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Meditation itself is not enough. Contemplating emptiness could help decrease suffering too.
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<blockquote data-quote="JayJay" data-source="post: 90641" data-attributes="member: 147"><p>[ATTACH=full]20348[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Meditation is not enough. Contemplation is necessary. I just want to express to the one who suffers and read this that inside you great pleasure and love can be found. </p><p></p><p>When I speak about contemplation, I speak about contemplation during meditation. This contemplation consists on reflecting on how all phenomena arise in dependence to each other. A thought? It doesn't exist by itself, it depends on other things. A sensation? It doesn't exist by itself, it depends on other things. Suffering? It doesn't exist by itself, it depends on other things. Contemplating the existence of phenomena in dependence to other phenomena, it is the act of contemplation of emptiness. </p><p></p><p>Bliss, Bliss is real.</p><p></p><p>Contemplate the emptiness of all phenomena during meditation.</p><p></p><p>Contemplate the emptiness of the act of meditation, contemplate the emptiness of the meditator.</p><p></p><p>Contemplate on the emptiness of the senses.</p><p></p><p>Contemplate on the emptiness of the body.</p><p></p><p>Contemplate on the emptiness of your personality.</p><p></p><p>Contemplate on the emptiness of all thoughts.</p><p></p><p>Contemplate on the emptiness of pleasure, contemplate on the emptiness of pain.</p><p></p><p>Contemplate on the emptiness of suffering, contemplate on the emptiness of the sufferer.</p><p>Contemplate on the emptiness of the act of contemplation.</p><p></p><p>-----------</p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">Avalokiteshvara</span></span></em></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>while practicing deeply with</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>suddenly discovered that</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>all of the five Skandhas are equally empty,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>and with this realisation</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>he overcame all Ill-being.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>“Listen Sariputra,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>this Body itself is Emptiness</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>and Emptiness itself is this Body.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>This Body is not other than Emptiness</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>and Emptiness is not other than this Body.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>The same is true of Feelings,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>Perceptions, Mental Formations,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>and Consciousness.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>“Listen Sariputra,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>all phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness;</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>their true nature is the nature of</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>no Birth no Death,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>no Being no Non-being,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>no Defilement no Purity,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>no Increasing no Decreasing.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>“That is why in Emptiness,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>Body, Feelings, Perceptions,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>Mental Formations and Consciousness</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>are not separate self entities.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>which are the six Sense Organs,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>the six Sense Objects,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>and the six Consciousnesses</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>are also not separate self entities.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>The Twelve Links of Interdependent Arising</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>and their Extinction</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>are also not separate self entities.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>Ill-being, the Causes of Ill-being,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>the End of Ill-being, the Path,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>insight and attainment,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>are also not separate self entities.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>Whoever can see this</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>no longer needs anything to attain.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>Bodhisattvas who practice</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>see no more obstacles in their mind,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>and because there</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>are no more obstacles in their mind,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>they can overcome all fear,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>destroy all wrong perceptions</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>and realize Perfect Nirvana.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>“All Buddhas in the past, present and future</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>by practicing</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>are all capable of attaining</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>Authentic and Perfect Enlightenment.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>“Therefore Sariputra,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>it should be known that</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>is a Great Mantra,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>the most illuminating mantra,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>the highest mantra,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>a mantra beyond compare,</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>the True Wisdom that has the power</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>to put an end to all kinds of suffering.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>Therefore let us proclaim</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>a mantra to praise</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><em>Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!</em></span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!”</span></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JayJay, post: 90641, member: 147"] [ATTACH type="full"]20348[/ATTACH] Meditation is not enough. Contemplation is necessary. I just want to express to the one who suffers and read this that inside you great pleasure and love can be found. When I speak about contemplation, I speak about contemplation during meditation. This contemplation consists on reflecting on how all phenomena arise in dependence to each other. A thought? It doesn't exist by itself, it depends on other things. A sensation? It doesn't exist by itself, it depends on other things. Suffering? It doesn't exist by itself, it depends on other things. Contemplating the existence of phenomena in dependence to other phenomena, it is the act of contemplation of emptiness. Bliss, Bliss is real. Contemplate the emptiness of all phenomena during meditation. Contemplate the emptiness of the act of meditation, contemplate the emptiness of the meditator. Contemplate on the emptiness of the senses. Contemplate on the emptiness of the body. Contemplate on the emptiness of your personality. Contemplate on the emptiness of all thoughts. Contemplate on the emptiness of pleasure, contemplate on the emptiness of pain. Contemplate on the emptiness of suffering, contemplate on the emptiness of the sufferer. Contemplate on the emptiness of the act of contemplation. ----------- [I][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]Avalokiteshvara[/COLOR][/FONT][/I] [FONT=times new roman][COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)][I]while practicing deeply with the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore, suddenly discovered that all of the five Skandhas are equally empty, and with this realisation he overcame all Ill-being. “Listen Sariputra, this Body itself is Emptiness and Emptiness itself is this Body. This Body is not other than Emptiness and Emptiness is not other than this Body. The same is true of Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations, and Consciousness. “Listen Sariputra, all phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness; their true nature is the nature of no Birth no Death, no Being no Non-being, no Defilement no Purity, no Increasing no Decreasing. “That is why in Emptiness, Body, Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations and Consciousness are not separate self entities. The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena which are the six Sense Organs, the six Sense Objects, and the six Consciousnesses are also not separate self entities. The Twelve Links of Interdependent Arising and their Extinction are also not separate self entities. Ill-being, the Causes of Ill-being, the End of Ill-being, the Path, insight and attainment, are also not separate self entities. Whoever can see this no longer needs anything to attain. Bodhisattvas who practice the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore see no more obstacles in their mind, and because there are no more obstacles in their mind, they can overcome all fear, destroy all wrong perceptions and realize Perfect Nirvana. “All Buddhas in the past, present and future by practicing the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore are all capable of attaining Authentic and Perfect Enlightenment. “Therefore Sariputra, it should be known that the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore is a Great Mantra, the most illuminating mantra, the highest mantra, a mantra beyond compare, the True Wisdom that has the power to put an end to all kinds of suffering. Therefore let us proclaim a mantra to praise the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore. Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha! Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha![/I][/COLOR][/FONT] [I][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!”[/COLOR][/FONT][/I] [/QUOTE]
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