Aspiration
May ALL beings know joy and the cause of joy
May ALL beings be free from suffering and the cause of suffering
Heart Sutra
The Bodhisattva of Compassion from the depths of prajna wisdom saw the emptiness of all five skandhas and sundered the bonds that cause suffering.
Know then:
Form here is only emptiness, emptiness only form.
Form is no other than emptiness, emptiness no other than form. Feeling, thought and choice, consciousness itself are the same as this.
Dharmas here are empty, all are the primal void.
None are born or die. Nor are they stained or pure,
nor do they wax or wane. So in emptiness no form, no feeling, no thought or choice, nor is there consciousness. No eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind; no color, sound, smell, taste, touch or what the mind takes hold of, nor even act of sensing.
No ignorance or end of it, nor all that comes of ignorance:
no withering, no death, no end of them.
Nor is there pain or cause of pain or cease in pain or noble path to lead from pain, not even wisdom to attain, attainment too is emptiness.
So know that the Bodhisattva, holding to nothing whatever
but dwelling in prajna wisdom, is freed of delusive hindrance, rid of the fear bred by it, and reaches clearest nirvana.
All buddhas of past and present, buddhas of future time
through faith in prajna wisdom come to full enlightenment.
Know then the great dharani, the radiant, peerless mantra,
the supreme, unfailing mantra, the Prajna Paramita,
whose words allay all pain. This is highest wisdom,
true beyond all doubt, know and proclaim its truth:
Om Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha!
Aspiration for the Path
May the practice of mindfulness
Clarify that my thoughts, concepts, and opinions are not reality.
May there be space!
When I discriminate ayatanas and dhatus as the path
May I realize egolessness.
May there be vividness!
May the practice of awareness
Clarify that my own thought-forms cover tathata
May there be transparency!
When I use the simplicity and intricacies of logic as the path
May I short-circuit assumptions.
May there be insight!
When I rest in meditation, mindfulness and awareness inseparable,
May I see shunyata.
May there be nonduality!
With each glimpse of nondualistic experience
May I perceive "other" clearly, free of projections.
May compassionate energy arise without pretense!
Realizing that the path is the goal
May the dharma restore wholeness.
May there be beauty!