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Diamond Sutra – Bodhisattvas do not receive reward for their merits

02/02/2014
02/02/2014

There is virtue in practicing charity, which follows the law of karma (law of attraction);

Ordinary people claims the virtue  as theirs, which reinforces and continues the “self” and its way of life;  Bodhisattva dedicates the virtue for the well-being, fulfillment, growth, transcendence, and liberation of themselves and all beings.

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不受不贪分第二十八

NO GREED AND NOTHING ACQUIRED, TWENTY EIGHT

须菩提!若菩萨以满恒河沙等世界七宝,持用布施;若复有人知一切法无我,得成于忍,此菩萨胜前菩萨所得功德。何以故?
须菩提!以诸菩萨不受福德故。
“Subhuti, if (on the one hand) a Bodhisattva gave in his practice of dana, all the seven treasures in quantities sufficient to fill worlds as many as sand-grains in the Ganges, and (on the other hand) another man comprehended that all dharmas were egoless and thereby achieved perfection of patience (ksanti), the latter’s merit would surpass that of the former. “Why?

“Because, Subhuti, all Bodhisattvas do not receive reward for their merits.”

须菩提白佛言:世尊!云何菩萨不受福德?
Subhuti asked the Buddha: “World Honored One, why do Bodhisattvas not receive reward for their merits?”

须菩提!菩萨所作福德,不应贪著,是故说不受福德。
“Subhuti, Bodhisattvas should have no longing and no attachment when they practise meritorious virtues; therefore, they do not receive a reward.

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Diamond Sutra – How to Pray

10/22/2013
10/22/2013

So far, we have learnt the importance of setting our spiritual intention beyond form, and we also learnt the importance of not following the notions of a self, others, beings, and immortality in our practice.  One may ask, without the notion of the self, how can we set our spiritual intention?

Careful examination of one’s self reveals that the setting of spiritual intention is beyond the self, where the self merely claims credit of it soon after it happens.  In a classic prayer, we would quiet our mind (in fact the entity that needs to be quieted is the self), and when the self is quite, there is communication, or reunion with our inner wisdom, our divine, or whatever we set faith in.  Otherwise, it would become a “self-talk” which reinforce the notion of our “self”.  Therefore, there is a difference between a prayer where our “self” pray to our faith, and a prayer where we put down our “self” in our faith.

Next time you pray, try and feel the difference:
1) “To (your faith), I pray to be a better person in You”
2) “To (your faith), I surrender to be the better person in You.”

Note: Where the former would seemingly strengthened the self and the latter weaken, real surrender does NOT necessarily lead to either (the strengthening and weakening of the self), but instead embraces the possibility of both.  Ponder on it.

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究竟无我分第十七

ULTIMATELY THERE IS NO SELF, SEVENTEEN

尔时,须菩提白佛言:世尊!善男子、善女人,发阿耨多罗三藐三菩提心,云何应住?云何降伏其心?
At the time, Subhuti asked the Buddha: “World Honoured One, if a virtuous man or woman is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, how should his or her mind abide and how should it be subdued?”

佛告须菩提:善男子、善女人,发阿耨多罗三藐三菩提心者,当生如是心,我应灭度一切众生。灭度一切众生已,而无有一众生实灭度者。何以故?
须菩提, 若菩萨有我相、人相、众生相、寿者相,则(即)非菩萨。所以者何?
须菩提!实无有法。发阿耨多罗三藐三菩提心者。
The Buddha said to Subhuti: “A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead all living beings to put a stop to (reincarnation) and escape (suffering), and when they have been so led, not one of them in fact stops (reincarnating) or escapes suffering. Why?”

“Because, Subhuti, if a Bodhisattva clings to the notion of an ego, a personality, a being and a life, he is not a (true) Bodhisattva. Why?”

“Because, Subhuti, there is not really a Dharma which can develop the Supreme-Enlightenment-Mind.

1 Comment/in Buddhist, Chinese Philosophy, Online Class, Spiritual Cultivation /by Derek
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Diamond Sutra – self, others, beings, immortals

07/09/2013
07/09/2013

In this Chapter, Buddha described the essential nature of Bodhisattva (enlightened beings that serves in this world): transcendence of the notion of: self, others, beings, and immortals.

self: a separate sense of individual self
others: what appears outside of one’s self
beings: the collective living beings
immortals: any part of life, form or no-form, that continue to exist indefinitely

Why does Bodhisattva not attached to the above 4?  For a Bodhisattva is a state of enlightenment which is beyond separation or duality.  And alignment with self, others, beings, or immortality implies separation in various levels.

Therefore, the Buddha described that a Bodhisattva that clings to the notion of these 4 is not a real Bodhisattva:  I.e. there is no “one” that can be Bodhisattva, no Bodhisattva who could perceive “others” or “collective beings”, and no Bodhisattva who could “last” forever.  Clinging or attachment to these 4 notions, therefore, represents sidetracks to, or misunderstanding of, the pathway of Bodhisattva towards spiritual enlightenment.

This transcendence of separation and opposition, as a key direction in spiritual cultivation, is basically in line with the Daoist notion of non-duality, represented in the Tai-chi diagram, which embraces and transcends separations and opposites (Yin and Yang) in perfect harmony.

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大乘正宗分第三

THE ORTHODOX DOCTRINE OF THE GREAT VEHICLE, THREE

佛告须菩提:诸菩萨摩诃萨应如是降伏其心!所有一切众生之类:若卵生、若胎生、若湿生、 若化生;若有色、若无色;若有想、若无想、若非有想非无想,我皆令入无余涅槃而灭度之。如是灭度无量无数无边众生,实无众生得灭度者。

何以故? 须菩提!若菩萨有我相、人相、众生相、寿者相,即非菩萨。
The Buddha said: “Subhuti, “all Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas should subdue their minds as follows: “All living beings born from eggs, wombs, humidity or by transformation, with or without form, either thoughtful or thoughtless,and neither thoughtful nor thoughtless, are all led by me to the final nirvana for the extinction of reincarnation. Although immeasurable, uncountable and unlimitable numbers of living beings are thus led to (the final nirvana for) the extinction of reincarnation, it is true that not a living being is led there.

Why so, Subhuti? (Because) if a Bodhisattva (still) clings to the false notion (laksana) of an ego, a personality, a being and a life, he is not ( a true) Bodhisattva.

5 Comments/in Buddhist, Chinese Philosophy, Online Class, Spiritual Cultivation /by Derek

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