Heart Sutra

Approaching the Heart Sutra in terms of Time: 12 links of dependent arising

In this video, Master Sheng Yen explained the verse, " No ignorance and also no ending of ignorance, until we come to no old age and d...

心经 Heart Sutra

观自在菩萨,行深般若波罗蜜多时。照见五蕴皆空,渡一切苦厄。舍利子,色不异空,空不异色,色即是空,空即是色,受想行识,亦复如是。舍利子,是诸法空相,不生不灭,不垢不净,不增不减。是故空中无色,无受想行识,无眼耳鼻舌身意,无色声香味触法,无眼界,乃至无意识界。无无明,亦无无明尽,乃至无老死,亦无老死尽。无苦集灭道,无智亦无得。以无所得故,菩提萨埵,依般若波罗蜜多故,心无罣礙,无罣礙故,无有恐怖,远离顚倒梦想,究竟涅槃。三世诸佛,依般若波罗蜜多故,得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。故知般若波罗蜜多,是大神呪,是大明呪,是无上呪,是无等等呪,能除一切苦,眞实不虚。故说般若波罗蜜多呪,卽说呪曰:揭谛揭谛,波罗揭谛,波罗僧揭谛,菩提萨婆诃。

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

True Mind and False Mind

In this Heart Sutra, Venerable Guan Cheng talks about the True mind and False mind. What is true mind and what is false mind? I think true mind is the mind that never changes, that is bright and pure. In my opinion, false mind is based on the type of body we resides in, be it male or female or race. When we were born, we have been conditioned based on the family and country we were born. 

This false mind always think that the more we have, the happier we become. If we think further, do we own the things or do the things own us? Some things like diamond last a long long time but human only last at most 120 years old and not many reach 120 years old. This identity, this body is not permanent. It is subjected to aging and death. Due to this false mind, we created bad karma due to greed, anger and delusion.  The more you acquire, the less freedom you have.

Due to this false mind, it causes us to go through rebirths.  


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