He is known for his great compassion. If your heart lacks compassion, even if you are sitting right in front of him, you are worlds apart from him. If your heart is full of self, full of selfishness, only thinking about your own benefit—even if you lean on him every day, even if you are … Read more
Normally, to break through light, you become a kind of wave—vibration. Entering light is entering a kind of wave. This vibration—look, every day we have Wi-Fi signals and radio waves all around us, and you cannot feel them. In the state of vibration, that is simultaneously empty and existent. When you realize this, only then … Read more
Segment 7 / Non-Attainment and Non-Speakable The Buddha asked Subhūti, “What do you think? Does the Tathāgata attain the unsurpassed, complete equal and complete awareness (anuttara-samyak-sambodhi)? Does the Tathāgata have Dharma that he teaches?” Subhūti responded, “According to my understanding of the Buddha’s teaching there is no fixed Dharma called ‘anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, ’nor is there any fixed Dharma that the Tathāgata teaches. Why is this so? Because the teaching of the Tathāgata cannot be clung to, and cannot be expressed, … Read more
Before you reach the goal, many things can break you. You must build a reserve of merit to sustain the journey. Success depends on these provisions. So, stop creating unwholesome karma.
Segment 6 / The Rare and Precious Faith Subhūti asked the Buddha, “World-Honored One, are there beings who, upon hearing these words and phrases, will develop true faith?” The Buddha replied to Subhūti, “Do not speak in such a way. After the Tathāgata’s passing, in the last five hundred years that follow, there will be … Read more
Segment 5 / the Right Understanding of Reality The Buddha asked Subhūti, “What do you think? Can Tathāgata be seen through physical form?” Subhūti replied, “No, World-Honored One. The Tathāgata cannot be seen through physical form. Why is this? When the Tathagata speaks of physical form, it is not the true form. The Buddha then explained to … Read more
If you don’t break through this “self”, the debts will follow you lifetime after lifetime It is a messy web——tangled,unclear, And you are just spinning in circles inside it.
Segment 4 / the Wondrous Practice of Non-Attachment The Buddha continued speaking to Venerable Subhūti “Moreover, Subhūti, a Bodhisattva should not attach to anything when practicing the Dharma. In the act of almsgiving, the Bodhisattva should not be attached to form, nor to sound, smell, taste, touch, or mental objects.” Subhūti, a Bodhisattva should practice almsgiving in this way, without attachment … Read more
Segment 3 / The True Doctrine of the Mahāyāna The Buddha said to Subhūti: “Bodhisattvas should subdue their minds in this way. All types of beings—whether born from eggs, from the womb, from moisture, or by transformation; whether possessing form or devoid of form; whether thoughtful or thoughtless, or neither thoughtful nor thoughtless—are all led by me … Read more
Images, sounds, everything you see——it is all filtered through your own senses. Your mind is setting the stage. The people, the events… they are not the truth. They are just the “settings” of your own mind.