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。

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Karma and the Golden Rule

I like to share this book, Messages from the Masters by Dr Brian Weiss, a Jewish American who served as a chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical Centre in Miami Beach, Florida. Initially he didn't believe in reincarnation until he met a patient, Catherine who inexplicably recalled her many past-life memories.  

Some people could recall their past lives through past-life regression, near-death experiences (for example Duane here) or deep meditation. 

In the book, he shared about karma and lessons. Karma is not just Buddhism concept. It is the universal law of the universe taught by great spiritual teachers like Buddha  on karma and rebirth and Jesus Christ who taught, "You reap what you sow". You can read more on Karma and Lessons and the Golden Rule as shown below.

I hope all world leaders can read this book so that there be no war. We are all spiritual beings on human journey to develop our spirituality and hopefully graduate from this earth school. If we could treat all fellow human beings as family, there will be no war. If your relatives were in the building, would you still drop the bomb on the building? Only love, understanding and empathy can resolve conflict and differences in opinions. Technology should not be used to hurt people. 
  
A friend asked me why I chose to follow Buddha's Teaching. As more people from the western countries recalled their past lives from past life regression and near death experiences, they verified what I read from the Buddhism books that there is a reason to the cause to your current life. It connected the dots to all the knowledge I acquired since young. Thus now I believe in karma and rebirth and there is a path to extinguish suffering. Don't just believe, you can go investigate and check whether it is true. These are the books on reincarnation here.

May there be peace on earth soon. 






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