Hi Anthony,
It is for me to say and for you to figure out.
Thank you for reading my post.
jm
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On 8/22/2011 2:46 PM, Anthony Wu wrote:
JM,
I always run into trouble with the kind of your remark: 'we feeling
tired is because our compassion is from our mind and not from our heart'
Since both words are represented by 'xin' in Chinese, would your
teacher say,' our feeling tired is because our compassion is from our
xin and not from our xin?
Anthony
--- On *Tue, 23/8/11, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
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From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]>
Subject: [Zen] An example of Absolute Emptiness
To: [email protected], [email protected],
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Date: Tuesday, 23 August, 2011, 12:50 AM
In chapter V of Vimalakirti sutra, he talked about absolute
emptiness. I shall translate from Chinese for your reference, the
English I use more than likely will not match your search result
online.....
Why do we often feeling "tired" or "disgusted" on our journey of
ferrying others with kindness and good intentions? If you do,
please read on...
It is so because our compassion in our hearts derives from form
and not arise from within. In other words, we feeling tired is
because our compassion is from our mind and not from our heart.
A consciousness-based compassion is based on form, logic, give and
take, balance, purpose and objective. This kind of compassion has
a purpose and result oriented, otherwise it can not balance itself.
The compassion rises from our hearts are pure giving. Our heart
syncs with the hearts of others, and "knowing" that we are all
deluded by our mind and not "seeing" that everything is just
endless illusions of cause and effect. Our hearts are one of the
same.
Upon this "synchronization" of hearts, our mind would quiet. We
would be able to function with joy and dedication, continuously,
effortlessly, naturally and instinctively, with our pure heart.
Thank you for your time,
JMJM
Head Teacher
Order of Chan
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