During the winter vacation in 1983 AD.The students of Shifang Jungle Academy put aside all their ties and entered the meditation hall to study diligently. The father-in-law of Nan Shihuai was the supervisor, and taught the "Heart Sutra Cultivation and Realization of the Perfect Method".After hearing the news, all parties looked forward to sharing the taste of the law, so they compiled and recorded it as a common interest. (editor) You sit and work hard in the meditation hall. According to the local dialect influenced by Japanese Buddhist concepts, it is called zazen, which is commonly called meditation.One meditation session is one session of Dharma practice. What kind of Dharma is one to practice? ?? Practice meditation method.Otherwise, what are you doing just sitting there? !However, it is wrong to just sit and covet comfort, be attached to purity, and escape from reality.So, now I will tell you a method, the practice of Samantabhadra's practice of vows.The first step in practicing Samantabhadra is to repent.After taking a seat in each hall, put your legs back, clean your body and mind a little, and then visualize all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the ten directions and three times, filling time and space at the same time, and the master who preaches the Dharma also filling the ten directions and three times. Confession in worship.Summarize all the concepts and emotions of repentance, think clearly word by word, not just say it, but put your life into your mind: "All the evil karma created in the past are all caused by greed, hatred and ignorance without beginning. I am now repenting of everything that was born of it." Didn't it mean that the thought counts, and the thoughts follow the thoughts, what habits and distracting thoughts do I have?Put it all into one thought of sincerity and repentance thoroughly, and then visualize and not visualize, just one thought of devotion and one thought of confession, one Dharma door will be completed.The second is to make a vow.I have made four vows for everyone, and every sage must do this, and make a vow through repentance, otherwise it will be difficult to respond: "The good deeds that have not been born should be born, and the evil karma that has not been exhausted will be exhausted now."All the good dharmas and good thoughts that have not yet occurred in the heart, let it arise now, and the evil karma, defilements and afflictions of the body and mind since beginningless, at the same time, cut them off completely and will not be artificial again.But don't say it casually, you should actually observe it in your heart and do it in earnest.Next, visualize: "Buddhas of the ten directions and three times protect and protect you, and quickly initiate bodhicitta." Visualize all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, masters, and three treasures of the ten directions and three times, filling the past, present, and future endless dharma realms. Quickly generate the mind of the supreme Bodhi path.We usually teach a course "Consciousness-only and Madhyamaka Studies", but now we will talk about "Prajna and Madhyamaka Right View".Recently, before this winter vacation meditation, the 11th Bodhisattva Act of the Vimalakirti Sutra mentioned the teachings of Sakyamuni Buddha and the great Bodhisattvas of Xiangji Buddha Kingdom. The Buddha told us that there is a Dharma door for you great Bodhisattva Must study, what method? -- "Endless Dharma Doors".

"End" has a beginning and an end, "endless" has no beginning, no end, immeasurable and boundless, what does the Buddha mean by end? ?? Actions, all actions have a time to the end.What is hentai? ?? Inaction, immeasurable, boundless, endless, no beginning, no end.We need to know that all those who have cultivated and certified, regardless of the mundane dharma or the mundane dharma, and no matter which sect of Sutra or Esoteric Buddhism, are all actionable dharmas.Some of the conditioned dharmas are Buddhist dharmas, and some are common dharmas of Buddhist dharma and heretics.The law of inaction is the true law of Buddhism.There is no method, no practice, no proof, it is the way it is, and all sentient beings are originally Buddhas.But, is there really no law, no cultivation, no certificate?no.The law of inaction is the law, it is cultivation, and it is proof.To prove the law of inaction is to prove the fruit of Nirvana and become a Buddha.After all, Nirvana has no fruit and no Buddha.The real Dafa, the Supreme Buddha Dharma, is the Dharma of Inaction. To say that the Dharma of Inaction has already fallen into the intention.It's wrong to say it, it's wrong not to say it;There is nothing to do.If you get the wisdom of prajna, you can call it enlightenment, and suddenly realize it, that is, you have realized Bodhi. It turns out that all laws are inherently inaction, and when used together, they all have action.People pay attention!According to the esoteric method, such a clear explanation is the transmission of the Dharma, but the habit of ordinary people likes a certain form and mystery, and if they don’t understand it, they are teaching a great Dharma.Of course, when you meet stupid people, you must have a formality. Burn incense, recite scriptures, place offerings, make a lot of noise, ask people to pass on such a set of methods, and then pour some clean water and fragrant wine on the head, pour it Top it.well!Of course, that is also the law, it is convenient, it is an aid to the way, and it is an additional practice.

Now we have to settle for the next best thing, and then talk about the wisdom of prajna in Buddhism, the right view of prajna.You all know Prajna, and you know how to recite the Heart Sutra. Today, I will pass on a Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra to practice and realize the Perfect Dharma, but you must listen to it with a sincere and pious heart.Whether you can learn something or not depends on your merit and wisdom.Those who are in the precepts, concentration and wisdom at any time, there is no one who fails to achieve it, holding a record book and a pen can also enter concentration.Lift it when you need it, and put it down when you don’t need it; how great it would be if you practiced hard like this!However, when people let go of their use, "it's not good for a villain to live idle", and become a villain, with delusional thoughts flying around, that's not right.The Heart Sutra Prajna Dharma-door is the final attainment of the Six Paramitas of Mahayana. The so-called Buddhas of the third age have attained Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi through Prajna Paramita.If you don't practice Prajna, you can't achieve it.Learning Buddhism is not a superstitious belief, it is an ordinary religion.Learning Buddhism requires you to have doubts and problems, such as life and death problems, self-problems, and so on.If you want to observe thoroughly and achieve it with wisdom, not superstition, it depends on prajna.Therefore, Prajna Dharma is the central point of Buddhism, and gradually evolved into Dharma Appearance-only Consciousness, which is the development of Prajna.The Prajna Dharma is radiant because of Nagarjuna Bodhisattva's great promotion. It is like the Zen Buddhism in China, which is sometimes called Prajna Sect. In addition, there is another alias-Xin Sect, which is the heart-centered method of all Buddhas.There are 600 volumes of the Great Prajna Sutra in the Prajna Dharma, all of which tell all sentient beings how to achieve the liberation of the Dharma Body with wisdom.And one volume of the Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra is the condensed essence of the six hundred volumes of the Great Prajna Sutra. As for the essence of the essence of the Prajna Dharma, the center of the center is the 260-word Heart Sutra learned and recited in Chinese. , including the title, a total of 270 characters.First read the scripture title "Mohe Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra".Why is there this scripture?It was Shariputra, a great disciple of the Buddha, who asked the Buddha the method of practicing Prajna Dharma, and the Buddha asked Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva to answer this question.Shariputra asked, Guan Zizai answered, and recorded it as a classic and passed it down to future generations.I have talked about it many times in the past, and now I am going to teach you how to do Prajna Contemplation, which is the quick initiation of Bodhicitta mentioned above.First of all, we must understand the original scriptures. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, when practicing the deep Prajna Paramita for a long time, sees that the five aggregates are empty, and overcomes all hardships." This is the first paragraph, pay attention to the last sentence "overcome all hardships".If we study the teachings of Buddhism, there are two routes for all the teachings of the Buddha. One is always based on the Hinayana Four Noble Truths "the origin of suffering and the elimination of Tao". Everything in the world is suffering.Afflictions are also suffering, life and death are great suffering, life is bound to die, birth, old age, sickness and death are all suffering.How is it?How to get rid of it?If you can't, how can you get it?Only when one attains the Tao, eliminates all delusions and troubles, and eliminates all karmic effects, can one be freed from all suffering and gain happiness from suffering.but.All ordinary sentient beings take suffering for pleasure, accumulate all suffering, and desperately pursue painful things as real happiness, so the Buddha said that all living beings are upside down.

The Prajna Sutra is based on "the accumulation of suffering and the destruction of Tao".Therefore, the first thing to know is how to end suffering?Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva told Shariputra to "walk", that is, to practice, and to meditate like all of us, which is a method of practice, to take care of oneself at any time when walking, standing, sitting, or lying down is practice.We know that the name of a Bodhisattva represents his practice, which is equivalent to the names of people in the world, and has special meaning.The meaning of Guanzizi focuses on "watching", anytime, anywhere, watching the thoughts of the mind, taking care of the rise and fall of each thought, but not using the eyes to see it, but to perceive it with one's own wisdom, this is the way of practice.You only know how to meditate, but you don’t observe your own thoughts in your heart. If you don’t observe your mind, it’s like sitting in a daze. Just sitting there drowsy and ignorant. How is it different from sleep? !No, this is not cultivating the Tao. You must observe your own thoughts and thoughts.Sitting there does not care about the body, the limbs do not move, the six faculties do not use, it is just rest, since the body has rested and is already very comfortable, don’t worry about it anymore.At this time, you should start to observe in your heart,... Observation, Awareness Bodhisattva, Observation on your own thoughts and thoughts, for example, I am speaking now, everyone is listening, every sentence, every word, speaking, listening Yes, I observed clearly; is that right?Is it wrong?Should we speak?Good and evil, right and wrong, one by one is aware without loss, this is the beginning.Where is the mind?When someone is troubled, he can't be the master, he can't observe, he is hindered by troubles, ignorance, sleepiness, and drifts with the situation, and he never knows to return to the light.Esoteric Buddhism requires people to practice visualization. In fact, visualization is visualization, and thinking is thinking.The initial observation is to think, isn't this very simple!Visualization means you have to imagine it.You think in your mind, for example, if a painter wants to paint a mountain or a lake, as soon as you think about it, it will appear, one mountain and one water, just like at present.In Tantric practice of visualization, one should also think about the subject.This is the way to get started.However, if you are learning this method now, honestly, where should you meditate?First of all, you must start to observe in your heart, the flesh has a tangible heart, between the two breasts, the heart socket is up and down.To observe the mind, you must first observe gently on the head of the heart. Of course, thoughts are not born from the heart, but you just observe this part of the heart. This is the path of correct practice.Beginners use this way of thinking, sometimes feel pain in the heart, it is because the esophagus tube on the stomach is not clean, unless the heart is pre-existing disease, you need to study other methods.What is the concept of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva practicing the Bodhisattva way?In other words, what is the practice of "prajna paramita for a long time"?This is how you start from the heart, start to practice slowly, and visualize slowly. Whether you are walking or doing things, you should always observe yourself without renunciation. It is no longer the wisdom of visualization that was previously pursued when the mind was activated.The way we visualize is to observe false minds, and to observe false thoughts. Although the function of being able to observe is rational, it is still delusional.Examine your own thoughts, and observe that when your skill is deep and the karma is fulfilled, you will naturally show wisdom and virtue.However, although Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva tells us how to practice deep prajna paramita, it is not easy to see it at once. When the fire is coming, when the heart is moved, you will always understand and understand everything. When you come, you are not welcome, and your thoughts will run away; When you don’t pursue it, you don’t care where it disappears. If you observe delusion and distracting thoughts, they will neither come nor go.

Give up every thought, give up, but giving up is not a repressive creation of an empty space, it just disappears as it arises and disappears.If you continue to practice like this, the ultimate wisdom and truth will surely appear.At this time, there is no effort at all, and there is no need to contemplate, and you will reach another state of "seeing that the five aggregates are all empty".The five aggregates are empty, the body is empty, the mind is empty, the spiritual world and the physical world are empty, there is no body and mind, and there is no feeling.Empty, no more, not death; empty, you can’t find your own physical and mental sensations, no such phenomena as waist soreness and leg numbness, if there is still a feeling in the conscious mind, it is yin, and it must be empty; delusions Do you have?there is none left!Thinking about Yin is also empty. "Seeing that the five aggregates are all empty", when the five aggregates are one, everything is gone!There is no suffering and no joy, neither joy nor sorrow, the prajna of reality appears naturally, and the emptiness of self-nature is seen, isn't it over?Even so, insight is still a preliminary practice.For example, the so-called visualization in Tantric Buddhism, or the so-called tranquility and contemplation in Tiantai Sect, this concept uses the sixth consciousness of thinking and delusion, and it is also the delusion and delusion of discrimination. They all start with the mentality of seeking, observing, and examining.But the role of observation is very important. Prajna practice starts from observing the mind to cultivate the freedom of observation.If you seek supernatural powers, purity, realms, and qi channels, these are all desires of conscious thoughts; if you clarify these concepts, think about giving up, giving up means giving, and throw away the thought as it comes, whatever it is All thoughts, including thoughts about Buddhism, are thrown away.If you can recite charity, keep the precepts naturally, and throw away right and wrong, good and evil when you think about it, it is of course a precept.Able to recite charity, naturally endure humiliation, forbearance means cutting off thoughts, which is in line with the law of forbearance.If you can think about giving, you will naturally improve; if you think about it, you will give it up, and you will not pursue it, which is naturally meditation.These six perfections are all in the realm of observing the mind. When the prajna of the self-nature is revealed, you will see that everything inside and outside the body and mind is empty, and there is nothing left.

In the practice of Hinayana Buddhism, there is a name for the mental state of the practitioner called "awareness and contemplation".Whether it’s reciting Buddha’s name, visualizing, superficial teaching, or esoteric Buddhism, it’s all about having awareness and viewing, with awareness, with feeling when you visualize, whether your mind is pure or not, whether your body is comfortable or not, and you can feel it. There is a state of self-cultivation with awareness and contemplation.Then, after cultivating to Wujue, the bodily sensations are gone, and there is still Vipassana, which is a relatively advanced practitioner, but the mind of Vipassana is still there.It is true that there is no feeling and no observation, no feeling, let alone the need to start visualization, and it will be naturally pure. Only such Hinayana meditation practice can be considered as a foundation.However, you must know that this purity is the state of clarity manifested by the mind, but it is not bad.If you continue to practice Dinghui and so on, even if you can't achieve Bodhi, you can also prove fruit.Therefore, the old method of comprehension and observation in translation is "awareness and observation".Master Xuanzang abandoned it and did not use it, and newly translated "There is a search and there is a service". The psychological status of "seeking", one thought following another thought, one thought following another thought, is the phenomenon of searching. "Serving", the delusional thoughts seem to stop, it seems that there is not much force and it is very quiet, but in fact it is still chanting.The ancients translated it as "awareness and observation", "no awareness and observation", "no awareness and no observation". Different translations of "There is search and service", "No search but service", "No search and no service".You must see clearly and clearly the changes in the process of these changes in the mind and consciousness.And what is the relationship between the merits and virtues produced by such practice and delusions? The yogi's theory is summarized in a clear way with these three places, so I won't mention it here for the time being.

Then the "contemplation" of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is the practice of Prajna. Is there another method? !If there is a mantra, you have to recite the mantra, what are you trying to figure out?Isn't there a mantra at the end of the Heart Sutra? "It is a great divine mantra, a great enlightenment mantra, a supreme mantra, an inexhaustible mantra, which can eliminate all suffering, and is true." Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva said; don't chant mantras indiscriminately. Prajna is the supreme mantra. Other mantras surpass it, "can eliminate all suffering", only this mantra can solve all problems, "true and true", not fake. "That is to say the curse," I will say it to you now, "reveal the truth and uncover the truth, Boluo reveals the truth, Parasangha reveals the truth, Bodhisattva", this is the great curse.Therefore, the key point is not the issue of cursing or not. You think that reciting a mantra is called practice. The Prajna method is the best mantra.In the beginning, everything is practiced in the state of contemplation...contemplation and equanimity. After practicing the deep prajna paramita for a long time, in the end it is no longer contemplation, and contemplation is still done with the heart, but without awareness or contemplation.The body and mind are empty, and there is no need to think about it again and again, but to be naturally quiet, and to "shine" at the moment to see that the five aggregates are all empty.I often compare, observe, this method is like lighting up a lantern or using a flashlight to find things. The light is limited and has a range. Search, search, and slowly search; otherwise, the entire power plant is turned on, like the sun shining All things illuminate the earth in an instant, which is called Buddha's light.Your artificial visualization, after all, is limited and not universal.When the visualization becomes proficient, one turn will completely see that the five aggregates are all empty.see what?The sensations in the body are gone, no sensation, completely empty. At that time, there is no consideration of whether the legs are painful or not, numbness or not, nothing, but it is very clear, it is Bodhi Enlightenment. Everything is empty", you see that Prajna practice is so simple, but has it been done?can't do it.If you do well in cultivation like this, you must achieve success.