大智,
方能谛信。
– 净土宗九祖澫益大师
《佛说阿弥陀经要解》
Extremely complete [and] extremely sudden [for enlightenment], difficult [to] discuss [and] difficult [to] conceive, only with...
Feb. 27 |
一切有情,与诸如来,
同俱一法,平等法身,
更无别体,亦无别心,
事理平等,犹如虚空,
常住一相,无有差别。
– 释迦牟尼佛
《宝悉地成佛陀罗尼经》
All sentient beings, and all Tathāgatas,...
Jan. 23 |
Undefiled by the stains of the superstitions of the eight worldly concerns, may I, by perceiving all phenomena as illusory, be released from the bondage of attachment.
– Geshe Langri Tangpa
Reflections On ‘The Eight Verses Of Thought Transformation’...
Jul. 26 | As featured in October 2018 issue of For You Information (佛友资讯)
若作是言
‘我当灭度无量众生’,
则不名菩萨。
– 金刚经
(释迦牟尼佛)
If to make this statement,
‘I will deliver to Nirvāṇa immeasurable...
Apr. 25 |
愿我命终时,
除灭诸障碍,
面见阿弥陀,
往生安乐国。
– 文殊师利菩萨
《文殊师利发愿经》
May I [Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva], when life [is] ending,
eradicate all obstacles,
[to] personally see Amitā[bha Buddha come...
Apr. 13 |
见无病人,当愿众生,
入真实慧,永无病恼。
见疾病人,当愿众生,
知身空寂,离乖诤法。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第84-85偈)
Seeing persons without sickness,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
enter...
Feb. 21 | Emptiness is [full of] form[s].
Forms are [full of] emptiness.
– Stonepeace | Books
The god [Lord of Peace and Calm] said, “Mañjuśrī [Kumārabhuta Bodhisattva], how are disturbing emotions tamed? Are they something? Or nothing?”
Mañjuśrī...
Jan. 17 | Live well
to die better.
– Stonepeace | Books
There was a (Y)outh leaning against a tree. He was ragged and depressed, yawning dispiritedly. A Chan (Chinese Zen) (M)aster came by…
M: Young man, the weather’s so good. Why aren’t...
Dec. 28 |
色不异空;空不异色;
色即是空;空即是色;– 心经 (观世音菩萨)
Form is not different from emptiness;
emptiness is not different from form;
form is the same as emptiness;
emptiness is the same as form.
– Heart Sutra (Guanshiyin...