20110625 heart sutra pure land school - meditation

Updated Mar 2010

加拿大佛教會湛山精舍　

禪修學佛入門 Introduction to

Buddhism and Meditation2011/06/25

Buddhist Association of CanadaCham Shan Temple

Updated Mar 2010

Buddhist Association of CanadaCham Shan Temple

ná mó fó tuó南無佛陀

Namo Buddha

ná mó dá mó 南無達摩

Namo Dharma

ná mó sēng qié南無僧伽

Namo Sangha

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Buddhist Association of Canada

1 Take refuge in the Three Treasures of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.

皈依佛法僧 ( 三寶 )2 Earnestly cultivate the Three Perfections of

Morality, Calmness, and Wisdom. 勤修戒定慧 ( 三學 )3 Shed the Three Poisons of Greed, Anger and

Delusion.息滅貪瞋癡 ( 三毒 )4 Purify the Three Karmas of Action, Speech

and Thought. 清淨身口意 ( 三業 )

Buddhist Practice and Cultivation in Four Lines



六道十界 – The 10 RealmsMind Realm Practice

Ten realms manifest in one mind.One realm dominant, others recede.

佛 Buddha 自覺、覺他、覺行圓滿四聖 Four holy or joyous realms

菩薩 Bodhisattvas 6 paramitas 六度

緣覺 Pratyebuddhas

12 links of of causation 十二因緣

聲聞 Sravakas 4 noble truths 四聖諦

天 Devas 10 good deeds 十善六凡 Six mundane or suffering realms

人 Human beings 5 precepts 五戒

阿修羅 Asuras Anger 瞋

畜生 Animals Ignorance 痴

餓鬼 Hungry ghosts

Greediness 貪

地獄 Hell dwellers 五逆：殺父、殺母、殺阿羅漢、出佛身血、破和合僧

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Once you are familiar with Mindfulness of Breathing and are practicing it regularly you can start practicing Loving Kindness Meditation. It should be done at least two times each week after you have done Mindfulness of Breathing.

How to Practice Loving Kindness Meditation



First, you turn your attention to yourself and say to yourself words like:

• May I be well and happy. • May I be peaceful and calm. • May I be protected from dangers.• May my mind be free from hatred.• May my heart be filled with love.

How to practice loving kindness meditation



Second, you turn your attention to your love one and say to yourself words like:

May my love one be well and happy. May my love one be peaceful and calm. May my love one be protected from

dangers.May his/her mind be free from hatred.May his/her heart be filled with love.Repeat these sentences until you feel you

are satisfied with them.




Then one by one you think of a loved person, a neutral person, that is, someone you neither like nor dislike, and finally a disliked person, wishing each of them well as you do so. This applies to one direction and then to all directions.




If you do Loving Kindness Meditation regularly and with the sincere attitude:

you will find very positive changes taking place within yourself.

What is the benefit of doing Loving Kindness of meditation?



• You will find that you are able to be more accepting and forgiving towards yourself.

• You will find that the feelings you have towards your love one will increase.

• You will find yourself making friends with people you used to be indifferent.

• You will find the ill-will or resentment you have towards some people will lessen and eventually be dissolved.




If you know of a disliked person who is sick, unhappy or encountering difficulties you can include them in your meditation and very often you will do something later to improve their situation and establish a better relationship with that person.




The mind, when properly developed, is a very powerful instrument. If we can learn to focus our mental energy and project it towards others, it can have an effect upon them and yourself. What has happened is that you have picked up that other person’s mental energy. Loving Kindness Meditation is like this. We project positive mental energy towards others and it gradually transforms them and yourself and develop connection.

How is that possible?

Pure Land Buddhism

Outline

1. The history and current situation of the Pure Land 2. What is the Pure Land School of Buddhism? 3. Why did Sakyamuni Buddha teach the Pure Land Buddhism? 4. How to practice the Pure Land Buddhism?

Introduction

• The goal of all Buddhist practice

• Sentient beings are of different spiritual capacities and inclinations

• Ten school of Mahayana Buddhism • The Pure Land School of Buddhism

1. The history and current situation of the Pure Land

• Three sutras that describe the Pure Land,

• the Amitabha Sutra,

• the Infinite Life Sutra,

• and the Contemplation Sutra.

Pure Land

1.The history and current situation of the Pure Land (cont’)

• Bodhisattva Dharmakara’s forty-eight vows

• Location and environment of the Pure Land

• People in the Pure Land

Pure Land

2. What is the Pure Land School of Buddhism?

• Faith in Amitabha

• Goal/vow: being reborn in the Pure Land

• Practice: recitation of Amitabha Buddha's name

Pure Land

2. What is the Pure Land School of Buddhism? (cont’)- advantages

• Easy to practice in almost any environment

• No difficult entry-level criteria

• Self-power plus Other-Power

Pure Land

3. Why did Sakyamuni Buddha teach the Pure Land Buddhism

• Our deep-seated bad habits

• The last Sutra exists before extinction

Pure Land

4. How to practice the Pure Land Buddhism

• Faith in Amitabha Buddha

• Vow to be reborn in Amitabha's Pure Land

• Practice: reciting the Buddha-name

Pure Land

Pure Land



ná mó bō rĕ huì shàng fó pú sà (3 times)南無般若會上佛菩薩 ( 三稱 )

Blessed be the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the Prajna Assembly.

bō rĕ bō luó mì duō xīn jīng般若波羅密多心經

Prajnaparamita Hrdaya Sutra (Heart Sutra)



guān zì zài pú sà xíng shēn bō rĕ bō luó mì duō shí

zhào jiàn wŭ yùn jiē kōng 觀自在菩薩行深般若波羅密多時

照見五蘊皆空The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara: When

coursing in the deep Prajna Paramita, one perceives the five skandhas are sunyata;



sè jí shì kōng kōng jí shì sè shòu xiăng xíng shí yì fù rú shì

色即是空空即是色受想行識亦復如是Form is sunyata, and sunyata is form; the same is true for feelings, perceptions, volitions and consciousness.

shĕ lì zĭ shì zhū fă kōng xiàng bù shēng bù miè bù gòu bù jìng

舍利子是諸法空相不生不滅不垢不淨Sariputra, the characteristics of sunyata of all dharmas are non-arising, non-ceasing, non-defiled, non-pure,



bù zēng bù jiăn shì gù kōng zhōng wú sè wú shòu xiăng xíng shí

不增不減是故空中無色無受想行識non-increasing, non-decreasing. Therefore, in

sunyata there are no forms, no feelings, perceptions, volitions or consciousness.



wú yăn ĕr bí shé shēn yì wú sè shēng xiāng wèi chù fă

wú yăn jiè năi zhì wú yì shí jiè無眼耳鼻舌身意無色聲香味觸法

無眼界乃至無意識界No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body or mind; no

form, sound, smell, taste, touch or mind object; no realm of the eye, until we come to no realm

of consciousness.



wú wú míng yì wú wú míng jìn năi zhì wú lăo sĭ yì wú lăo sĭ jìn無無明亦無無明盡

乃至無老死亦無老死盡No ignorance and also no ending of ignorance, until we come to no old age and death and no

ending of old age and death.



wú kŭ jí miè dào wú zhì yì wú dé yĭ wú suŏ dé gù

無苦集滅道無智亦無得以無所得故Also, there is no truth of suffering, of the cause of suffering, of the cessation of suffering nor of the Path. There is no wisdom, and there is no

attainment whatsoever.



pú tí sà duō yī bō rĕ bō luó mì duō gù xīn wú guà ài菩提薩埵依般若波羅密多故心無罣礙

Because there is nothing to be attained, the Bodhisattva relying on Prajna Paramita has no obstruction in the mind.

wú guà ài gù wú yŏu kŏng bù yuăn lí diān dăo mèng xiăng jiū jìng niè pán

無罣礙故無有恐怖遠離顛倒夢想究竟涅槃Because there is no obstruction, one has no fear and

passes far beyond all confused imagination and reaches ultimate nirvana.



sān shì zhū fó yī bō rĕ bō luó mì duō gù dé ā nòu duō luó sān miăo sān pú tí

三世諸佛依般若波羅密多故得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提 The Buddhas of the past, present and future, by relying

on Prajna Paramita, have attained anuttara samyak sambodhi.



gù zhī bō rĕ bō luó mì duō shì dà shén zhòu shì dà míng zhòu shì wú shàng zhòu

故知般若波羅密多是大神咒是大明咒是無上咒Therefore, the Prajna Paramita is the great spiritual

mantra, the great illuminating mantra, the unsurpassed mantra,



shì wú dĕng dĕng zhòu néng chú yī qiè kŭ zhēn shí bù xū

是無等等咒能除一切苦真實不虛 the unequal equal mantra which can truly protect one

from all suffering without fail.

gù shuō bō rĕ bō luó mì duō zhòu jí shuō zhòu yuē故說般若波羅密多咒即說咒曰

Therefore he chanted the mantra of Prajna Paramita, saying:



jié dì jié dì bō luó jié dì bō luó sēng jié dì pú tí sà pó hē

揭諦揭諦波羅揭諦波羅僧揭諦菩提薩婆訶 ( 三稱 )Gate gate pāragate pārasamgate bodhi svāhā (3 times)

││ ○ ││ ○ ││ ○│ ││ ▽ ◎mó hē bō rĕ bō luó mì duō摩訶般若波羅密多 ( 三稱 )

Maha Prajñāpāramitā (3 times)○ ││ ││ ○ ││ ○│ ○ ││ ○◎



Basic Terms10 Chinese schoolsLife story of the BuddhaBuddhist History in IndiaBuddhist History in China



The Ten Schools of Chinese Buddhism:

1. Reality School or Kosa School or Abhidharma School.2. Satysiddhi School or Cheng-se School. 3. Three Sastra School or San-lun School.4. The Lotus School or T'ien-t'ai School 5. The Garland School or Hua-yen School or Avatamsaka School. 6. Intuitive School or Ch'an School or Dhyana School.7. Discipline School or Lu School or Vinaya School. 8. Esoteric School or Mi School or Mantra School.9. Dharmalaksana School or Wei-Shi School or Fa-siang School.10. Pure-land School or Sukhavati School or Ching-t'u School.

中国的佛教共分十宗，分别是：俱舍宗、成实宗、三论宗、天台宗、华严宗、唯识宗、律宗、禅宗、净土宗、密宗。



The following topics are for the upcoming Saturday Meditation Class:

1. June 25 - Pure Land School by Jimmy Li2. July 2- (No Class) Celebrate 10th Anniversary of

Niagara Falls Stupa Establishment3. July 9 - Esoteric School by Edward Malek4. July 16 - Satysiddhi School by Waifun Lai5. July 23 - Chan School by Kitty Cheung6. July 30 – Reality School by Kevin Loi7. August 6 – Garland School by Lee McCallum8. August 13 – Lotus School by Phyllis Parr



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Questions and Comments 討論



yuàn xiāo sān zhàng zhū fán năo

願消三障諸煩惱We wish to rid ourselves of the three hindrances and all klesas.

yuàn dé zhì huì zhēn míng lĭao

願得智慧真明了We wish to gain wisdom and real understanding.

pŭ yuàn zuì zhàng xī xiāo chú

普願罪障悉消除 We wish all sinful hindrances to be totally eradicated.

shì shì cháng xíng pú sà dào

世世常行菩薩道In one life after another we always follow Bodhisattvas’ paths.

回向Parinamana (Transfer of Merit)

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