“When Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) Bodhisattva was coursing in the deep prajnaparamita (wisdom), he perceived that all five aggregates are empty, thereby transcending all suffering. — Extracted from the Heart Sutra—
The Master taught us to start from contemplating the bodily sensation. When gradually we fell the body no longer existing, next comes the phase of sensation, perception and volition.
After transcending the stage of sensation, next its all about contemplating the mind which refers to mental activity or phenomena.
Someone who practise meditiation can remain calm and won't be affected or disturbed by his physical burden nor distracted and tempted by any conditions around him
We should realise that even these feeling such as purity, calm are all empty. They too are mental reaction and we should not attach ourselves to them. Otherwise we would indulge ourselves in it.
By contemplating the sensation as being empty, we learn to detach from the feelings of pain, pleasure, sorrow, joy, and equanimity, therefore reducing the burden of the body and mind.
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