08-27-2021, 04:23 PM
(08-27-2021, 01:24 AM)Aion Wrote: Fruits are born only with effort, and they consumed as part of their life cycle to be reborn again. The effort, the work, is itself the Path, yet there is still no path to be followed. Only to be chosen.
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!”
https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat...anslation/
Though None the One may be, it is not without its Great Perfection. I have been fond of the Dzogchen philosophy for some time which is how this general concept of Emptiness appears to me.
https://dzogchen.org/
That is an amazing writing and I feel honoured reading it. I have heard of Plum Village, although not the other retreat. Too many answers and not enough questions. That was meant to be a Koan. Perhaps at the moment when we acknowledge the fact that we know nothing, then maybe we will begin to understand. Everybody seems to approach Spirituality from the same direction, (Intellectual Mind). We need to change course and approach from a different direction and admit our ignorance. The more we understand, the less we know. We pass through different stages of Self-Realization, only to discover it only lasted a moment. Then once again, our ignorance revealed itself. Realistically, we occupy more space than matter and when observing it from that viewpoint, we are already the "Great Emptiness".