Monday, May 14, 2012

Realms of Living Beings


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What is the world,
What is not the world?
World and not world
Are only distinctions of name.

The three times (past, present, and future) and five aggregates,
Are called world,
Their extinction is "not the world":
Thus they are just temporary names.

How are the aggregates explained?
What nature do they have?
The nature of the aggregates is indestructible,
So it is called unborn.

Analyzing these aggregates,
Their nature is fundamentally empty and nil;
Because it is empty, it cannot be destroyed:
This is the meaning of birthlessness.

Since sentient beings are thus,
So also are the Buddhas;
Buddhas and Buddha-teachings
Intrinsically have no existence.

If any can know these things
Truly, without delusion,
The one who knows and sees all
Will always be before them. 

All realms of living beings

Hiran Sanjeewa


The Eye and the Forms;
The Ear and the Sounds;
The Nose and the Smells;
The Tongue and the Tastes;
The Body and the Touches;
The Mind and the Mental States.

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