Category Archives: The Heart Sutra

Ticket to Ride

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Vajragoni

Epilogue 

“In this way, Shariputra, should a Bodhisattva and Mahasattva train in the profound Perfection of Wisdom.” Then the Lord rose from his concentration and commended the noble Lord Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva and Mahasattva, saying “Well done, well done, O son of good family! So it is, O son of good family, so it is. Just as you have taught, should the profound Perfection of Wisdom be practiced and all the Tathagatas will rejoice.”  read more

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Go Beyond the Beyond

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Vajragoni

“Therefore, Shariputra, because there is no attainment, Bodhisattvas abide relying on the Perfection of Wisdom, without obscuration of thought, and so they are unafraid. Transcending perverted views, they attain the end, Nirvana.” read more

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The Pathless Path

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Vajragoni

Form is emptiness, emptiness is form 

“Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Emptiness does not differ from form, and form does not differ from emptiness. Likewise, feelings, recognitions, volitions, and consciousnesses are empty.” “So, Shariputra, all dharmas are empty, lacking differentiating marks; they are not produced nor stopped, not defiled and not immaculate, not deficient and not complete.”  read more

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The Light Warrior

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Vajragoni

THE NOBLE AVALOKITEŚHVARA BODHISATTVA

At that time also the noble Lord Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva and Mahasattva, in the practice of the profound Perfection of Wisdom looked down; he beheld but five skandhas and that in their own being they were empty. Then, through the inspiration of the Buddha, the elder Shariputra said to the noble Lord Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva and Mahasattva, “How should any son of good family train who wishes to engage in the practice of the profound Perfection of Wisdom?” And the noble Lord Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva and Mahasattva, spoke to the elder Shariputra as follows, “Shariputra, any son or daughter of good family who wishes to engage in the practice of the profound Perfection of Wisdom should look upon it thus: he (or she) beholds but five skandhas and that in their own-being they are empty.” read more

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Prologue—The Heart Sutra

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Vajragoni

Heart of the Perfection of Noble Wisdom

Ārya Prajñāpāramitā Hŗdaya 

Prologue

Homage to the Holy Perfection of Wisdom!  read more

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The Heart of Noble Wisdom

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Vajragoni

More than any other sutra, the Heart Sutra is aptly named because it represents the very Heart of Noble Wisdom Itself. It is the essential-core of the Prajñāpāramitā teachings from which all other sutras focusing on Noble Wisdom acquire their classical impetus. It is the very deposit of Āryajnana. Māra fears this sutra most of all since It completely dismantles his four-fold stranglehold on sentient beings: the Māra of the five aggregates (skandhamāra), the Māra of the afflictions (kleśamāra), the Māra of death (maranamāra), and also that which prevents one from transcending the other three—his own deity-nature (devaputramāra). The Heart Sutras’ Mantra is the sacred-formula that is the antidote to Māra’s determination to prevent one from awakening on the Other Shore of Deathless Suchness, the awakening to one’s own Nirvanic-Kingdom of Self—the Dharmakaya. read more

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