Half 13-1
Then Subhuti mentioned to the Buddha. “World Honoured One, what is that this sutra to be referred to as? How ought to we uphold it?” The Buddha mentioned to Subhuti, “This sutra is known as Diamond Prajnaparamita; it’s best to uphold it by this identify. Why? Subhuti, the prajnaparamita defined by the Buddha shouldn’t be prajnaparamita however simply referred to as prajnaparamita.”
Commentary:
‘This sutra’ right here is liable to be actually interpreted because the dharma speak preached by the Buddha in Jeta Grove in Sravasti, and prajnaparamita as good grand knowledge, however each of them indicate the true-Self that exposed itself by the dharma speak.
The core of the Buddha’s instructing we must always keep in mind is that every little thing is non-duality, oneness. It doesn’t matter what phrases the Buddha used, the aim of utilizing them was to disclose the non-dual true-Self. After we hear ‘this sutra’ ‘Prajnaparamita’ and ‘Diamond Prajnaparamita’, it could sound as if every of them had its personal kind and traits, however they’re really not more than phrases which might be imaginary labels created as expedient means by the Buddha, to disclose the true-Self in order that sentient beings may recognise it. That is why the Buddha mentioned that the prajnaparamita defined by the Buddha shouldn’t be prajnaparamita however simply referred to as prajnaparamita.
So, an historical grasp mentioned, “Everybody has his personal sutra, however nobody can learn it as a result of it’s formless and anonymous. One who can learn it would enter nirvana free from start and dying and neither attempt to go Bodhisattva’s manner nor attempt to attain Buddhahood.”
Scholar: “How ought to we uphold the Diamond Prajnaparamita?”
Grasp: “Upholding it’s dropping it.”
©Boo Ahm
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