July 4th celebrates the United States of America with a flag…
On July 4th, the woman who lost her husband went to the cemetery to lay down. In the United States of America, fifty states only had one flag. Around a monument, people put up many graves.
In the dry afternoon sun, the stone dragon in the Vietnamese cemetery was lying in a shallow tank, not seeing its shadow ascending. I only saw a small bird that had just landed, its throat itchy, preaching the Prajna Sutra. The Bodhisattva gladly listened respectfully.
"Avalokiteshvara while practicing deeply with the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore, suddenly discovered that all of the five Skandhas are equally empty, and with this realisation he overcame all Ill-being..."
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Sutra / The Heart Sutra
This is the new English translation of the Heart Sutra completed in 2014 by Thich Nhat Hanh. The Heart Sutra is one of the most important sutras in Mahayana Buddhism.
You can read Thay’s explanation of why he made this new translation in this letter.
The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
Avalokiteshvara
while practicing deeply with
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore,
suddenly discovered that
all of the five Skandhas are equally empty,
and with this realisation
he overcame all Ill-being.
“Listen Sariputra,
this Body itself is Emptiness
and Emptiness itself is this Body.
This Body is not other than Emptiness
and Emptiness is not other than this Body.
The same is true of Feelings,
Perceptions, Mental Formations,
and Consciousness.
“Listen Sariputra,
all phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness;
their true nature is the nature of
no Birth no Death,
no Being no Non-being,
no Defilement no Purity,
no Increasing no Decreasing.
“That is why in Emptiness,
Body, Feelings, Perceptions,
Mental Formations and Consciousness
are not separate self entities.
The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena
which are the six Sense Organs,
the six Sense Objects,
and the six Consciousnesses
are also not separate self entities.
The Twelve Links of Interdependent Arising
and their Extinction
are also not separate self entities.
Ill-being, the Causes of Ill-being,
the End of Ill-being, the Path,
insight and attainment,
are also not separate self entities.
Whoever can see this
no longer needs anything to attain.
Bodhisattvas who practice
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
see no more obstacles in their mind,
and because there
are no more obstacles in their mind,
they can overcome all fear,
destroy all wrong perceptions
and realize Perfect Nirvana.
“All Buddhas in the past, present and future
by practicing
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
are all capable of attaining
Authentic and Perfect Enlightenment.
“Therefore Sariputra,
it should be known that
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
is a Great Mantra,
the most illuminating mantra,
the highest mantra,
a mantra beyond compare,
the True Wisdom that has the power
to put an end to all kinds of suffering.
Therefore let us proclaim
a mantra to praise
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore.
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!”Uyên Nguyên – July 4th, mừng Hợp Chủng Quốc một lá cờ…
July 4th, người đàn bà mất chồng ra nghĩa trang ướm chỗ nằm. Nước Mỹ hợp chủng quốc, năm mươi tiểu bang chỉ có một ngọn cờ. Xung quanh một tượng đài, người ta đắp lên nhiều ngôi mộ.
Nắng trưa khô hạn, con rồng đá trong khu nghĩa trang Việt Nam nằm chầu trong bể cạn, không thấy bóng rồng bay lên. Chỉ thấy một con chim nhỏ vừa hạ cánh, ngứa cổ thuyết thời kinh Bát Nhã. Bồ Tát Quán Âm tùy thuận cung kính lắng nghe.
“Quán-Tự-Tại Bồ-Tát hành thâm Bát-nhã Ba-la-mật-đa…”
July 4, 2015
UYÊN NGUYÊN
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