Leisurely, Relaxed and Comfortable
Most people in the world think that love between men and women is true happiness, or having lot of money will make life feel more comfortable. But that comfort comes at a great price. That comfort is not the eternal relaxation or complete self-liberation. Because after you have a good night’s sleep, you still have to get up early to go to work and make money.
So the things that enjoy should be called pleasure, not the true self happiness. For practioners, they also use neccessary things like water and clothes. But using doesn’t mean being attach to things. Letting go means not being attached to anything, and not being attached doesn’t mean they will not touch those things. Everything can be used, because everything is not being attached in advance, so this is type of using is called the proper way of using. In the sutra sometime refering as ‘tam muoi’. In Sanskrit, it means ‘enjoy the righteous way’
If you can see through, let go, your life will be full of leisure, relaxation and comfort. In the sutra this feeling is called total self liberation. The life of liberation is the life of true happiness. Every actions in life must be seen through; seeing through it means having the clear understanding of the universe. In the Sutra, enlightenment is thorough, thoroughly understood then taking action. Bodhisattva action through the clear insight. After deeply viewing the world, it is almost impossible not to let go. Why so? Because you will see the great self-liberation, leisurel, relaxation and total comfort.
You see the first sentence in the Heart Sutra: ‘The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara’, the word ‘Avalokiteshvara’ here is ‘see through’, the Avalokiteshvara is wisdom, the true wisdom. Seeing the truth of the universe so clearly and transparent. Letting go means not being attached to things. What are the main differents between the true liberation and the pleasure of our daily enjoyment? On the outside, they are exactly the same. You wear clothes. Buddha and Bodhisattva also wear clothes. You eat rice, they also eat rice, what’s the difference?
But inside there are difference. You wear clothes, eat rice with attachments. They wear clothes and eat rice without attachments. so when they wore old robes, eat rice, they are still happy. When you wear clothes, eating food such as old clothes, food is not good or lacking one dish, you will not be satisfied. Why are you not comfortable? Because you cannot let go? I don’t see through! So you cannot be completely free from attachments.
So how to achieve great self control? First of all, you have to see through so you can easily let go. After letting go, you shouldn’t complain. When faced with people or material things, you have to go with the flow instead of complaining. If you complain, your pure mind is completely lost. During that bad thought, you will create disturbing emotions, negative thoughts, your sincere mind is completely obscured, unable to manifest itself.
If a practitioner every day in his mind constantly thinking, preoccupy, looking for ways to generate money to build a temple, to help others, then he will be so tired. Libertion is no longer there! Peace of mind is no longer exist! Where does this suffering come from? Your own fate alone! No one who brings suffering to you, all created by you, must understand this morality. Building temples, molding Buddha statues are good things to do, but must depend on the wills of sentient beings. If you are predestined, that will increase your greed, hatred, ignorance, arrogance, discriminating growth because of your attachments.
In the Diamond Sutta: When Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva was practicing the profound prajna paramita, he illuminated the five skandhas and saw that they are all empty, and he crossed beyond all suffering and difficulty.
- Avalokita means see through
- Ishivara mean the one that has self liberation
- Bodhisattva was practicing means intensive practice, helping sentient beings
- Prajna paramita means
Gving is letting go of greed.
Uphold the precepts is letting go of evil thoughts.
Patience is letting go of the mind of anger and envy
Diligent is letting go of the entertainment, idleness.
Meditation is letting go confusion and uncertainty
Wisdom paramita is seeing through, transparent and clear - Illuminated and saw means seeing through all the times: the past, the present and the future
- Five skandhas are all empty means the world is full of impermanence and suffering
- Crossed beyond all suffering and difficulty means to free from suffering and acheived self liberation
So to practice is to see through and let go. When letting go,you will attain self liberation in daily life. Using sincere mind, purity, equality, awareness, compassion, you can help others depending on the predestined beings. When not helping others, you can practice meditation, mantra, recite the Buddha name or printing sutra books. Through the teachings of the Buddha, you will deeply understand, see through this impermanent, tragic world. Letting go of bad habits such as greed and hatred. Living with the mind that is abiding, clear and peaceful. When you attain self liberation, you no longer have the ego, then it will be easier helping other beings. Pure Land True Self Liberation. It is also the practice of practicing the Diamond Sutra, to live with the ‘Forever Peaceful Self Liberation”
