About Oneself

In the journey of life, we can continue to explore the value and meaning of life, but we should never make ourselves valuable by comparing with others.  In short, learn to know yourself and be yourself.

 About Oneself, is really a huge and deep life-searching-question. No quick  and easy answer. Occasionally, just be highly aware whenever we look in the mirror and ask, “am I preparing a true-self or a public-self?” 

Safeguard your children with wisdom and compassion

Wisdom and compassion are important assets in life. Have you saved it for yourself and your children?

The most effective way to safeguard your children is to do your best and give them a positive influence.

Cultivate wisdom and compassion thru practicing mindfulness

Whether it is a child, oneself, or a inner child who has not yet grown up, let’s consider the practice of mindfulness to cultivate more wisdom and compassion.

 Reroute attention ~> Adjust emotions ~> Soften words and deeds ~> Improve relationships

About Heart Sutra

 Reading Material:

The Heart Sutra Will Change You Forever

by Karl Brunnhölzl| September 29, 2017

Contemplating and Sharing:

Share your understanding after article reading about:

1. A sutra about crazy wisdom

2. A brief memo for contemplating all the elements

3. The Heart Sutra is like a big koan

4. Trash all the hallmarks of Buddhism

5. The basic groundlessness of our experience

6. Emptiness is like thinking outside of the box

7. The heart of the Mahayana

8. An invitation to just let go and relax

9. We could call the Heart Sutra the Heart Attack Sutra

More About Emptiness:

All things are empty and without an independent nature, so defilements can become pure, confusion can become enlightenment, and the common can become holy. The nature of things being empty is the principle of having the possibility to be common or holy, defiled or pure, and is also the principle of having the possibility to become a buddha. Therefore, it is said, “Because existence is empty, all things can be formed.”

~~ excerpted from The Way to Buddhahood, verse 118

The wisdom that sees the emptiness of things is a skillful means, which means it is tactful. If one is not attached to the giver, the receiver, and things given, this is called possessing skillful means. If one lacks the wisdom that sees the emptiness of things and attaches to the act of giving, one is unskillful and tactless and cannot leave birth and death behind to enter the sea of wisdom.

~~ excerpted from The Way to Buddhahood, verse 120

By relying on the contemplation of emptiness, which does not posit an inherent nature, one can eliminate meaningless elaboration through continuous practice. After meaningless elaboration is eliminated, erroneous discrimination will not arise because it will have lost its object. When the mind’s discrimination stops, prajñā will arise; then one will no longer have confusion or create more karma.

~~ excerpted from The Way to Buddhahood, verse 166

Food for Thought:

How to apply the concept of “the union of emptiness and compassion” in my daily living and dharma practicing?