"The relics are the emptiness of all laws, which are neither born nor destroyed, neither dirty nor pure, neither increased nor decreased." What does this sentence in the Heart Sutra mean?Here we take a look.
"Relic" refers to the name of the legal person, i.e., Sariputta, which also alludes to us sentient beings. What is the "law"?The Dharma is the image of our minds. This image is the appearance of the six roots (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind) touching the six dusts (color, sound, fragrance, touch) into our hearts. The phase is not nothing, the phase is there, but the phase is not real. The "dharmas" here include not only the five aggregates of color, receiving, thinking, acting, and cognition in the front, but also the twelve places and eighteen worlds in the back, as well as the four noble truths, the twelve causes and conditions, and the wisdom and attainment of bodhisattvas. The mountains, rivers, the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars, and all the things in the universe are all laws, and their essence is emptiness. This "phase of emptiness" is inconceivable, it is neither existence nor non-appearance, neither birth nor extinction, all dualistic opposites are transcended, including transcendence itself, which is ultimate nirvana. Emptiness here is emptiness, which means that everything arises from the combination of various causes and conditions, and that there is no independent, eternal and unchanging entity. Emptiness is like a mirror, the mirror can reflect the external things, and the mirror reflects the shadow of things. The image in the mirror exists, but it is only an illusion, and this illusion is not the external thing itself.
Emptiness can also be called reality, nyasing, truthfulness, self-nature, bodhi, mindfulness, Buddha-nature, and so on, but the name is only a reference, it is not the reality itself. The reality itself is asphalt, and this reality is wonderful. We can't see, we can't hear, we can't touch, but reality never leaves us, we are in contact with it all the time, we are in emptiness at all times, just because we are ignorant, we have doubts, we can't return to it and identify with it. The meaning of "the emptiness of all dharmas" is that all dharmas do not have the characteristics of being permanent and unchanging, and they can exist on their own, and they are all illusions that arise from the combination of causes and conditions.
The emptiness of the Dharma is never separated from our mind and life, and because our mind is occupied by distractions and delusions, the "emptiness" cannot be revealed. The purpose of our practice is to get rid of all kinds of delusions and distractions that are entrenched in our minds. When it comes to purging, people often think that there must be an object, and then try to suppress it and clear it as much as possible. Not really. There is a Tao that says, "When you think about it, you feel it, and when you don't pay attention to it, your distracting thoughts and troubles will naturally not work." The more you care about it, the more you want to clear your troubles and distractions, the stronger the power of your troubles** will be.
All the Dharma is dependent on birth and destruction, and there is no self-nature, and there is no self-nature, so there is emptiness. This "void phase" does not arise with the birth of the dharmas, nor does it perish with the destruction of the dharmas, so it is "unborn and imperishable." This "emptiness" is not eliminated from suffering because of practice, and the "emptiness" becomes clean. It's not that if there is distress in the heart, the "empty phase" will be stained, so it is "not dirty and impure". It is not because you are a saint that the "void phase" will increase, nor because you are an ordinary person, the "void phase" will decrease, which is "no increase and no decrease".
Relic Seeds!It is the void phase of all laws, which is neither born nor destroyed, nor impure, nor increased nor decreased. The meaning of this sentence in the Heart Sutra can be understood as: relics, all these dharmas are essentially emptiness, and emptiness is neither born nor destroyed, neither impurified nor pure, neither increased nor decreased. If we can always contemplate that the essence of the Dharma is emptiness, then we will not be attached to all the fame, wealth, power, affection, and so on in the world, and we will not have all kinds of sorrows and sufferings. If we can contemplate in this way consistently, we will be able to truly enter into the "emptiness" of the Dharma, and we will see our true self-nature. The above content is for reference only, if you have different views, you are welcome to leave a message, let's communicate together**!If you like this article, please like and follow it, thank you for reading!